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Step 1 – Registration<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After you have submitted an asylum application, the Swedish Migration Agency will assess which country is responsible for processing your asylum application, according to the Dublin Regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Sweden is responsible for handling your asylum application, the Swedish Migration Agency will proceed with the assessment of your asylum application. You can stay in Sweden while you are waiting for the Swedish Migration Agency to determine whether you have the right to protection in Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After your application has been registered, you will have the status of asylum-seeker<\/strong> until a final decision is made. You will also receive a so-called LMA card<\/strong>. The card is not an identity card, but a certificate that you are an asylum-seeker and that you are allowed to be in Sweden while you are waiting for a decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can work as an asylum-seeker in Sweden in case you have a certificate (called \u2018AT-UND\u2019) indicating that you are not required to have a work permit<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you do not earn your own money and cannot support for yourself in Sweden, you can apply for financial support at the Swedish Migration Agency<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Swedish Migration Agency will assign you a place in the asylum\u00a0accommodation. You are eligible for daily allowance and special grant if you live in asylum accommodation arranged by the Swedish Migration Agency. For more information about the Swedish Migration Agency\u2019s accommodation rules and the right to financial assistance, please see information in English<\/a> and Swedish<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find more information on how to access such services at the website of the Swedish Migration Agency, available in English<\/a> and Swedish<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 2 – Interview<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You will be given the opportunity to explain the reasons for seeking asylum in Sweden during an individual interview with an employee of the Swedish Migration Agency. The asylum interview is a very important step<\/strong> in the asylum procedure. During the interview, you have an opportunity to provide as much information as possible in support of your asylum application and present all available documents in support of your asylum claim<\/strong>. It is important to give a full account of what happened to you and what you fear if you are returned to your country of origin. If you have specific needs, you can safely disclose them at any time during your interview and ask for specialistic support. If you need an interpreter, you can ask for one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the information you provide during your application for asylum<\/strong> (documents, records during asylum interview with you) will not be shared by the Swedish authorities with your home country or anyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 3 – Decision<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What can be the decision in my case?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After the decision, the Swedish Migration Agency will contact you, through the contact you have provided, to inform you about the outcome of your asylum application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision that will be given to you on paper is written in Swedish, but you will receive oral information about the decision through an interpreter in a language that you understand.

There are four possible outcomes of the asylum procedure:<\/p>\n\n\n\n