Finding a solution for clients: immigration status and citizenship Consult the UNHCR Resettlement Handbook138 for more information. It will be helpful to know the relevant criteria that UNHCR considers prior to approaching the local UNHCR office in South Africa to enquire as to whether your client may be considered for resettlement. Resettlement may be an option available to stateless persons and LHR is not aware of any cases where stateless persons have been resettled out of South Africa at the date of publication.139 138 UNHCR, ‘Resettlement Handbook’ available at http://www.refworld.org/cgibin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=4ecb973c2 (accessed 30 September 2013). 139 LHR submitted requests for resettlement for a stateless client to UNHCR in January 2014 and awaits the outcome of the request. Promoting citizenship and preventing statelessness in South Africa: A practitioner’s guide 107