Asylum Act
(AsylA)

¹ Im­me­di­ately after fil­ing their ap­plic­a­tion, but at the latest at the in­ter­view on the grounds for asylum un­der Art­icle 36 para­graph 2 or be­ing gran­ted a hear­ing un­der Art­icle 36 para­graph 1, asylum seekers must state any ser­i­ous health prob­lems of rel­ev­ance to the asylum and re­mov­al pro­ced­ures of which they were aware when fil­ing the ap­plic­a­tion for asylum.

² SEM ap­points a com­pet­ent med­ic­al spe­cial­ist to in­vest­ig­ate mat­ters con­ten­ded un­der para­graph 1. Art­icle 82a ap­plies mu­tatis mutandis. SEM may del­eg­ate the re­quired med­ic­al du­ties to a third party.

³ Med­ic­al prob­lems that are claimed later or es­tab­lished by an­oth­er med­ic­al spe­cial­ist may be taken in­to ac­count in the asylum and re­mov­al pro­ced­ures if they are proven. The pro­vi­sion of prima facie evid­ence suf­fices by way of ex­cep­tion if there are ex­cus­able grounds for the delay or proof can­not be provided in the case in ques­tion for med­ic­al reas­ons. SEM may call in an in­de­pend­ent med­ic­al ex­am­iner.