Appeal on UNHCR RSD
// Self Help Kit
Appeal on UNHCR Refugee Status Determination
by Suaka Indonesia on 08/07/2015
Due to the large number of people requesting legal aid, Suaka is unable to meet with you until you have done your best to provide these things. If you cannot read and write please speak with other members of your community and ask them to help you write your statement.
This page is for information only. It is not legal advice.
Please find information about Suaka’s services below:
- SUAKA’s legal advisors are trained volunteers, they receive no payment.
- SUAKA’s legal services are free. If anyone in your community asks for money to help you speak to us this is wrong.
- SUAKA’s legal services are confidential – we do not share your information with any other organization.
- SUAKA is independent from UNHCR, IOM, Immigration, Police and Government.
- SUAKA’s legal advisors are not able to influence UNHCR’s decisions. We cannot guarantee your application will succeed. We cannot make your application proceed more quickly.
- SUAKA provides legal assistance only in relation to UNHCR applications for asylum (Refugee Status Determination – RSD).
- SUAKA can provide limited information about the resettlement process but cannot assist with resettlement or sponsorship.
- SUAKA cannot provide material, financial or other assistance.
- SUAKA’s Legal Aid Services are provided in accordance with the Nairobi Code.
- SUAKA’s Volunteer Legal Advisors follow SUAKA Legal Aid Services Code of Conduct.
Information on UNHCR Appeal process, please read carefully
Download the Reopening Self Help Kit by clicking here
SHKs are only available in English for now. They will soon be available in Farsi, Dari, Arabic, Tamil, Urdu, Oromo, Bahasa Indonesia.
The Reopening Self Help Kit includes important information.
The Reopening Self Help Kit will:
- Explain the definition and criteria needed to become a refugee. It will help you understand whether you are a refugee under international law
- Explain UNHCR’s process – how they recognize applicants as “refugees” and help you understand why your file was rejected and closed
- Help you decide whether you should write a statement to request UNHCR reopen your file. Not all asylum seekers decide to write a statement and request UNHCR to reopen their file.
- Help you decide whether you should write a statement to request UNHCR reopen your file. Not all asylum seekers decide to write a statement and request UNHCR to reopen their file.
- Help you understand what information you should include in your reopening statement and how to write this – what it should look like.