1. Why do we process your personal data?
UDI collects and uses personal data in order to carry out the following tasks:
- process cases concerning visas, residence permits, protection, exclusion, travel documents, citizenship, rejection, expulsion, and assisted return
- control and verify information, for example clarify someone’s identity, age and family relationships
- revoke permits, such as residence permits or visas
- offer asylum seekers a place to live and provide financial support to people living in asylum reception centres
- exercise care responsibility for unaccompanied minor asylum seekers between the ages of 15 and 18 years
- make arrangements for people with follow-up needs at the asylum reception centre where they live and while their cases are processed
- report on our case processing, for example to the government and the ministries
- for necessary testing of new IT systems
We can normally only use your personal data for the tasks for which they were obtained. However, UDI has a duty to control and verify information we receive in immigration and citizenship cases. This means that we can use information from your previous immigration cases when considering a new case. We can also use information from another person’s case if it is necessary to consider your case.