In asylum law, credibility is everything and your asylum application must be carefully crafted to ensure there is a "nexus" or connection between the harm you face or will face and the five protected groups (race, religion, nationality, political opinion and membership in a particular social gr...
I have seen cases where one application causes a file to be moved to a different office, and so I guess that is what happened. I think the NSC will respond to the Houston office’s request and I know of no way to contact the NSC except by calling the general USCIS number (800-375...
How would USCIS be able to detect these things if there is no application for the GC? Also, what if the asylee doesn’t’ want to become an LPR? Perhaps the asylee could declare, at the asylum interview stage/on the I-589 application, that if s/he is granted asylum, s/he would ...
knowledgeable and passionate of my husband’s case, something I didn’t feel from my own attorney. So when I received, nine months later a Request For Evidence (RFE) issued by USCIS, meaning my attorney had not submitted all the necessary evidence in support of my application, my husband ...
[10] USCIS states that the backlog is “the result of a prolonged, significant increase in affirmative asylum application filings and credible fear screenings . . . . ”[11] It further states that “despite significant staffing increases . . . workloads outpaced the expansion of asylum office...
etc. It is USCIS’ discretion whether or not to consider the secondary evidence, as well as to grant or not the adjustment application. In the case of Ms. Y, USCIS initially challenged the validity of her entry, arguing that because she did not possess a stamp in her passport or copy ...
gorillas in El Salvador in 1990. She also was forced to witness how her husband dug his own grave and was shot… The result of denying her asylum application seems harsh and unfair, because the applicant did not willingly assisted the gorillas, and was as much of a victim as the late ...
Where before the Department of Justice (DOJ), Immigration Courts had to allow every asylee and applicant for withholding of removal to appear in front of a judge with a fair chance to present their case even if the USCIS officer denied them based on their asylum application and interview, now...
Unfortunately, as I understand the clock, it will not start running until the application is received and accepted. And so in the above example, my client’s clock will start running on November 9 (assuming USCIS accepts the application this time); it will not start on September 24, when ...
Jason, Is USCIS will give me a second chance to fix the big mistake I make on my submitted I589(application for asylum)….the country I came from used to had such an oppressive government and I been in scrutiny and followed by government authorities paid spy for my every move. I used...