New regulations regarding political asylum in the United States were recently issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
The information relates to applications from people whose deportation proceedings were rejected or annulled. These cases are handled by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR).
The official USCIS website also states that the procedure has changed since October 16th. For example, if the EOIR has dismissed or canceled your removal proceedings and you choose to file an asylum claim, you must do the following. It is imperative that you submit a current version of Form I-589, Petition for Asylum and Withholding of Removal, to the USCIS secure location. Don’t forget that in this case your place of residence is responsible.
Presentation of evidence
Another example might be that you had an asylum application pending when the EOIR dismissed or canceled your removal proceedings. Here, USCIS suggests including additional or updated information related to your asylum application in your filing.
It is important that you provide evidence supporting the following aspects. The first is that EOIR has dismissed or set aside your removal proceedings, such as a copy of the order dismissing or setting aside. The other reason is that you had a Form I-589 pending with the EOIR when your moving case was dismissed or canceled.
USCIS will issue an acknowledgment of receipt with the original filing date of your Form I-589 if it is verified that you actually filed it. This would be the case if you had filed before the date EOIR dismissed or canceled your removal proceedings.
This is exactly the date USCIS will use as the deadline for filing the application. The failure itself will be counted towards the entitlement to an employment permit based on a pending asylum application.