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On Nov. 10, 2022, USCIS published a new edition of Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal, dated 10/12/22. Starting May 1, 2023, USCIS will only accept the 10/12/22 edition. Until then, you can also use the 07/26/22 edition. You can find the edition date at the bottom of the page on the form and instructions.

Release Date 

09/11/2023

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reminds affirmative asylum applicants that, starting Sept. 13, 2023, you must bring an interpreter to your asylum interview if you are not fluent in English or wish to proceed with your interview in a language other than English.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing new instructions for asylum applications submitted by individuals whose removal proceedings were dismissed or terminated by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR).

Petitioner is a university that sought to employ the beneficiary permanently in the United States as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Biostatistics. In this respect, the university sought to classify the beneficiary as an outstanding researcher pursuant to section 203(b)(1)(B) of the INA. USCIS initially denied the petition on the grounds that the beneficiary had not achieved the outstanding level of achievement required for being classified as an outstanding researcher. 

Release Date 

05/29/2024

This report provides information on the number and characteristics of persons admitted as refugees or granted asylum in the United States in 2011.

Please check the attachment to read the DHS Report.

State Department official, best-selling author recognized as ‘Outstanding Americans by Choice’

Release Date 

03/12/2024

Please check that attachment to view the CRS report on "U.S. Refugee Resettlement Assistance".

U.S. Refugee Admissions Program

The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) is an inter-agency effort involving a number of governmental and non-governmental partners, both overseas and domestically, whose mission is to resettle refugees in the United States. The U.S. Department of State’s (DOS) Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) has overall management responsibility for the USRAP and has the lead in proposing admissions numbers and processing priorities.

Release Date 

08/30/2024

WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced the opening of an international field office in Quito, Ecuador on Sept. 10. The Quito Field Office will focus on increasing refugee processing capacity, consistent with USCIS commitments under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, and helping reunite individuals with their family members already in the United States.