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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced today that Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal, is available to file online for certain affirmative asylum applicants.

Inadmissible aliens, some seeking asylum, are processed by CBP officers at the San Ysidro Port of Entry on Nov. 23, 2018. (Mani Albrecht/U.S. Customs and Border Protection) Properly filing your Form I ...

In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued a memo halting all asylum applications, in what is being described as the most aggressive operational freeze ...

On Tuesday Dec. 2, 2025, USCIS released a policy memorandum titled “Hold and Review of all Pending Asylum Applications and all USCIS Benefit Applications Filed by Aliens from High-Risk Countries.” ...

The United States has introduced new fees for foreign nationals applying for work authorisation, effective August 21, 2025. Form I-765 now costs $470 online and $520 on paper, with additional fees for ...