Asylum
What is Asylum?
Asylum is claimed by a person who flees their home country, enters or requests entry into the United States, and applies for protection from the USA so they do not have to return to their home country.
In order to qualify for asylum as an asylum seeker, you must establish that you are a refugee who is unable or unwilling to return to his or her country of nationality, because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.
In order to qualify for asylum as an asylum seeker, you must establish that you are a refugee who is unable or unwilling to return to his or her country of nationality, because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.
This means that you must establish that race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion was or will be the main reason for your persecution or why you fear persecution. Economic hardship is not a valid reason to file for asylum.
You must file for asylum within one year of entry into the United States.
You must file for asylum within one year of entry into the United States.
Types Of Asylum
- Asylum based on race
- Religious asylum
- Asylum based on nationality
- Particular social group asylum
- Political opinion asylum
- LGBT asylum or sexual orientation
- Gender-based asylum
- Humanitarian asylum
- Defensive asylum
- Convention Against Torture
