Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Pathway 3 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme will open for the next round of applications.

The Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) will provide up to 20,000 women, children, and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK over the coming years.

Under the first year of Pathway 3 of the ACRS, we will offer resettlement places to up to 1,500 people from the three identified cohorts (British Council and Gardaworld contractors and Chevening alumni). This includes the principal and their eligible family members in Afghanistan and the region.

The online referral process for this pathway closed on 15 August 2022. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) will be in touch with those eligible to support them through the next steps.

Beyond the first year of Pathway 3, the Government will work with our international partners and NGOs to welcome wider groups of Afghans at risk. Further information on future years will be made available in due course.

Further information on ACRS Pathway 3 in the first year can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/afghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme-pathway-3-eligibility-for-british-council-and-gardaworld-contractors-and-chevening-alumni.