I am the attorney of record in the above-listed case. David, would you please tell me the procedure and how did you do that. There's tons of threads with this same question and the same answer: After the interview there's no timeline. Thanks, I do not know about that, as I am not sure whether you need valid work authorization to get unemployment benefits. Thus, effectively successful affirmative asylum applications have been excluded from these data My EAD extension as well as my driver license will be expired in 9 days. OMG, please stop asking this question. This was last night. Take care, Jason. Thanks again for all your help. Recently I expressed the psychological pressure I am under and requested a decision. In my own practice, I generally will not inquire about a delayed decision until at least 90 days after the interview. 8 Civil Service interviews are pretty formulaic. If your asylum claim is approved at the interview, you will receive the approval decision and the I-94 letter confirming your new Asylum status from USCIS. Immigration Court Asylum Decisions, FY 2001 - FY 2021, Figure 2. The decision was pending up until Now in 2022. Here, well discuss what to do when your case has been interviewed, but the decision is delayed. How do you think this will help my interview in any way? Success rates grew from 29 percent to 37 percent under President Biden. I am a medical laboratory technologist and I have the American board of Histopathology but unfortunately the expedite denied . Could you please help me suggest my case? I was wondering if I can go to Ombudsman or what else I can do? However, even if we compare affirmative asylum denial rates with defensive cases which were However, it may depend on why you are seeking asylum. You may also want to check whether you are eligible for a GC based on your marriage I did a post discussing that point on August 6, 2018, but you can talk to a lawyer about the specifics to see whether you might be eligible. Good luck for everyone, Such a great news and congratulations to you Do u mind saying from which state u applied? Did they say no or just remain silent? Starting in 2003, a declining number of affirmative If it doesnt come before it expires, can I file for unemployment benefit? 2021, USCIS had 406,801 asylum applications, on behalf of 638,893 noncitizens, pending . Finally, she may be eligible for an expedited interview. I ask this question not because I think we will get an answerthe Officers almost always indicate that they do not know (this is because they do not control the entire process and have to wait for security background checks and supervisor approval). It is possible that with so many Immigration Courts closed or partially closed due to the It says The certificate must have been registered near the time of birth we dont have such records in a country where I born and grown. Affirmative vs Defensive Immigration Court Asylum Decisions, FY 2001 - FY 2021, Figure 4a. outcomes. Going back to targets, if you are say meant to make 10 decisions a week but all your cases are convoluted and very complex then you should have leeway to figure them out without rushing. Take care, Jason. My question is does that happen usually?and why. Also, I think they will not give you an Info Pass for this purpose. I am a nurse too and I went before the judge for my master hearing in Nov 2021. overall denial rates dropped once President Biden assumed office. See Figure 5. - Grant rate Also, if she has someone else here who can invite her for a life event, that could work as well. If all else fails, you can do a mandamus lawsuit, but you would want to try to understand the problem first. defensive cases. They can contact the US embassy of the country they are currently stuck in, and see if the embassy can assist. This means that from November 2021 to February 2022, this asylum procedure took on average 10 weeks. includes data about gender, age, and language for asylum cases decided by Immigration Judges. represented asylum seekers in Figure 5 largely mirror the overall trends displayed earlier in asylum cases. My asylum case been pending for almost 6 years. group were largely unchanged with the inauguration of a new presidential administration. Yes my husband never received receipt but when I had my interview the officer asked me to sign a paper that said I wont get a decision until my husband does his interview ( so I assume they received the case?). They will be able to advise whether there are any actions you can take to speed things up. Success here is further separated into whether asylum And your personal experiences, if you have any experience, are not a reflection of asylum decisions since Biden took office. Expedite interview: May 2019 Hell respond soon. I do not think they will tell you, but you can ask. [2] I am also from Afghanistan . Thank you, Jason. 4. I had affirmative asylum interview in November 2021. My parents got the visa right away. non-adversarial (or at least less adversarial) setting with an asylum officer and with the option of having In the event, it decides to grant Strahd asylum in July 2022. 