Transcript Humanitarian Admission Programme (HAP) for Syrian

Humanitarian Admission Programme (HAP) for Syrian Refugees in Austria - Case Processing Flowchart - Overview
HAP interview
Verification and
pre-screening
Prescreening and Selection
Identification
Registration
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Based upon the submission criteria agreed with Austria,
HAP cases are identified from:
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Registration database
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Protection assessments
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Referrals from other units and UNHCR offices in HAP
countries
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Referrals from partners
Biodata
Family composition
Specific needs
Verify registration data
Verify family composition
Assess HAP criteria
Obtain refugee consent
Determination Process
UNHCR file
COI
intelligence information
necessary further examination
Pre-Departure Preparation
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Submit case to Austria
Positive desicion
i) Austrian MOI informs
– UNHCR Austria and
– IOM Vienna
Security and other assessment by Ministry
of Interior (MOI/BM.I)
Assessment of exclusion grounds
ii) UNHCR Austria informs UNHCR on the ground about positive desicion.
iii) IOM Vienna informs IOM on the ground accordingly.
iv) MOI instructs embassy to issue visa
Contacts in case BFA or the MOI/BMI requires more information from UNHCR:
Possible negative desicion
UNHCR Austria, where necessary cc the Austrian MFA, cc the Austrian MOI or Austrian BFA
Austrian MOI gets in touch with
UNHCR Austria to discuss the case.
Should it be considered necessary to conduct interviews with single candidates for the HAP, the BFA will
contact the MOI/BMI to ask the Austrian Liaison Officer at the Embassy in Amman to do so.
UNHCR on the ground
informs selected refugees
about positive desicion and
that IOM will contact them for
pre-departure preparation
and cultural orientation.
IOM on the ground
approaches selected refugees
for the following steps.
Pre-departure document check
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- if necessary: ICRC documents are
organized by UNHCR
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IOM is the single point of
contact for logistical predeparture-arrangements and
cultural orientation.
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Status Determination Process* in
Austria
Verify HAP criteria
Counsel refugees
Prepare HAP referral form
UNHCR should submit dossiers by email to
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the Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum (BFA)
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cc the Austrian Embassy in Amman
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cc the Austrian MFA
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cc the Austrian MOI
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cc UNHCR Austria
Assessment of HAP by Federal Office for
Immigration and Asylum (BFA) and MOI/BMIbased on
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Transfer to Inital Reception Centre or
medical facility after arrival
Interview with case worker
Possible negative check
Possible negative travel
IOM gets in touch with
MOI/BM.I to discuss the case.
IOM gets in touch with
MOI/BM.I to discuss the case.
Pre-departure medical services
Health checks (Polio symptoms, TBC)
Medical services (wheelchair, escorts)
"Fit for travel"
Travel arrangements
Pre-departure information
flight information
Cultural Orientation
2 day information on Austria
Embassy issues visa and hands
over travel documents to IOM
Decision on refugee status in Austria
(within one week after arrival)
* Status determination is an accelerated procedure
IOM informs
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Austrian MOI
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UNHCR Austria
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cc UNHCR on the ground
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cc the Austrian MFA
about flight schedule and
participation in cultural orientation