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#2026-451France shortens some asylum appeal deadlines before the National Court of Asylum

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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The decree changes the time limits for appealing decisions by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons before the National Court of Asylum. The standard appeal deadline remains one month from notification, but some appeals will now have to be filed within 10 days. The shorter 10-day deadline applies to appeals against inadmissibility decisions and rejections issued under the accelerated procedure set out in EU Regulation 2024/1348. The deadlines only apply if the decision notice clearly states the appeal deadline and the available appeal routes. The changes apply to asylum applications filed from 12 June 2026.

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Key Changes

  • Keeps the standard asylum appeal deadline at one month from notification
  • Creates a 10-day appeal deadline for inadmissibility decisions and certain accelerated-procedure rejections
  • Applies the new rules to asylum applications filed from 12 June 2026

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Appeals against decisions of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons must be filed before the National Court of Asylum within one month from notification, failing which the appeal is inadmissible.

asylum applicantslegal representatives filing asylum appeals
Within one month from notification of the OFPRA decision
operational
critical

Appeals against inadmissibility decisions and rejection decisions issued after the accelerated procedure under Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 must be filed within 10 days from notification, failing which the appeal is inadmissible.

asylum applicantslegal representatives filing asylum appeals
Within 10 days from notification of the OFPRA decision
operational
high

Decision notifications must state the applicable appeal deadline and available appeal routes for those deadlines and appeal routes to be enforceable against the recipient.

French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Personscompetent asylum decision-notifying authorities
At the time the decision is notified
disclosure
medium

The amended appeal-deadline rules apply only to appeals against relevant asylum decisions made on applications introduced from 12 June 2026.

French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless PersonsNational Court of Asylumasylum applicantslegal representatives filing asylum appeals
For asylum applications introduced from 12 June 2026
operational

Affected Parties

Asylum applicants in FranceImmigration and asylum lawyers+2 more…

Tags

asylum,appeals,immigration