2 Yes. USCIS is a mess and if you do that, they may lose it. In that case, it was pretty obvious (he paid ransom to kidnappers). Would it help if we moved and my wife submitted a new application to another office? This EAD things is very serious for some people. For the questions on pages 5 to 8, we usually give a very basic answer (just a few sentences) and then write I will submit an affidavit with additional details. You can submit the affidavit later, as you develop the case and gather evidence. We last inquired on September 10, 2021 and January 4, 2022. What does that mean for those of us who have lost jobs? Second, if you plan on seeking help from the, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Anatomy of an Asylum Office Inquiry: Delayed Decisions, Dos and Donts for the Asylum Office and Immigration Court, Credibility Determinations Are Not Credible, Part Three. As of March 20, 2020, all new asylum seekers have been denied access to the asylum process and are being immediately . I've read that a high number of staff are put on performance improvement plans - should this apply to me, would it impact my chances for progression? The loan then gets disbursed into your U.S. bank account within a reasonable number of days (some lenders will be as quick as 2-3 business days). At least in my experience, there is usually no way to look at a case and predict the wait time in advance. Are my brothers considered terrorists and what I did is considered a support to them? Thereafter outcomes remained at around 89 percent denial rate through FY 2018, before falling The Asylum Office email response team in action. If all else fails, consult with an immigration attorney. More importantly, it is a human factor that may cause the officer to be more sympathetic to your situation, which might help the case. Some 18,699 initial decisions were made on asylum applications in the UK in 2022, up 29 per cent on 14,532 in 2021 but 10 per cent below the 20,766 in the pre-pandemic year of 2019. When they say the case is pending background check this means the case is not on-hold due to TRIG and they are indeed working on it. Dont say that Afghanistan was not safe or I could not stay there. So, we gave it a try and asked my parents to apply for tourist visa and come here visit us. The same is sometimes true if you intend to seek help from your Congress person or Senator. I do not think the war is a basis for asylum for most people. Take care, Jason, Well, I agree with the last part of this that these inquiries may not do any help but it will be something we will be doing instead of doing nothing. The rule would have raised the cost of submitting several different kinds of immigration applications and forms beginning January 19, 2021. For your case, you may want to file a mandamus, since you were already interviewed years ago. I had my asylum interview January, 2017 and still waiting fir my decision. Most new cases are still not being interviewed, though as Covid restrictions lift, that may change. Good luck, Jason, I thank you for all you do for the Asylum community. I am the attorney of record for the above-listed case, which your office had graciously agreed to expedite (see attached). Take care, Jason. Your case is much worse. opposing attorney from Immigration and Customs Enforcement. An examination of parallel month-by-month data on asylum decisions should help disentangle Since then I wrote to Chicago Asylum Office at least 10 time to get a status update. If not then what else could be the reason and what should I do to speed up my application? We are thinking to go directly to Asylum office to make an inquiry. I havent seen my parents/ siblings in 7 years and Im really depressed about that , Also what if we drop my husbands case and keep mine only is there a chance theyll give us a decision or is that not a good idea, It is strange to me that he does not have a receipt. Probably you just send the missing info, but check the RFE to see exactly what they want. They just need to update the information. 2 Probably not, as long as they can explain why they did it. Sadly, it is normal. I will reach out to your friend a pursue the mandamus lawsuit path, It is incredibly ridiculous I did a post about it on June 24, 2016. Those who were represented and were affirmative cases consistently have much, much lower @ELI Good luck, Jason. Although the asylum decision is appealable in the regular procedure, there are many decisions affecting asylum seekers against which there is no right of appeal: e.g. (844) 293-7582. CDC's decision to begin booster shots in the fall of 2021 is due to the current information about the vaccine effectiveness and the impact of variants on vaccine effectiveness. So basically, inquiries represent a first step before you try more aggressive approaches. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Also, we have had some interviews canceled because USCIS could not find an interpreter. And that during those months the IND decided for 98% of the asylum applications within the given decision period. Sometimes, if a comment has too many links, it requires me to approve it, but I have not seen any of those recently. I have attended and graduated with MSN-RN and now working in critical care at a Hospital. In my application I stated my uncle (affiliated with IRGC and Islamic Revolutionary Committee in 1979) as a person who has controlled/abused my family in the past and stated him as a potential threat to me in the future if I return home. July 2, 2021 Thousands seeking asylum face cruel wait of years for asylum decision - fresh research shows A new report published by the Refugee Council today reveals a staggering rise in the numbers of people seeking asylum condemned to wait for over a year for even an initial decision on whether they will be able to remain in the UK. Good luck, Jason. They had been running at around lawfully request at the borders of the United States or while inside the country. They seem not to understand the damage all this reshuffling is causing (or they do not care). Look Privacy Policy. I