If I am placed in the normal or accelerated procedure :
This means that France will study my asylum application. At the GUDA (One Stop Shop for Asylum Requests), a file for OFPRA (French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons) is given to me. I have to return it within 21 days . In this file, I must indicate why I am requesting asylum from France.
OFPRA invites me for an interview after sending my file.
After the interview, within 15 days to several months, the OFPRA makes its decision and can recognize me as a refugee or beneficiary of subsidiary protection, which allows me to apply for a residence permit or a residence permit. reside at the Prefecture.
💡 If OFPRA rejects my request, I can appeal to the National Court of Asylum within one month. For my appeal, I can be assisted by a lawyer.
If I am placed in the Dublin procedure :
This means that France considers that another country in the European Union is responsible for my asylum request. France must then organize my transfer to the country responsible for my asylum application within 8 to 11 months depending on my situation after submitting my asylum application. If my transfer is not organized on time, I can resubmit an asylum application which will be studied by France.
When I am in the Dublin procedure, I may be summoned regularly to the Prefecture. If I do not attend appointments I may be placed “on the run”. This means that I lose my Asylum Seekers Allowance, the right to accommodation in a center dedicated to asylum seekers and that the deadline before which I can submit a new asylum application which will be studied by France is extended. one year – if I am not transferred to the country responsible for my asylum application within this period.
If I am in the Dublin procedure, I can find out about my rights and the deadlines from specialized associations.