Recent Posts in Asylum Category
Posted on Jun 16, 2013 By Heartland Immigration
Getting US asylum allows a person to live and work legally in the United States. It normally leads to a US green card within one year of being granted asylum status, which can in turn lead to a grant ...
Continue reading "Getting Asylum in the US - Changing Motivations and the "On Account of" Requirement" »
Posted on Jun 15, 2013 By Heartland Immigration
Persons who receive a grant of asylum in the United States can live and work legally in the country and are eligible to apply for a US green card one year after receiving asylee status. Being a green ...
Continue reading "Asylum - Mixed Motives and the Persecution/Protected-Ground Nexus" »
Posted on Jun 9, 2013 By Heartland Immigration
United States asylum law affords a grant of asylum to persons physically present in the United States who demonstrate, either to an immigration judge in the deportation context, or to an asylum ...
Continue reading "Asylum for Persecution On Account of Religion - Where do Atheists Fit In?" »
Posted on May 24, 2013 By Heartland Immigration
Persons who qualify for US asylum can live and work legally in the United States, and can apply for a US green card after spending one year in asylee status. An individual gets asylum in the United ...
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Posted on May 23, 2013 By Heartland Immigration
Getting asylum in the US allows one to live and work legally in the country and generally leads to a US green card, which can in turn lead to US citizenship. Asylum is given to persons who are ...
Continue reading "USA Asylum - What "On Account of" Means in the Refugee Definition" »
Posted on Oct 8, 2012 By Heartland Immigration
Immigration lawyers are frequently asked what the difference is between getting refugee status and being recognized as asylee (i.e., someone who is given asylum) in the United States. What is asylum? ...
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Posted on Sep 23, 2012 By Heartland Immigration
Persons whom the government is trying to deport in immigration court may be able to avoid deportation by requesting a grant from the immigration judge of asylum. A request of asylum in this situation ...
Continue reading "Defensive Asylum - A Way to Avoid Deportation" »
Posted on Sep 18, 2012 By Heartland Immigration
Persons who have been persecuted or who reasonably feel they will be persecuted in their own country can sometimes get asylum in the United States. Sometimes referred to as political asylum or asylum ...
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Posted on Sep 8, 2012 By Heartland Immigration
Persons from around the world look to the United States as a protector of individuals who are not US citizens and who fear persecution in their own country. The US offers a refuge for many asylum ...
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Posted on Nov 7, 2011 By Heartland Immigration
A person who has a reasonable fear of persecution in the event that they should be returned to their home country can, subject to certain conditions, get asylum in the US. Persons granted asylum can ...
Continue reading "Asylum Law: Multiple Motives for Persecution and the "One Central Reason" Standard" »
Posted on Nov 4, 2011 By Heartland Immigration
United States immigration law allows a person who is not a US citizen to legally remain in the US and in most cases to eventually get a green card if they have a well-founded fear of persecuted in ...
Continue reading "Asylum: Forms of Evidence that Persecution is "On Account of" a Qualifying Ground" »
Posted on Oct 24, 2011 By Heartland Immigration
Persons granted US asylum can lawfully work in the United States. An applicant for asylum in the US can get a work permit, formally called an Employment Authorization Document, from US Citizenship and ...
Continue reading "Work Permit for Asylum Applicants - Understanding the 180 Day Clock" »
Posted on Oct 19, 2011 By Heartland Immigration
A person can seek asylum in the US and normally end up getting a green card, allowing them to live and work permanently in the United States, if they are in the United States and can't or ...
Continue reading "Can I Qualify for Asylum in the US if I am Persecuted Due to My Gender?" »
Posted on Sep 30, 2011 By Heartland Immigration
Persons seeking asylum in the US must demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution in the event that they should be returned to their country, and the persecution feared must be on account of race, ...
Continue reading "US Asylum Based on Past Persecution - The Government's Burden" »
Posted on Sep 14, 2011 By Heartland Immigration
A person who is not a US citizen can normally get asylum in the United States – and eventually get a green card, which can lead to US citizenship – if they're in the US and don't ...
Continue reading "Can I Get Asylum in the US if I Fear Persecution by Actors Other than the Government?" »
Posted on Sep 10, 2011 By Heartland Immigration
Individuals who seek asylum in the US must show that they can't or are unwilling to return to their own country because of either persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of ...
Continue reading "What Counts as Persecution for a Person Seeking Asylum in the US?" »
Posted on Aug 25, 2011 By Heartland Immigration
Individuals who are otherwise entitled to asylum in the United States can be denied asylum if they fall into a group of persons who are disqualified due to certain prior acts, many of which concern ...
Continue reading "Can I Still be Granted Asylum if I Have Had Prior Trouble With the Law?" »