If you are in danger right now
I'm afraid at home
I have children with me and nowhere to go.
This is what the UK has in place for women who are not safe at home: where to go tonight, what happens to your status and money, what protective orders exist, what about the children and who to call. You can read in silence. You don't need to write anything or tell anyone about yourself.
Where to start
If you're in danger right now
999 and pressing 55, what to take with you, where to go tonight and how people get there.
Open →Your status
The fork: almost everything depends on which visa you're here on. MVDAC, ILR, and who is entitled to nothing.
Open →Money and NRPF
What "no recourse to public funds" means, what is still available regardless, and what routes exist.
Open →Protection
Protective orders, the police, legal aid, IDVA. Forced marriage and so-called "honour"-based abuse.
Open →Asylum on gender-based grounds
A female interviewer, children at the interview, and why the absence of a country note doesn't mean the absence of a problem.
Open →Children
A child as a victim in their own right, the doctor, school, support from the council.
Open →All organisations and phone numbers
One list: who, where, at what hours and with or without an interpreter.
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