You will now have a detailed interview with the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) at Schiphol Airport. This 2nd interview is the most important interview for your asylum application. You will explain in detail why you have fled. From this 2nd interview it will take another 6 days until the IND decides whether you may stay in the Netherlands.

• During the interview, an IND employee asks questions about the reasons why you fled.

• The IND employee will ask further questions based on your answers.

• You can be interviewed by an IND employee of your gender if you wish. The IND employee will ask you about this during your 1st interview.

• Be honest and explain in detail and clearly about why you fled.

• Explain why you personally need protection. The IND is aware of the general situation in your country. Therefore, it is important that you explain why you are in danger.

• Sometimes it is difficult to talk about your flight. Explain this clearly to the IND if you find it difficult to talk about anything or if there is something you do not remember.

• If you have any scars, physical or psychological complaints related to your flight, tell the IND this. The IND may offer you a medical examination.

• A

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  employee may be present at the interview if you wish. VWN will support you and, just like the IND, will compile a report of the interview. VWN may have written down different information than the IND. Sometimes this information is important. If your asylum application is rejected and you want to appeal, VWN's report can be used in the appeal.

• The IND will compile a report of the interview. The day after the interview, discuss the IND report with your lawyer. Tell your lawyer if any information is missing or incorrect in the IND report.

The IND employee asks the questions in Dutch. The interpreter translates them for you. The interpreter also translates your answers into Dutch. The interpreter is independent, does not work for the IND and has no influence on the decision about your asylum application. As interpreters are very busy, you might get an interpreter who speaks a different dialect. Tell me immediately if the interpreter and you cannot understand each other properly. It is important that no misunderstandings arise because the interpreter and you do not understand each other well.

• Day 1: You have the 2nd interview with the IND

• Day 2. You discuss the 2nd interview with your lawyer Your lawyer will discuss the IND's report of the 2nd interview with you. An interpreter will also help translate everything you and the lawyer say at this meeting. If anything is missing in the report or not written down correctly, your lawyer will report this to the IND.

• Day 3: The IND makes a 1st decision The IND assesses whether you meet the conditions for an asylum residence permit. There are 3 possibilities: approve, reject or need more time.

• Day 4: Your lawyer responds to the IND's first decision If the IND plans to reject your asylum application, discuss this with your lawyer. Your lawyer can then respond in writing to the IND's first decision. In this letter, you explain why you disagree with this decision.

• Day 5 and 6: IND's final decision The IND now makes a final assessment of whether you meet the conditions for an asylum residence permit. There are 3 possibilities: approve, reject or need more time.

If the IND needs more time, your asylum application will be further processed in the extended asylum procedure (VA). This procedure takes place in an (open) reception location. You move to a non-closed reception centre. The decision on your asylum application will follow later.