You have received a decision If your extension application has been rejected – international protection (asylum)

You have previously been granted protection 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 and your right to remain in the country.

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.

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 two years.

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.

If you do not leave the country in accordance with the decision, you may be subject to a re-entry ban. A re-entry ban means that you are not allowed to enter Sweden, the territories of the Member States, or the Schengen area for at least two years from the time you left Sweden.

You may also be subject to a re-entry ban if the Swedish Migration Agency assesses that there is a risk that you will abscond. Such a re-entry ban is usually valid 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 determine your identity
  • you have deliberately provided incorrect information.

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