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Asylum investigation - what happens then?

After you have applied for asylum you will be summoned to an asylum investigation. You will usually only have one meeting.

How does an asylum investigation work?


The asylum investigation is made at the Swedish Migration Board and for takes between two and three hours.

During the asylum investigation you can tell your story and answer questions, for example about:

  • yourselves
  • who the members of your family are
  • how you are feeling
  • your age
  • where you are from
  • your adentity (passport or other identification documents)
  • your trip to Sweden
  • what your situation was like in your home country
  • what happened to you
  • why you left your home country
  • why you can´t go back home.

It is important that you tell us everything that has happened to you. It is important for the Swedish Migration Board to know the reasons why you cannot stay in your home country.

Your stories are written down in a record. A record is notes about what you have said. You will read through the record with your public council and custodian. If there are any mistakes it is important that they are corrected — otherwise it will be difficult for you to explain what is correct later on.

Who will be there?


You, your custodian and your public counsel will be present at the asylum investigation. Two people from the Swedish Migration Board will be there. One will conduct the investigation and one will write down a record. There will also be an interpreter in the room. The interpreter is not an employee of the Swedish Migration Board: he or she is from a company that provides interpreters.
Sidan senast uppdaterad: 2011-10-25