You are waiting for a decision You have applied for international protection (asylum)You are waiting for a decision You have applied for international protection (asylum)

You submit your application

To the meeting when you are going to submit your application for international protection, you must bring

• the completed application form
• documents and other records that you want to submit in support of your application for international protection
• identity documents that you have not already submitted.

If needed, an interpreter will be present at the meeting. The Swedish Migration Agency’s case officer will ask you questions about what you tell us and the documents you submit.

The case officer and the interpreter are allsworn to secrecy. That means they are not allowed to share what you have said with anyone who does not have the legal right to know.

You participate in one or more interviews

At interviews, an interpreter is present. The case officer will tell you what the interview is about and what rights and obligations you have. For example, you are required to speak the truth and not withhold anything that may be important for us to assess whether you need protection.

You must tell us who you are, where you come from, why you are applying for international protection, and what you think will happen to you if you have to return to your country of origin. You will also be asked questions about your family, your health and your situation in your country of origin. It is your responsibility to tell us all your grounds for applying for international protection. If you have evidence that you want the Swedish Migration Agency to consider, you should submit it.

At the end of the interview, you can ask questions about the application process or anything else related to your contact with the Swedish Migration Agency.

What you all say during the interview is recorded. The case officer also writes down what is said in the meeting minutes. You will be given the opportunity to approve the minutes, which will then be saved along with any documents you have submitted.

Children who apply for international protection

Every child has the right to speak and be heard. Children who apply for international protection together with their parents also have the right to talk to their case officer at the Swedish Migration Agency. Children have the right to receive the same thorough investigation and examination of their grounds for protection as adults – and a child may have other grounds for protection than their parents. When a child’s grounds for protection are investigated, the Swedish Migration Agency case officer must do as much as possible to adapt the investigation to the child’s age, maturity and health. Children have the right to have an adult with them during their interviews. This could be a parent, another legal guardian or a representative. Unaccompanied minors always have the right to have their representative with them during the investigation.

You receive our decision

We will inform you about the decision at a meeting at which you meet with a case officer who will explain the decision to you with the help of an interpreter.

The decision is based on your story and the documents you have submitted in support of what you have told us about your identity and your reasons for seeking international protection, as well as the Swedish Migration Agency’s knowledge of the situation in your country of origin.

If you are granted international protection, you will get a residence permit and you have the right to live and work in Sweden as long as the permit is valid.

If you are not granted international protection, you must prepare to leave the country.

You have received a decision