applied and Virginia office 2017 Im still waiting for my interview, Is that normal? Then starting around 2016, the number of defensive asylum Initially, as we see in Figure 2, the asylum denial rate climbed for a Most of these offices- and the courts, too- are rife with bias. If you lose the case, you would be referred to court unless you have some other status to remain in the US. Tell them put some key words like major depression, suffering from ,,,.. If you want to arrange a consul, you can email me at JDzubow@DzubowLaw.com. Note: In the FOIA the officer mentioned that my testimony was consistent, Detailed and plausible and credible, Almost no one is firmly resettled in the UAE because that is not an option in their system. we are in California. The asylum process is perhaps the most rigorous and scrutinous way to be admitted to the United States. TRAC has raised this issue with the agency several times. I have submitted from NJ and I applied in December 2021 countries these asylum seekers are fleeing from have also undergone profound change over the Take care, Jason. That rule is not yet in effect. In my declaration, I stated my brothers as fervent Muslims with extreme ideas about how I should behave and live. Congratulations on the GC. For decisions in FY 2021 nearly nine out of ten (89%) asylum They have a few questions they wanted to clarify, so I thought of your blog immediately that was a wealth of knowledge and support during our asylum process. both represented and never detained a large differential in outcomes remains. Good luck, Jason, Hello jason Zika, you to mind your own business with your lies about asylum approval/denial rates! How long does it take to receive the GC after this, Anyone having any recent experience Often merely filing a motion is enough to force the USCISs hand to decide your case. period. Thank you so much, I think they should tell you, but they normally do not. Or we can just send a form and later the statement? By the end of FY 2021, the proportion of the asylum cases (33%) in the total Court's backlog had climbed to just under half (46%). Take care, Jason, hello jason I also included my husband in my box in my interview but he just received a program notice for his interview is that normal his box was from 2015 and he had never had an interview, I am not sure I understand what you mean, but if your husband is a dependent on your case, it is normal to only ask him the questions thar bar him from obtaining asylum if he says yes questions like: Are you a terrorist? Asylum seekers who are detained face a myriad of disadvantages when seeking asylum. to 81 percent in FY 2020. How Do I Know If USCIS Received My Application? like a miracle. If you do go to court and lose, you can appeal, but if you lose that, you likely will have to leave the US (potentially, you can file a case in federal court to try to stay). seeker's case. Even if we knew the average, however, I doubt it would be helpful to anyone. I worked for the US Embassy before I came to this county and at the best of my recollection, my salary used to come from the state department but I am very confused to see that the asylum office keeps telling me that they cannot issue a decision at this point because my application is still pending background checks. Today she got her gc , and me I didnt receive it yet Immigration Court. While the unrepresented were many fewer in FY 2021, denial rates for this remaining small new Biden administration took office at the end of January 2021. Asylum Attorney in New York, NY. Last time, we talked about contacting the Asylum Office to expedite a case that had not yet been interviewed. Anyway, it is not within your control, and unless the rules change, they will provide an interpreter for her. Again, this will depend on the type of application you are making. Take care, Jason. But nothing is happening. The interview may last several hours and you will be asked lots of questions. rates since in the prior year, FY 2020, representation rates were 80 percent or nine (9) percentage A lot of asylum based applicants are getting approvals and RFEs. S Seeker19 New Member Feb 27, 2022 #7,586 Mishomasr said: Yes, you will wait months to start. Will this affect my case? 2021) is a full 5 percentage points lower, at 51 percent. What happens if we lose? How will she pay her rent? I am really fed up and dont know where to turn to. Maybe try again, sorry, Jason, Thanks for sharing your time frame. It discusses the required elements of a successful APA and mandamus . Sorry for the long post, there's a lot weighing on my mind! Take care, Jason, yes he is independent in my case and included we asked him all these questions during my interview and now we are giving him an interview too, He should review the whole case and be prepared to discuss everything. If the USCIS is only requesting additional information, you will have 30 days to provide it. STEP SEVEN: Receive Decision In most cases, you will return to the asylum office to pick up the decision two weeks after the asylum officer interviewed you. However, Im receiving a notice for a 3rd interview, why am I being interviewed again? [25] Thus, examining success rates for asylum seekers in affirmative cases largely reflects the fact If you didnt successfully pass your exam, you would have to retake the citizenship exam. The When you had applied for GC and which centre? I applied for Asylum in 2019 and till now I have not heard anything. My case is pending at the National Benefits Center. First, maybe they will actually do some good. 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