The Immigration Appeals Board (UNE) has registered that the one-off scheme is a topic in 348 cases. The cases concern 124 families and 183 children.
Read more about the one-off scheme here.
Most of the families come from Ethiopia, Iraq and Russia, accounting for 53, 22 and 11 families, respectively.
The cases from Russia are considered on an ongoing basis. UNE is still waiting for passports to be submitted in some of the cases. We are also waiting for passports in many cases from Ethiopia. The case processing time for issuing passports is considerably longer here, and many of the cases will not be decided until spring. Our goal is that most of the cases from Iraq will be decided in the course of January.
When a case is registered, UNE considers whether to grant deferred implementation. Deferred implementation means that the family is allowed to stay in Norway until UNE has completed its consideration of the case. Of the registered cases, deferred implementation has been granted in 209. This concerns 80 families and 114 children. UNE grants deferred implementation if a child has lived in Norway for more than three years, Norway has a readmission agreement with the child’s country of origin and the child applied for protection before the agreement entered into force.
The one-off solution will only be considered for families that submit a request for reversal or whose case is already being considered, since UNE cannot reopen a case on its own initiative.
Even if deferred implementation is granted, it does not mean that the conditions for being granted a permit under the one-off solution are met. It is also a requirement that the parents have contributed to clarifying the family’s identity, meaning that the parents have done their utmost or everything in their power. UNE will make a concrete assessment of whether the requirement is met in each individual case. If a child is granted a residence permit under the one-off solution, the child’s parents and any unmarried minor siblings will also be granted a permit. An exception can be made if special grounds indicate that they should not be granted a permit, however.
So far, UNE has decided 184 cases concerning a total of 60 families, including 98 children. Permits have been granted to 25 families and a total of 58 children – 96 cases in all.
As regards children who have lived in Norway for a long period and who are not covered by the one-off solution, you can read more about the new permanent rules here.
Statement published at une.no on 7 January 2015