Applying for Asylum Status
Here you will find guidance on submitting your application for asylum, including preparing Form I-589 and supporting documentation.
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Preparing Your Asylum Application
Overview of the different application processes that refugees and asylees must follow.
Details of how asylum-seekers in the U.S. who are not in removal proceedings should prepare their application.
The purpose of a MCH is to figure out the next steps in your asylum case, and to set dates for your submission of any documents and for your individual merits hearing.
A successful asylum application depends on submitting convincing documentation along with a Form I-589. What documents will carry the most weight?
In case your asylum applicant is not granted, make sure to alert the authorities to any risk that you might be returned to a country where you'll be tortured.
Line-by-line instructions on how to fill out Form I-589, Application for Asylum and Withholding of Removal.
Physicians can take a careful look at what harm you suffered in your home country, and supply written or oral evidence on your behalf.
Lawyer's fees, application fees, and other expenses asylum applicants should prepare for.
Attending Asylum Interviews & Hearings
If you are unable to go at your specified interview time, you can request that the interview be rescheduled, but there are risks....
If your asylum claim ends up in removal proceedings, here's what to expect at the first (scheduling) hearing.
What to expect during your personal meeting with an Asylum Officer.
Careful, complete preparation is key to convincing an asylum officer that you are believable, and deserve asylum in the United States.
The key to a smooth, successful asylum hearing in court is advance preparation and attention to detail.
Risks of leaving the United States while awaiting an asylum decision.
Preparing for a tough merits hearing in an asylum case, keeping in mind the possibility of appeal.
Work Permits for Asylum Applicants
Limited circumstances under which an applicant for asylum will be permitted to work in the United States.
As an asylum applicant, you are allowed to work in the U.S. if: (1) you were granted asylum (or received “recommended approval” for a grant of asylum), or (2) you had applied for asylum at least 150 days ago and still have not received an initial decision on your asylum application.
Timing Aspects of Your Asylum Application
Learn about the different times and situations you may request asylum.
The process of filing an affirmative application for asylum in the U.S. moves fairly quickly, at least at the beginning. But if you aren't approved during the first round of decision-making, it can stretch on for years.
How the one-year filing deadline applies to your application for asylum in the U.S., and when you can take advantage of exceptions to the deadline.
Studying, working, and other possibilities during the months or years of waiting for an asylum decision.
An exception to the one-year filing deadline may help your situation.
What to Do If Your Asylum Application Is Denied
If your affirmative asylum application is denied, step one in your removal proceedings will be to attend a preliminary hearing called a master calendar.
Submitting your asylum application and legal briefs, calling witnesses, attending the hearing, and more.
An asylum applicant has many opportunities for appeal, if he or she can afford it.
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