application for asylum
as defined in Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005 on minimum standards on…, Article 2, point (b) (Definitions)
an application made by a third country national or stateless person which can be understood as a request for international protection from a Member State under the Geneva Convention. Any application for international protection is presumed to be an application for asylum, unless the person concerned explicitly requests another kind of protection that can be applied for separately