Asylum Act
(AsylA)

¹ SEM shall charge a fee if it re­jects or dis­misses an ap­plic­a­tion for re-ex­am­in­a­tion or a mul­tiple ap­plic­a­tion. If a re­quest or ap­plic­a­tion is ap­proved in part, the fee is re­duced. No com­pens­a­tion is paid.

² SEM shall on re­quest ex­empt the ap­plic­ant fol­low­ing sub­mis­sion of re-ex­am­in­a­tion or mul­tiple ap­plic­a­tions from hav­ing to pay pro­ced­ur­al costs provided he or she is in fin­an­cial need and the ap­plic­a­tion does not ap­pear prima facie without mer­it.

³ SEM may re­quest the ap­plic­ant to make an ad­vance pay­ment of fees equi­val­ent to the prob­able pro­ced­ur­al costs. It shall al­low an ap­pro­pri­ate peri­od for pay­ment to be made, un­der threat of dis­missal for fail­ure to do so. An ad­vance pay­ment of fees shall not be re­ques­ted:

a.

if the re­quire­ments of para­graph 2 are met; or

b.

in pro­ceed­ings in­volving un­ac­com­pan­ied minors, provided the re-ex­am­in­a­tion or mul­tiple ap­plic­a­tion does not ap­pear prima facie without mer­it.

⁴ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall reg­u­late the as­sess­ment of the fee and the level of the ad­vance pay­ment.