Processing asylum applications (Geneva Convention): Recognition of refugee status or granting of the subsidiary protection status for persons, who apply for international protection are often unfamiliar with the criteria for being recognized as refugees and the legal system into which they have ended up.

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The increased complexity of the asylum procedure in Europe means that incorrect advice and information can quickly lead to an incorrect decision, which can have serious consequences for applicants.

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Since there is so much at stake in an asylum procedure (application for international protection), it is important that you obtain rapid access to high-quality legal assistance, through personal support (during the personal interview at the CGRS*) with formulating and following up on your request.

And this is always in a language that you understand.

* CGRS -Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons

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More information can be found at  www.asyluminbelgium.be/en  in 9 languages (Dutch, French, English, Spanish, Arabic, Pashto, Farsi, Tigrinya and Somali).

See video: https://www.asyluminbelgium.be/en/topic/asylum-procedure

 

Information brochures can also be found on the website of the CGRS: https://www.cgra.be/en/publications

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There may also be people who fall under the Dublin procedure because they can be found in the EURODAC or BELVIS system in another European Member State.

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We assist you during this procedure by holding consultations with interpreters, by collecting documents, by answering your questions, and by verifying (warning for) the information you receive from their behalf, and by filing a possible appeal if we see a chance of success,...  

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There are also information brochures regarding Dublin on the site of Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen:

https://vluchtelingenwerk.be/documentatie

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Starting regularization procedures (Article 9bis or 9ter of the Aliens Law for humanitarian or medical reasons)

This application for authorization to stay pursuant to Article 9bis of the Aliens Law must be substantiated in detail and must state both the extraordinary circumstances that make it impossible or particularly difficult to submit the application abroad, and the circumstances related to reasons for obtaining substantive residence in Belgium.

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The better the foreign national motivates the application, the more extensively the Immigration Office will have to motivate a possible refusal.

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Article 9ter of the Aliens Law is a special clause that applies to a seriously ill alien, i.e. someone who suffers from an illness in such a way that this illness poses a real risk to his life or physical integrity or entails a real risk of an inhuman or degrading treatment when there is no adequate treatment in his country of origin or the country where he resides.