GLOSSARY OF TERMS
AI ................................................................................................................................................................................ Asylum Instruction
API.................................................................................................................................................................. Asylum Policy Instruction
AR.........................................................................................................................................................................Administrative Review
‘2016 Home Office Policy’................. Asylum Policy Instruction Statelessness and applications for leave to remain
‘2019 Home Office Policy’ ........................................................................ Home Office Stateless leave policy Version 3.0
AVR ..............................................................................................................................................................Assisted Voluntary Return
BGD HC..............................................................................................................................................Bangladesh High Commission
CID ............................................................................................................................................................Case Information Database
CIG.............................................................................................................................................. Country Information and Guidance
CIO.................................................................................................................................................................Chief Immigration Officer
COI .....................................................................................................................................................Country- of -Origin Information
COIS..................................................................................................................................... Country-of-Origin Information Service
CPINs .................................................................................................................................. Country Policy and Information Notes
ETD........................................................................................................................................................ Emergency Travel Document
ILR................................................................................................................................................................Indefinite Leave to Remain
IRC .......................................................................................................................................................... Immigration Removal Centre
PGDO .......................................................... Palestinian General Delegation Office (now called the Palestinian Mission)
QAT ........................................................................................................................................................................... Quality Audit Team
QAF .....................................................................................................................................................Quality Assurance Framework
QPP .................................................................................................................................... UNHCR Quality Protection Partnership
SDP...................................................................................................................................Statelessness Determination Procedure
UNHCR ......................................................................................................... United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
‘UNHCR Handbook’ .......................................................................UNHCR Handbook on Protection of Stateless Persons
UKVI..............................................................................................................................................................UK Visas and Immigration
‘1954 Convention’................................................................. 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
‘1961 Convention’.................................................................................. 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
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