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Temporarily admitted refugee — F permit

SwitzerlandHumanitarian protection

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What exactly is this: asylum, temporary protection, humanitarian admission, resettlement or another protection mechanism?

Temporary admission (Permit F) for recognised refugees who are refused asylum on the grounds in Articles 53 and 54 of the Asylum Act — refugee status without asylum.

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Which population, circumstances or geographic group does the mechanism cover?

Refugees who are not granted asylum because they are unworthy of it due to serious misconduct, have violated or endanger Switzerland's internal or external security, or are subject to a criminal-law expulsion order (Art. 53 AsylA); or because they became refugees only by leaving their country or through their conduct after departure (subjective post-flight grounds, Art. 54 AsylA).

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Where can protection be requested, and is this a direct application, border/in-country request, referral or other process?

There is no separate application: it arises within the asylum procedure. An asylum application can be made orally or in writing at any Swiss border post or at airport border control, and most are filed at a federal asylum centre. SEM examines refugee status and, where asylum is not granted but removal is not possible, permitted or reasonable, SEM orders temporary admission.

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  • The captured sources do not describe a procedure specific to refugees excluded from asylum beyond the general asylum procedure.

What happens after the request: registration, family handling, major support and rights where officially stated?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm what happens after the protection request is made.

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  • No exact active official source record and country-scoped substantive capture were available for this route at execution time.

Which competent authority, UN body or official assistance channel should the person use?

SEM decides on refugee status and temporary admission; a negative decision can be appealed to the Federal Administrative Court within thirty days of notification (five working days for a dismissal). F permit holders wishing to travel abroad should contact the immigration office of their canton.

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Limits of the record
  • No UN body, assistance channel or fraud warning is named in the captured sources.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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