{"id":145,"date":"2022-12-16T13:05:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T13:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/?page_id=145"},"modified":"2025-10-08T14:12:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:12:50","slug":"i-need-a-lawyer-and-or-an-interpreter-in-my-case","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/how-to-apply-for-asylum-in-denmark\/i-need-a-lawyer-and-or-an-interpreter-in-my-case\/","title":{"rendered":"I need a lawyer and\/or an interpreter in my case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You have the right to be represented by a <strong>lawyer<\/strong> if your asylum application has been rejected by the Danish Immigration Service. If you do not choose a lawyer, the Refugee Appeals Board will appoint one on your behalf that is free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also contact the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asyl.drc.ngo\/en\/about-drc-asylum\/contact-drc-asylum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Danish Refugee Council<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0which may be able to provide legal counselling and advice in your case. If you are in prison in Denmark, contact the prison staff and tell them that you want to have a meeting with the Danish Refugee Council, who may be able to assist you. At any stage during the asylum procedure, if you need an <strong>interpreter<\/strong>, the Danish immigration authorities should provide you with an interpreter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are worried about losing your residence permit in Denmark or your residence permit is being withdrawn, watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/asyl.drc.ngo\/for-asylansogere\/informationsmateriale-til-asylansogere-og-flygtninge\/inddragelse-og-bortfald\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Danish Refugee Council\u2019s videos<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have the right to be represented by a lawyer if your asylum application has been rejected by the Danish Immigration Service. If you do not choose a lawyer, the Refugee Appeals Board will appoint one on your behalf that is free of charge. You can also contact the Danish Refugee Council,\u00a0which may be able [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":310,"featured_media":0,"parent":133,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-145","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1338,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145\/revisions\/1338"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/denmark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}