Subsection 5: Personal interview

The Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides (French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons) summons the asylum seeker to a personal interview pursuant to Article L. 531-12, under the conditions set out in Article R. 531-17.

When the personal interview conducted with the asylum seeker requires the assistance of an interpreter, their fee is paid by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons.

The Director General of the Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides (French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons) will decide on the list of associations authorised to propose representatives to accompany the applicant to the personal interview, pursuant to article L. 531-15.Authorisation may only be requested by associations that have been duly registered for at least five years. The association must enclose a copy of…

At the end of the personal interview, the applicant and his lawyer or the representative of the association accompanying him are informed of their right to obtain a copy of the transcript. Where a copy of the transcript can be provided on the spot at the end of the interview, this will be recorded in the applicant’s file. When the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons…

The personal interview will be audio recorded.The person concerned will be informed at the start of the interview of how the audio recording will be carried out, in particular the procedures for ensuring compliance with the rules of confidentiality.After the interview, the applicant will be informed of his or her right of access to the audio recording under the conditions laid down in Article L. 531-20.If it has not been…

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons may decide to conduct the personal interview using an audiovisual means of communication in the following cases:1° When the applicant is unable to travel, in particular for health or family reasons;2° When he or she is being held in a place where he or she is deprived of liberty;3° When he or she is in an overseas collectivity or…