Your receipt will be delayed because they are slow in processing cases these days. It may come in 2 months or 4 months. Some percentage of cases...

Above all, make sure that your asylum case is properly prepared. An interview is not what you really want. You want an interview that leads to...

The service centers that issue the receipt are very slow right now. They have put a notice about this fact on USCIS.gov on the asylum page. The...

When asylum cases are filed, a computer (not a human being) decides which cases to schedule for interview soon after filing. Some percentage of...

Unfortunately, they won't verify your immigration status for you. The very best identification will be your EAD, when you have one, and then a...

There are exceptions to the one year rule. Changed country condition can be one of the exceptions. The most important advice I can give you is...

The form does not specifically refer to a person's risk of harm due to genocide but that certainly can be an asylum claim. Asylum law was born out...

It's not clear how long you have not attended school and whether you have violated your student status. Technically, working on an asylum EAD is a...

If you didn't violate your status, get a good local immigration lawyer right away and try to get the case sent back to the Asylum Office. They...

Make sure that your attorney puts this in writing to the Asylum Office Director. This is a very serious matter. I don't think San Francisco still...

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