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Court of Appeals Rules on Gender Based Asylum Claim
13 Jul 2010 / Announcements, Asylum, Board of Immmigration Appeals, Breaking News, Court Cases, Deportation, Excecutive Office of Immigration Review, Immigration Reform, Judges, NewsThe Los Angeles Times reported today that a three judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit granted Ms. Lesly Perdomo’s petition for review and ordered that her case be remanded to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) to consider whether Guatemalan women constitute a “particular social group” and as such, be eligible for political asylum. The court also ordered [...]
New Asylum Regulations Take Effect Today. Should Result in Faster Processing of Asylum Applications
06 Apr 2009 / AsylumThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a Final Rule (PDF) in the Federal Register, effective April 6, 2009 amending the asylum regulations stating that the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) will no longer forward all affirmative asylum applications to the U.S. Department of State (DOS). An affirmative asylum application exists when an alien files a timely form I-589 [...]
How to Prepare the All-Important Asylum Supporting Statement
03 Mar 2008 / AsylumOne of the biggest mistakes we see on originally filed asylum applications prepared by others is the failure to attach a detailed statement in support of the facts. In most cases, the applicant merely answers the questions in the space allotted and fails to attach supporting documentation. This almost always results in rejection of the asylum [...]
How to Prepare the Asylum Application the Right Way
28 Feb 2008 / AsylumMany of our clients come to us after their Asylum Applications (Form-I-589) have been denied by USCIS and they have been put into deportation proceedings. The first thing we do in these cases is review the Asylum Application. It is our experience that the overwhelming majority of self-prepared and non-lawyer prepared Asylum Applications are incomplete and [...]
Who Do You Trust to Prepare Your Asylum Application?
28 Feb 2008 / AsylumIf you believe you will be persecuted in your home country because of your race, religion, national origin, membership in particular social group or political opinion, you should file an application with the U.S. government requesting asylum. Application for asylum is made using USCIS Form I-589 – Application for Asylum and for Withholding or Removal. This [...]
