Asylum Process

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Asylum in the United States

• This document from Family Promise provides an excellent overview of the Asylum Process.

• This document from ILAP provides excellent an overview of the 180-Day Asylum Clock.

• A fact sheet describing what asylum in the US is.

Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project

• The Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project helps low-income immigrants improve their legal status and works for more just and humane laws and policies affecting immigrants.

Defensive Asylum

• ILAP – Defensive Asylum Process

• ILAP – Defensive Asylum Handout

UMaine Law School School Ayslum & The Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project

• Asylum Process Video Series

• How To Apply for Asylum

Asylum: How to apply for asylum in the United States on your own

• English

• French

• Spanish

• Arabic

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) — USCIS Information on Asylum Seekers

2018 Ayslum LIFO Process Changes & General Talking Points for USCIS Processing Rules

Asylum Do’s and Asylum Dont’s

American Immigration Council (AIC) Asylum Fact Sheet

Asylum Process – Legal (pdf)
Asylum Process – Services (pdf)

Maine & Massachusetts Lawyers Who Handle Asylum Cases