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If your appeal is refused by the Migration Court or the Migration Court of Appeal

The rejection decision by the Migration Court or the Migration Court of Appeal means that you do not have the right to a residence permit in Sweden.

What does the Court's rejection decision mean?
Re-entry ban and period of voluntary return

What does the Court's rejection decision mean?

When the decision of the Swedish Migration Board to refuse entry or deport is adopted after a judicial review, this means that the decision comes into force and you have to leave Sweden.

You are entitled to work

If you have been working while you have been an asylum-seeker and had an AT-und. (exemption from the obligation to have a work permit) you can continue to work until you leave Sweden. However, your AT-und will be withdrawn if you do not cooperate with the Migration Board regarding your return journey.

If your decision on refusal of entry or deportation has come into force you may apply for a work permit. For more information, please read under the headin Working in Sweden - For people wanting to work in Sweden - Applying in Sweden - Asylum seekers, or contact your handeling officer.

You must return your LMA card

If you hold an LMA card, you are entitled to emergency healthcare and financial compensation until the day you leave Sweden. This also applies to children, who moreover, have the right to both education and healthcare.

Before you leave the country, you must return your LMA card. You must also return your debit card if you previously received financial compensation from the Swedish Migration Board.

If you do not cooperate

It is your own conduct that determines the procedure for leaving Sweden. If the Swedish Migration Board considers that you are not cooperating with your return following your rejection decision, the Swedish Migration Board is entitled to:

reduce any daily allowances.
if we assess there is a risk that you will make yourself unavailable, we have the right to place you under supervision or put you into detention (see fact box)
if you do not cooperate in leaving Sweden, or make yourself unavailable so that it is impossible to execute (to practically implement) the decision to leave, the Swedish Migration Board hands the case over to the police. The police have the right to issue a description and search for you. The police also have the right to use force in order to make you leave the country. If your case is forwarded to the police, your return journey is always made with the police's help.

Re-entry ban and period of voluntary return

If you have received a re-entry ban, you are not permitted to travel to Sweden or any other Schengen country during the time it is valid. If you received a period of voluntary return to your home country, it comes into force three weeks after the courts decision. If you received a decision from the Migration Court of Appeal, it comes into force the same day the decision was made. Read more about re-entry ban and period of voluntary return in our information sheet about the Return Directive PDF

Supervision and detention

Supervision means you are obliged to regularly report at the times and at the place you have received information of, and that you must relinquish your passport or other identity papers. You may also need to satisfy other special conditions.

If you are placed in detention this means your freedom of movement is restricted to a detention unit (secured unit). The Swedish Migration Board is responsible for the detention facilities. Children may be placed in detention if the Board does not believe that it is sufficient that the child is placed under supervision. The requirements for placing children in detention are significantly more stringent than for adults. A child without a guardian in Sweden may only be placed in detention if there are serious reasons involved.