2. Why do we process your personal data?

UDI processes your personal data in order to carry out the following tasks:

  • process cases concerning visas, residence permits, protection, exclusion, travel documents, citizenship, rejection, expulsion, repatriation and assisted return 
  • control and verify information, for instance to clarify a person's identity, age, and family relationships
  • revoke permits, such as residence permits or visas
  • offer individuals applying for protection (asylum) a place to live and provide financial support to people residing in asylum reception centres
  • facilitate care responsibilities for unaccompanied minor asylum seekers between the ages of 15 and 18 years, and unaccompanied minors with an accompanying person (an adult who is not the minor's mother or father).
  • make arrangements for indiviuals with follow-up needs at the asylum reception centre where they live, during the processing of their cases and when they are settled.
  • conduct necessary testing of IT solutions and correct IT system errors
  • provide guidance to our users
  • respond to inquiries from journalists regarding your case if you have consented to this

In some cases, UDI will process personal data in automated processes that are not part of the case processing and do not result in automatic decisions (see section 8), but are necessary for UDI’s administrative tasks.

We can usually only use your personal data for the tasks for which they were obtained. However, UDI has a duty to verify and control information we receive in immigration and citizenship cases. This means that we may use information from your previous immigration cases when processing a new case. We may also use information from another person's case if that person has a connection to you and it is necessary to use the data to verify information in your case.

We also process your personal data to carry out other tasks that are part of UDI's operations, such as when we prepare statistics and analysis reports or improve our services. We do not inform you when we further process your personal data for these purposes.