Asylum Attorney in Evanston, Illinois
How do I file for asylum?
How do I file for asylum?
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in order to file for Asylum you need to
prepare and submit form
i589 along with the supporting documents
with US citizenship and Immigration
Services you must demonstrate a
well-founded fear of
persecution based on your race religion
nationality political opinion or
membership in a particular social group
as part of your
filing the statement that accompanies
the i589 is the most critical part of
your application I liken it to the
engine of a vehicle without which the
vehicle does not move now in addition to
that you want to include medical records
you want to include police reports if
you have friends or family or colleagues
who can attest to some of the things
you’ve gone through then you might want
to include an affidavit from those
individuals if they are in a foreign
language obviously they should be
translated to English it is important to
remember that you have one year from the
time that you enter the United States
to file your
application there are some exceptions so
for example if you can demonstrate
changed or extraordinary
circumstances that led to you not being
able to file within one year then you
would articulate those reasons in your
statement once the application has been
lodged with
USCIS at some point you will be
scheduled for an interview at which you
will be asked detailed questions about
your claim for Asylum and it is also
important to note
that the duration of the interview
meaning whether it’s 45 minutes an hour
and a half or 7 hours really does not
have any bearing on the outcome the
shortest interview I’ve ever had was 45
minutes the longest
was 7 hours they were both
granted prepare as fully as possible and
be ready to answer critical and
sometimes painful questions about your
claim for Asylum the more detailed you
are the higher your chances of success
Evanston, IL immigration attorney Alen Takhsh talks about how to file for asylum.
