USCIS holding pending asylum apps, reviewing benefits from ‘high risk countries’

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced Tuesday it is placing a hold on all pending asylum ...
JD Supra

USCIS Pause on Immigration and Benefit Requests of Foreign Nationals on Travel Ban Countries

On June 4, 2025, the White House issued a Presidential Proclamation imposing travel restrictions on 19 countries, which ...
JD Supra

USCIS Pauses Asylum Adjudications and Places Hold on Benefits for Nationals of 19 “High Risk” Countries

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Tuesday an immediate hold on all pending asylum applications and a pause on the ...
Homeland Security Today

Information on Form I-589 Intake and Processing Delays

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 ...
Homeland Security Today

USCIS Announces Online Filing for Affirmative Asylum Applications

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.

USCIS freezes asylum applications for all, major changes to green cards and travel documents

The sweeping changes affect everyone, not just those from high-risk countries, and apply across all I-589 asylum cases ...
Indiatimes

New US work permit fees hit foreign applicants: Here’s what you need to know about Form I-765 and I-589

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 ...