Preparing Your Asylum or Refugee 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.

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.

Filing fees, lawyer's rates, travel expenses, and other costs asylum applicants should prepare for.

Line-by-line instructions on how to fill out Form I-589, Application for Asylum and Withholding of Removal.

As a refugee applying for admission to the United States, or a refugee or asylee applying for adjustment of status (a green card), if you find that your eligibility may be blocked because you are “inadmissible” under U.S. immigration law, you may be able to ask the U.S. government to “waive” (overlook or forgive) your inadmissibility.

Line-by-line instructions on how to fill out Form I-730 for the qualifying family member of an asylee or refugee.

A step-by-step overview of writing an asylum declaration, or a written statement explaining why you are applying for asylum and meet the eligibility requirements.