Re-entry permit under section 27a FPG: follow the route and reporting duty

For a person who is not subject to a visa requirement, re-entry during a valid entry ban is generally prohibited without a special permit. A re-entry permit may be issued on application where important public or private reasons make entry necessary, the reasons for the ban do not stand in the way and no other ground for refusing a visa exists.

The permit must also state the objectively appropriate period of validity. It therefore answers two questions: for which purpose is entry permitted and during which period may it take place?

Conditions may protect public order or security and must take the purpose of the stay into account. The entry in the document is therefore decisive for the specific trip. The article visa refused because of an entry ban or SIS hit explains the separate relationship with visa and SIS issues.

Section 27a FPG expressly names prescribed border crossings and routes as possible conditions. Travelling through another crossing or along a substantially different route should therefore not be treated as an ordinary organisational change.

Before departure, review the permit, planned crossing, bookings and onward route together. For transfers or short-notice changes, record the original route and the reason why a different route is considered necessary.

Compliance with departure conditions is a related issue. The article requirements during voluntary departure explains what may matter beyond the departure period.

Section 27a FPG names the obligation to report at regular intervals to a service of a provincial police directorate as a possible condition. The place and interval follow from the permit.

For travel planning, copy the reporting place, time frame and possible confirmation requirement from the document. After each report, keep a confirmation or other traceable evidence in an organised file.

If an unforeseen event threatens a reporting appointment, document the circumstances and any contact with the responsible authority. The separate question of a missing voluntary-departure period is addressed in no voluntary departure period.

A different travel reason, a postponed date or a necessary detour can raise the question whether the existing permit still covers the trip. The assessment starts by comparing the recorded purpose, period of validity and new facts.

Section 27a(5) FPG provides for revocation where facts become known that would have justified refusal, where the reasons for granting the permit have fallen away, or where conduct during the stay triggers specified new immigration consequences. Whether those conditions are met depends on the complete decision and the facts of the case.

Shortening or lifting the entry ban is a separate route. The article section 60 FPG after release offers initial orientation. An existing re-entry permit does not replace that separate review.