USCIS Announces Online Filing for Affirmative Asylum Applications

4 weeks ago By Chief Editor

Release Date

11/09/2022

WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced today that Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal, is available to file online for certain affirmative asylum applicants. USCIS continues to accept the latest paper version of this form by mail.

DHS Publishes Final Rule to Restore Asylum Regulations Consistent with Asylumworks Vacatur

2 months ago By Chief Editor

Release Date

09/21/2022

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced publication of a final rule consistent with the vacatur of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in  Asylumworks et al. v. Mayorkas et al. This final rule is effective starting Feb. 7, 2022.

USCIS Reverts to Previous Criteria for Interviewing Petitioners Requesting Derivative Refugee and Asylee Status for Family Members

12 months ago By Chief Editor

Release Date

12/10/2021

USCIS Updates Discretionary Criteria for Case-by-Case Interview Determinations of Adjustment of Status Applications Based on Refugee or Asylee Status 

1 year ago By Chief Editor

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USCIS Expands Interviews for Refugees and Asylees Petitioning for Family Members

2 years ago By Chief Editor

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AND HEARING IN CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT INVOLVING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE FILED, OR WILL BE FILING, AN ASYLUM APPLICATION MORE THAN ONE YEAR AFTER ARRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES.

2 years ago By Chief Editor

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USCIS Announces Online Case Status Feature for Asylum Applicants

3 years ago By Chief Editor

WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that applicants who have a pending affirmative asylum application with USCIS can now check the status of their applications online at uscis.gov/casestatus.

USCIS to Take Action to Address Asylum Backlog

4 years ago By Chief Editor

Release Date: Jan. 31, 2018

Agency Will Focus on Processing Recently Filed Applications

State Dept. Releases Fact Sheet on Status of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program

5 years ago By Editor

Fact Sheet
Office of the SpokespersonWashington, DC
October 24, 2017

Based on Section 6(a) of Executive Order 13780, “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States,” the U.S. government undertook a 120-day review of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) to identify and implement additional security screening processes in order to uphold the safety of the American people.

USCIS Increases Validity of Work Permits to Two Years for Asylum Applicants

6 years ago By Chief Editor

Effective October 5, 2016, USCIS has increased the validity period for initial or renewal Employment Authorization Documents for asylum applicants from one year to two years.

Refugee and Political Asylum News

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