On 10 October 2022, Commissioner Ylva Johansson announced that the Temporary Protection Directive will continue to be in place at least until March 2024. Member States have to prepare plans to extend or renew residence permits issued in 2022 which are going to expire on 4 March 2023. This AHQ examines the plans and decisions Member States take regarding the process, the type and the duration of the documents concerned.

The following findings can be highlighted:

• Most Member States have already established a plan to allow the people displaced by the war in Ukraine to extend their residence permit in the country of residence after 4 March 2023. In Bulgaria, Croatia, The Netherlands and Sweden, procedures are still under consideration. Spain and Germany granted temporary protection directly until 04.03.2024.
• Only in Slovenia, Greece and Poland, new temporary protection ID cards will be issued without new applications. In every other Member State, that have already planned the procedures, there will be a need to fill a new application in person or online.
• The format of the document will differ in each Member State; it will be a paper document or a plastic card which approves the temporary protection and provides all the necessary information about the displaced person. In Belgium, Lithuania and Poland this document will be available in digital form.
• Eleven of the Member States will extend the documents until 04.03.2024. In the Czech Republic they will be extended until 31.03.2024. Latvia is planning to extend the documents for two years. In France, the temporary residence permits is valid only for six months, but it can be renewed as long as the directive is in force.

Please find additional information in the detailed compilation of answers and in the summary above.