Under certain circumstances, a stay permit for special cases may be issued. Namely, the holders of such permits may be: 1) victims of crimes related to violence or human exploitation, who cooperate with the justice and/or decided to take part in assistance and social integration projects; 2) victims of domestic abuse who reported their offenders; 3) victims of labour exploitation who reported their employers.
Prior to the security decree, all the special cases which make one individual eligible for the ‘residence permit for special cases’ were encompassed in the ‘humanitarian grounds’ of the humanitarian protection.
These stay permits expire in 6 months and are extendable for a total duration of maximum one year for judicial purposes; they can be converted into other kinds of stay permits.
