Accelerated procedure
In a number of specific situations, the CGRS may apply an accelerated procedure. The application is examined and assessed on its substance, but within a shorter period of time. This procedure is not obligatory for applications filed before 12 June 2026. For applications filed from 12 June 2026, the CGRS is required to apply the grounds for accelerated processing.
For applications filed before 12 June 2026, the following situations apply:
- the application is based on irrelevant elements
- safe country of origin
- deceiving the authorities by providing false information about identity and/or nationality or by concealing relevant information that could have a negative influence on the decision
- destruction or disposal (in bad faith) of an identity or travel document that could have established identity or nationality
- manifestly incoherent and contradictory, manifestly false, or clearly implausible statements that are inconsistent with sufficiently verified information
- subsequent application on the substance
- submission of the application only to avoid refoulement or removal
- late submission of the application without a valid reason (following an unlawful entry or stay)
- refusal to provide fingerprints
- danger to national security or public order
For applications filed from 12 June 2026, the following situations apply:
- the application is based on irrelevant elements
- the applicant has made contradictory or clearly implausible statements that are inconsistent with relevant and available information about the country of origin
- deceiving the authorities without valid reason by providing false information or by concealing information or documents, in particular regarding identity or nationality, or destroying an identity document or travel document in bad faith
- the application is filed only to delay, prevent or avoid the enforcement of a removal decision
- the applicant comes from a safe country of origin
- danger to national security or public order
- subsequent application on the substance
- unlawful entry into the territory late application without good reason
- lawful entry into the territory late application without good reason
- the applicant comes from a country for which the protection rate does not exceed 20% (based on the most recent annual averages across the entire European Union).
The CGRS invites the applicant to a personal interview. The period between the notification of the invitation and the personal interview is at least two days.
In the accelerated procedure, the CGRS takes the same decisions as in the standard procedure (granting, refusing or excluding from protection status).
In case of a decision refusing international protection, the CGRS considers this application to be apparently unfounded. This does not have any consequences for the asylum procedure as such, but it does have consequences for the period in which the Immigration Office issues the order to leave the territory.
The CGRS takes a decision according to the accelerated procedure within three months after the application has been filed..
This processing period of 3 months is again an indicative period. If this period is exceeded, this does have consequences for the period of appeal with the CALL.
An appeal can be filed with the CALL against a decision taken by the CGRS as part of the accelerated procedure. The appeal must be filed within ten days after the decision has been notified, when the CGRS has respected the processing period of 3 months. This appeal has a suspensive effect for applications filed before 12 June 2026 and a non-suspensive effect for applications filed after 12 June 2026. The applicant may request a provisional measure allowing him/her to stay in the form of a right to remain. In most cases, this will be included in the petition against the negative decision of the CGRS. It may also be submitted to the CGRS at a later date in a separate petition.
If the CGRS fails to meet the 3-month processing deadline, the appeal period is 30 days. However, the appeal continues to have a non-suspensive effect, with the possibility to request a provisional measure allowing the applicant to stay.
Other specific procedures