You have received a decision If your extension application has been rejected – asylum

You have previously been granted asylum in Sweden and your application for an extended residence permit has now been rejected.

Here you will find information about what you need to do if your application has been rejected. The information is relevant if you have a residence permit due to protection needs and have applied for an extension of your permit.

Yes, you can appeal the Swedish Migration Agency’s decision. Information about how to appeal and the deadline for doing so is provided in the decision. If you choose to appeal, a court will review the decision.

You cannot appeal the decision after it has taken effect (acquired legal force).

Appeal a decision

If your application for a residence permit has been rejected, this means that you do not have the right to stay in Sweden. If the Swedish Migration Agency rejects your application while you are in Sweden, you will have a certain amount of time to leave the territories of the Member States and the Schengen area. It is stated in the decision how long you have to leave the country. If you stay longer than the deadline specified in the decision, you will be in the country illegally.

It is your responsibility to make sure you know what applies to you, so that you leave Sweden within the deadline stated in the decision.

If you have appealed the decision, you have the right to remain in Sweden while your appeal is being examined.

Once the decision has taken effect and can no longer be appealed, you must leave the territories of the Member States and the Schengen area.

You need to plan your trip yourself and arrange for your passport and anything else you need in order to travel home. Keep in mind that you are not allowed to buy a trip with a stopover in another Schengen country.

If you have questions about your return journey, you can contact the Swedish Migration Agency.

The Swedish Migration Agency receives information that you have left the Schengen area

In most cases, the Swedish Migration Agency will be informed that you have left the territories of the Member States and the Schengen area, as our decision to reject your application will be registered in the Schengen Information System (SIS). This means that the information will be available to authorities in Sweden and in other countries that have access to this system. If you leave Sweden in accordance with the decision, the information in SIS will be deleted.

If you do not leave Sweden and the Schengen area within the deadline stated in the decision, you will be in the country illegally. You may then be subject to a re-entry ban. A re-entry ban means that you are prohibited from entering the territories of the Member States and the Schengen area for at least one year.

Supervision or detention

If the Swedish Migration Agency considers that there is a risk that you will abscond or otherwise fail to cooperate about leaving the country, we may issue a decision subjecting you to supervision or detention. Being placed under supervision means that you must register with the Swedish Migration Agency or the police at certain times while waiting to start your return journey. If you are placed in detention, you will stay in a locked accommodation until your return journey.

Supervision and detention

Your case can be handed over to the police

If you stay away or if you don’t leave the country voluntarily, the Swedish Migration Agency can ask the police to take over responsibility for enforcing the decision by force.

A re-entry ban means that you cannot enter Sweden, the territories of the Member States, or the Schengen area for at least one year from the date on which you left Sweden.

You can be subject to a re-entry ban in these cases:

  • if you fail to leave the territories of the Member States and the Schengen area within the deadline specified in the decision
  • if the Swedish Migration Agency assesses that you will not return home voluntarily.

You can also be subject to a re-entry ban if the Swedish Migration Agency considers that there is a risk that you will abscond. Such a re-entry ban usually applies for between two and five years, and may be issued if, for example,

  • you have absconded in the past
  • you have said that you do not intend to leave Sweden
  • you have used a false identity or have refused to help the Swedish Migration Agency clarify your identity
  • you have knowingly provided information that is incorrect
  • you have been convicted of crimes that can lead to imprisonment.

News

2026-01-01

Now you can apply for the increased repatriation grant

People who have received a residence permit in Sweden on grounds of protection needs and want to repatriate can apply for the increased repatriation grant from today, 1 January 2026. Family members can also receive the grant if they meet certain requirements.

2025-12-04

More Afghans may be able to receive passports from their home country

The Swedish Migration Agency estimates that Afghan authorities are now able to issue national passports to their citizens within a reasonable time. This means that Afghan citizens with a residence permit in Sweden no longer automatically have the right to an alien’s passport. Instead, the Swedish Migration Agency will review each application for an alien’s passport individually.

2025-10-31

The repatriation grant will be increased

The Swedish Government has taken a decision to increase the repatriation grant on 1 January 2026. The amount you can receive depends on whether you are applying as a single adult, as a couple, or as a family with children.

2025-09-01

Changed rules on asylum seekers' accommodation

From 1 September, the main rule is that asylum seekers must live in the accommodation allocated by the Migration Agency in order to be entitled to daily allowance and special grant.

2025-04-01

Changed rules for statute of limitations, re-entry ban and track change

On 1 April, several legislative changes will be introduced that affect those who have applied for asylum. The rules for when a decision to leave Sweden reaches its statute of limitation changes, re-entry bans may become longer, and the possibility of changing track disappears. The changed rules affect you if your application for asylum has been, or will be, rejected.

The Swedish Migration Agency is responsible for considering applications from people who want to live in Sweden, seek protection or become Swedish citizens. Our work is based on Swedish laws and international conventions, with a focus on legal certainty and effective reception and return.