A Handbook for Asylum seekers in sweden - Tema asyl & integration

• the spouse of the asylum seeker or his or her unmarried partner in a stablerelationship• the minor children of couples referred to in the point above or of the applicant,on condition that the children are unmarried and dependent• the father, mother or guardian when the applicant or refugee is a minor andunmarried;Unaccompanied Children – Allows for the transfer of an application of an unaccompaniedchild if he/she has a member of his or her family in another EU Statewho is willing to take charge of him/her and if it is in the best interests of thechild.Time-limit – If a request to another EU member state to take charge of an applicantis not made within a period of three months, Swedish authorities getresponsible for examining the application for asylum. Even if a request is acceptedby another member state, the responsibility for examining the applicationfor asylum still lies with Swedish authorities if the transfer to the other memberstate does not take place within the six months’ time limit. This time limit may beextended up to a maximum of one year if the transfer could not be carried out dueto imprisonment of the asylum seeker or up to a maximum of eighteen months ifthe asylum seeker absconds (goes into hiding). The member state called upon totake back the applicant shall be obliged to make the necessary checks and replyto the request addressed to it as quickly as possible and under no circumstancesexceeding a period of one month from the referral. When the request is based ondata obtained from the Eurodac system, this time limit is reduced to two weeks.What is the Schengen Information System (SIS)?SIS allows border police, the customs and others to search for and exchange information.Each SIS member may enter computerised particulars about persons,vehicles or objects that are missing or wanted.The SIS also has a blacklist that allows the participating countries to keep arecord of persons they do not wish to see entering the Schengen zone. This listis consequently of major importance for the individual. A person on the blacklistmay have committed a serious crime, for instance, or may have been expelled ordeported and ordered not to re-enter a country for a specific period of time.A Handbook for Asylum Seekers in Sweden | 11