Simplified service
Once the Swedish Migration Agency has made a decision about an application, we can inform the applicant of the outcome in different ways, for example at a meeting or by post. Informing someone of a decision in this way is called “service”.
In some cases, the Swedish Migration Agency uses something called “simplified service” to notify people of our decisions. We may use simplified service in cases where it is important for you to be informed of the decision in order for it to be enforced, for example in the case of decisions on refusal of entry, expulsion or return, or on an application for financial aid. We will inform you about whether you may receive decisions through simplified service.
How simplified service is carried out
When the Swedish Migration Agency notifies you of a decision via simplified service, we will send the decision by post to the address you have given us. On the next business day, we will send a new letter containing a so-called “control message”. The control message states that we have sent the decision to you and the date on which the decision was sent.
Two weeks after the decision was sent, the Swedish Migration Agency automatically considers you to have been served (notified of) the decision.
The decision takes effect
The date on which service took place is important. The decision states how much time you have to appeal. Since you are considered to have been served with the decision two weeks after we sent it to you, the appeal period begins at that time. For example, if you have three weeks to appeal, the decision comes into effect five weeks after it was sent to you when we use simplified service. Once the decision has come into effect (has gained the force of law), you can no longer appeal.
If we have decided to reject your application for international protection, you are often given two or four weeks to leave Sweden, calculated from the date on which the decision takes effect. You can see in the decision what applies to you.
If you have applied for international protection (asylum), you will always be invited to a meeting
If you have applied for international protection (asylum), you will always be invited to a meeting at your Unit for Reception, even if you receive the decision via simplified service. At this meeting, you will receive information about the decision with the help of an interpreter. If you visit your Unit for Reception within two weeks of the date on which the decision was sent to you, the Swedish Migration Agency will count the day of the meeting as the day on which you were served the decision.
With simplified service, the decision takes effect even if you do not show up when you are summoned to a meeting with the Swedish Migration Agency.
The Swedish Migration Agency must have the correct address for you
It is important that your correct address is registered with the Swedish Migration Agency and that the names of all the adult members of your family are listed on your letterbox. Check your post regularly and notify us if you move to a new address.