How to Write an Asylum Declaration That Holds Up
An asylum declaration sets the record your interview is measured against. How to structure it, how much detail to include, and how to corroborate it.
An asylum declaration sets the record your interview is measured against. How to structure it, how much detail to include, and how to corroborate it.
Asylum can cover your spouse and unmarried children under 21, here or abroad. Who qualifies as a derivative, the two-year I-730 deadline, and the traps.
After the asylum interview, USCIS can grant asylum, refer you to immigration court, or issue a notice of intent to deny. What each means and what comes next.
The one-year asylum deadline has two statutory exceptions, changed circumstances and extraordinary circumstances. What each covers and how to prove it.
Asylum, U and T visas, VAWA, and SIJS each protect against a different harm and end in a different status. The questions that decide which route fits your case.
Asylees adjust under INA 209, so some inadmissibility grounds do not apply and most can be waived on Form I-602. Which grounds fall where and what USCIS weighs.