Effective Feb. 8, 2022, USCIS has stopped applying 2 rules:

1. The Removal of 30-day Processing Provision for Asylum Applicant-Related Form I-765 Employment Authorization Applications Rule (also known as the Timeline Repeal Rule); and

2. The Asylum Application, Interview, and Employment Authorization for Applicants Rule (also known as the Asylum EAD Rule).

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that the agency will schedule asylum interviews for recent applications ahead of older filings, in an attempt to stem the growth of the agency’s asylum backlog.

USCIS is responsible for overseeing the nation’s legal immigration system, which includes adjudicating asylum claims. The agency currently faces a...

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The United States has long provided safe harbor for people that have left their home country due to persecution or fear of persecution.  Immigrants who have already made it to the U.S. can seek asylum status which will allow them...

Asylum is a protection granted to foreign nationals already in the United States or at the border who meet the international definition of a "refugee." A refugee is defined as a person who has been persecuted or has a well-founded fear of being persecuted "on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular...