Request a re-examination
Have you submitted an initial asylum application that was rejected, but the circumstances in your country of origin have now changed or you have new elements to bring to Ofpra’s attention? You can submit a request for your asylum application to be reexamined.
Procedure
The preliminary steps are the same as those for the initial asylum application. A specific form will be given to you, as well as an asylum application certificate that will allow you to stay in France while your application is being examined.
This form needs to be sent to Ofpra, along with the requested substantiating documents, within 8 days once the application has been registered at the dedicated asylum application service center, by mail only (date confirmed by postmark): Ofpra, 201 rue Carnot 94136 Fontenay-sous-Bois Cedex France.
If your application is complete, your request will be submitted to Ofpra. If your application is incomplete, a supplementary period of four days will be granted to you by Ofpra in order to complete your file. In the absence thereof, your request may be closed (see the section on final closure decisions below)
The request to reexamine your application is automatically classified as an accelerated procedure by the GUDA.
Eligibility
Ofpra will carry out an initial examination of your request to reexamine your application within 8 days after it has been submitted.
If the new facts or elements allow Ofpra to consider that a more in-depth assessment is necessary, you will be summonsed to an interview.
If the facts and elements presented are not considered to be new by Ofpra, or if these facts and elements do not make it possible for Ofpra to consider that a further evaluation is necessary, Ofpra will decide that the request to reexamine your application is inadmissible. This decision will be made without you being summonsed to an interview. You have the possibility of forming an appeal with the CNDA against this decision.