There are four categories for assistance, against which all ARAP applications are assessed. Where an applicant who was directly employed by, or contracted to, a UK Government Department was dismissed from their job they will be ineligible for relocation to the UK under the ARAP (except in circumstances where the UK Government considers that the person was dismissed for a minor reason). Applicants who meet the eligibility criteria for relocation under the ARAP will have an application made on their behalf to the Home Office for biometric enrolment and security checks.
CohortAssistance offered Category 1High risk / imminent threatUrgent relocation Category 2Eligible for relocation by defaultRoutine relocation Category 3Not eligible for relocationOther support offered Category 4Special casesCase-by-case basis Category 1 The cohort eligible for urgent relocation comprises of employees of the UK Government in Afghanistan on or after 1 October 2001 and who, because of that employment, are assessed to be at high and imminent risk of threat to life. Category 2 The cohort eligible for relocation by default comprises of those who were directly employed by the UK Government in Afghanistan, or those who were contracted to provide linguistic services to or for the benefit of the UK’s Armed Forces in Afghanistan, on or after 1 October 2001. The nature of the applicant’s role must have been such that the UK’s operations in Afghanistan would have been materially less efficient or materially less successful if a role of that nature had not been performed. Furthermore, the applicant’s role must have exposed them to being publicly recognised as having performed that role and, as a result of that public recognition, their safety is now at risk. Examples of such roles are patrol interpreters, cultural advisors, certain embassy corporate services, and development, political and counter-terrorism jobs, among others. This is not an exhaustive list, nor are all those who worked in such roles necessarily eligible by default. Category 3 The cohort eligible for other support are those who are neither assessed to be at high and imminent risk of threat to life nor eligible by default due to holding exposed meaningful enabling roles. This cohort are eligible for all other support short of relocation as deemed suitable by the ARAP team. Category 4 The cohort eligible for assistance on a case-by-case basis are those who:
on or after 1 October 2001 were directly employed in Afghanistan by a UK Government department; provided goods or services in Afghanistan under contract to a UK Government department; or worked in Afghanistan alongside a UK Government department, in partnership with or closely supporting and assisting that department; and
in the course of that employment or work or provision of services they made a substantive and positive contribution to the UK’s military objectives or national security objectives (which includes counter-terrorism, counter-narcotics and anti-corruption objectives) with respect to Afghanistan; and
because of that employment or work or provision of services, the person is or was at an elevated risk of targeted attacks and is or was at a high risk of death or serious injury; or
hold information the disclosure of which would give rise to or aggravate a specific threat to the UK Government or its interests
Checks will be made with the UK Government department by whom the applicant was employed, contracted to or worked alongside, in partnership with or closely supported or assisted.