To be eligible for consideration for relocation under the ARAP, family members must be included in the principal’s original ARAP application for eligibility made to the Ministry of Defence. Family members who seek to join or stay with an Afghan citizen or their partner after the Afghan citizen or their partner has relocated to the UK under the ARAP must apply for entry clearance or permission to stay in the UK, for example under Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules. These Rules provide for a partner, dependent children and adult dependent relatives to join, or stay with, a settled person in the UK. Individuals relocated to the UK under the ARAP do not have refugee status and therefore are not eligible to sponsor family members under the Refugee Family Reunion Rules. Where a valid immigration application is made under Appendix FM, but the requirements of those rules are not met, consideration will be given to whether to grant entry clearance or permission to stay on the basis of exceptional circumstances under the Rules, or on the basis of compelling, compassionate grounds outside the Rules. Upon receipt of an Additional Family Members (AFM) application, the Ministry of Defence will make a request for information. Applicants have 14 days to respond to requests for information. Failure to respond to any request for information will likely result in a rejection of an application. Eligible Principal applicants whose Additional Family Members (AFM) have been found not eligible for relocation can request a review of their ARAP AFM application using the request a review form.