3.2.10 Opening the RSD File......................................................................................................................................... 110
3.2.11 Alternative Procedures for Registration of Applicants for RSD....................................................... 110
3.3 Identity Documentation for Registered Asylum-Seekers............................................................................ 112
3.3.1 General Principles.................................................................................................................................................. 112
3.3.2 Form of UNHCR Asylum-Seeker Identity Documentation................................................................... 113
3.3.3 Oversight and Controls........................................................................................................................................ 114
3.3.4 Recipients of UNHCR Asylum-Seeker Identity Documentation......................................................... 115
3.3.5 Period of Validity of UNHCR Asylum-Seeker Identity Documentation........................................... 115
3.3.6 Renewal of Expired and Replacement of Lost or Stolen UNHCR Asylum-Seeker
Identification Documentation...................................................................................................................................... 116
3.3.7 Maintaining Office Records of UNHCR Asylum-Seeker Identity Documents............................... 117
3.3.8 Fraudulent Use of UNHCR Asylum-Seeker Identity Documents....................................................... 117
3.4 Applicants with Specific Needs.............................................................................................................................. 119
3.4.1 General Procedures............................................................................................................................................... 119
3.4.2 Persons Manifestly in Need of a Protection Intervention..................................................................... 120
3.4.3 Survivors of Torture and Persons Suffering from Trauma..................................................................... 120
3.4.4 Women with Specific Needs.............................................................................................................................. 121
3.4.5 LGBTI Persons......................................................................................................................................................... 121
3.4.6 Child Applicants/Unaccompanied and Separated Children.................................................................. 121
3.4.7 Older Asylum-Seekers.......................................................................................................................................... 122
3.4.8 Asylum-Seekers with Mental Health Conditions or Physical or Intellectual Disabilities......... 123
3.4.9 Recording Information relating to Applicants with Specific Needs................................................... 123
3.5 Scheduling of RSD Interviews and Appointments........................................................................................... 124
3.5.1 General RSD Scheduling Procedures............................................................................................................. 124
3.5.2 Oversight of RSD Scheduling Systems and Procedures......................................................................... 125
3.5.3 Scheduling of RSD Interviews........................................................................................................................... 125
3.5.4 Priority Scheduling of RSD Interviews for the Purpose of Accelerated RSD Processing......... 126
3.5.5 Rescheduling RSD Interviews........................................................................................................................... 127
Annexes ................................................................................................................................................................................ 129
Annex 1: List of Additional Resources....................................................................................................................... 129
Annex 2: RSD Application form .................................................................................................................................. 130
Annex 3: UNHCR Asylum-Seeker Certificate ....................................................................................................... 134
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Procedural Standards for RSD under UNHCR’s Mandate