Country Report: Admissibility procedure
Last updated: 15/05/23
There is no admissibility procedure in Serbia. However, the Asylum Office may dismiss an application without examining the merits when one of the following grounds applies:[1]
- The applicant comes from a First Country of Asylum
- The applicant comes from a Safe Third Country;
- The applicant makes a Subsequent Application with no new elements.
Rules on interview, appeal and legal assistance are the same as in the Regular Procedure, with the exception of appeals against the inadmissibility of a subsequent application which must be lodged within 8 days before the Asylum Commission.[2]
In practice, the admissibility of an application is examined during the asylum interview.
The Asylum Office dismissed 4 asylum applications as inadmissible in 2021 and in relation to 4 persons.
[1] Article 42(1) and (3) Asylum Act.
[2] Article 42(4) Asylum Act.