Rights and Available Benefits After a Grant of Asylum

After you receive your final approval of asylum, you can apply for certain immigration-related and other government benefits and services.

Applying for a Refugee Travel Document

You can travel outside the U.S. as a refugee or asylee, but get a refugee travel document first.

I'm the child of an asylee, turning 21 soon -- will CSPA help me stay eligible?

How the Child Status Protection Act helps make sure children of asylees don't "age out."

Can a Refugee or Asylee Lose Status Once Conditions Improve in Home Country?

Asylees in particular need to pay attention to the possibility that the U.S. government will find they no longer need its protection.

How Can Refugee or Asylee Help Family Come to the U.S.?

You have more than one option when arranging for spouse, children, and other close family to come to the U.S. after your grant of asylee or refugee status.

Can refugee help brother and sister come to the U.S.?

For a refugee, bringing siblings to the U.S. will be a multi-step process, if it's possible at all.

Can asylee bring parents to the U.S.?

There is a way for asylees to help parents enter the U.S. as refugees, if done within certain time limits.

I won asylum and need to travel abroad next week. Can I?

Applying for a refugee travel document when departure is imminent.

Can I return to my country after winning asylum using my Venezuelan passport?

Using your home passport as well as visiting your home country could put your asylum status, and your ability to return to the U.S., at risk.

Granted asylum, recently married an undocumented person: Can he get status?

If the marriage happens after you gain asylum status, you face a long and uncertain procedure to attempt to gain lawful immigration status for an undocumented spouse.

How Refugees Can Prove Family Relationships Despite Wrong or Missing Documents

As asylees or refugees claim additional immigration benefits or petition for family members, coming up with valid documentation can be a challenge. Here's how to deal with some of the common issues.

Granted Asylum Status in the U.S.: When You'll Get Your Asylum Documents

You've been granted asylum status in the U.S. -- now how do you prove it to others?

How to Apply for Permanent Residence (a Green Card) as an Asylee

All the forms, fees, documents, and other information you need to apply for a green card after one year as an asylee.

I'm already an asylee -- so why do I need a green card?

The security offered by U.S. permanent residence, and how it helps your path to U.S. citizenship.

Applying for Permanent Residence as a Refugee

After one year as a refugee, it's time to get your U.S. green card.

I’m an asylee, applying for my green card: Do I need a financial sponsor?

Recipients of asylum need not worry about the "public charge" ground of inadmissibility.

Got asylum through parent who hasn’t applied for green card – can I apply for one?

Derivative asylees have an independent right to apply for adjustment of status.

Can refugee apply to adjust status after one year has passed?

It's legally possible to apply late, but safest to include an explanation of the delay.

Can refugee applying for green card get waiver for record of child abuse?

With child abuse on one's record, obtaining a green card, even with refugee status, will be a challenge.

After divorce from the principal asylee, can spouse still get a green card?

With a lawyer's help, a divorced asylee may be able to file his or her own asylum application retroactively, and then apply for permanent residence.

Can child of asylee (derivative) go on to get green card after mother (principal asylee's) death?

Using I.N.A. 204(l) to protect derivative asylee's right to adjust status in the U.S.

Entered the U.S. illegally and got asylum; am I inadmissible when I request a green card?

Entry without permission is not a bar to asylee adjustment of status.