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<div data-wrapper="true" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif"><p>The details you have provided during the early part of your asylum claim will be used to produce an Application Registration Card (ARC).</p> <p>This is a document which shows that you have made a claim for asylum and what your status is in the UK. It is not an identity document like a passport, and you cannot use it as a travel document.</p> <p>The document will be posted to you. If you have not received the card after three days, please contact Migrant Help who will assist you with reporting it to the Home Office.</p> <p>Your ARC contains your personal details and photograph. It is important that you check that your personal details are correct. The letter which accompanies your card explains how mistakes on the card can be corrected.</p> <p>Your card will confirm any conditions that are attached to your status. Your ARC will confirm whether you are allowed to work. If you did not have permission to work before you claimed asylum, you will not be given permission to work when you make your claim.</p> <p>Your ARC does not prove your identity but records the identity you gave when you claimed asylum. You will be given an ARC for each member of your family. It is important that you keep the cards safe.If your or your dependants’ ARC has been lost, stolen or damaged, please contact Migrant Help who will assist you to report it to the Home Office. The Home Office may ask you to provide additional photographs or fingerprints. It will pay for your travel to its office if necessary.If you need further advice and guidance regarding this, contact us on 0808 8010 503.</p> <p>Attached below are images which show what the Application Registration Card looks like:</p> <h3>Attachments</h3> <div> <a href="/Front-of-Arc.jpg"><img src="/Front-of-Arc.jpg" alt="front of ARC card" style="max-width: 150px"> Front of ARC.jpg</a> </div> <div class="mt-2"> <a href="/Back-of-Arc.jpg"><img src="/Back-of-Arc.jpg" alt="back of ARC card" style="max-width: 150px"> Front of ARC.jpg</a> </div> </div>
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