INFORMATION FOR ERITREANS WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR PROTECTION

Information for Eritreans who have applied for protection 

Information for September and October 2015

This information concerns all Eritreans who are waiting for a decision in their case, regardless of when you applied for protection. The UDI has many asylum cases waiting to be processed at the moment. In order for the UDI to be able to work as swiftly as possible, we must prioritise which cases we work on. Unfortunately, this means that some nationalities have to wait longer. Eritreans are among those who have to wait for a long time to have their case considered. It will therefore be some time before we can interview you. We have to interview you before we can consider your application for protection (asylum).

When will you be interviewed?

If you applied for protection in 2014, you will be given an appointment for an interview in September or the first half of October.

If you applied for protection in 2015, you may have to wait up to ten months from the time you submitted your application before you are given an appointment for an interview.

When we ask people to attend an interview, we do not always follow a queue arrangement. Some people who have waited for a short time may therefore be called for an interview before others who have waited longer. This also applies to people staying at the same reception centre. The UDI has chosen to do things this way for practical reasons. This does not mean that there is something wrong with your case or that the UDI has forgotten about you.

Do you live in a transit reception centre?

Most people will be moved from the transit reception centre to an ordinary reception centre before they are interviewed, but this is not certain. It depends on how many available places there are at the different reception centres. If you are to move, the staff at the reception centre will tell you when and where to.

If you live in a transit reception centre, you will be notified of your interview the day before. Lists will be posted at the transit reception centre so that you will be able to see whether you are to be interviewed. If you live in an ordinary reception centre, you will be notified of the date of the interview about a week before the interview.

When will you receive an answer to your application?

At your interview, you will be told how long you will have to wait for an answer to your application. You will probably have to wait for one month, but it can take longer in some cases. The waiting time depends on what investigations we have to carry out in each individual case.

How long you have to wait has no bearing on whether or not you will be allowed to stay in Norway. We will let you know when we have finished processing your case. Some people at your reception centre might receive an answer before you do. That does not mean that there is something wrong with your case or that the UDI has forgotten about you. It has to do with how the UDI organises its work.

While you are waiting for an answer to your application

We ask you not to phone the UDI to ask about the status of your application during this period. This will not lead to your case being dealt with any sooner. Nor will we be able to provide further information about when your case will be decided.

Information about waiting times may change. New information about waiting times will be published in the next information letter at the end of October.

Further information about waiting times is available at www.udi.no

If you do not live in a reception centre, please check

http://www.udi.no/ord-og-begreper/saksbehandlingstider/ for up-to-date information about waiting times for interviews and case processing times for applications for protection.

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