At the direction of Congress, citizens and nationals of Afghanistan or persons with no nationality who last habitually resided in Afghanistan, and who meet eligibility criteria, are entitled to certain benefits, including rapid adjudication of asylum applications.

30, 2021, the president signed the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act. Please see the Instructions for Form I-589 (PDF, 143.6 KB) for more information. See the “Where to File” and “Special instructions” sections below for more information and to learn where to file your application.Įffective immediately, applicants no longer need to submit a passport-style photo, multiple copies of the form, or multiple copies of supporting documentation when submitting Form I-589. Online filing is also available to affirmative asylum applicants who are not in immigration court proceedings and who do not have to submit their application to the Asylum Vetting Center. However, we will accept forms filed at service centers until we publish a Federal Register notice finalizing this change.Ĭertain categories of affirmative asylum applicants must continue to mail their applications directly the Asylum Vetting Center.

You should now mail your Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal, to the lockbox that has jurisdiction over your place of residence instead of to the service center to ensure timely receipt of your application. We expect this change to help streamline asylum processing and improve adjudication efficiency by digitizing paper filings.

Effective May 31, 2023, we updated the filing location for certain affirmative asylum applications submitted by mail.

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