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Have any US citizens ever received refuge or political asylum in the Republic of Ireland?
According to published statistics, there were no refugee applications from US citizens in Ireland last year. Of note is that there were 70 rejected applications from South Africa, with none approved. ...
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Refugee in USA, needs to travel to his country of origin
He would be taking a very, very, very big risk.
He has refugee status presumably because being in his own country would be a risk for his life. If he is willing to return to his own country to ...
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Asylum for spouse of American citizen
Legally speaking, your wife would be claiming asylum for herself, in contrast to the normal family-based immigration process, which would start with your filing a petition on her behalf. That is of ...
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How are various reasons of asylum seeking in US compared, in terms of their likelihoods of success?
It's unlikely that those statistics exist, especially not at any official level.
The reason for this is that asylum claims are based on individual circumstances and experience. When officials consider ...
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Gay person seeking asylum from Pakistan
You do not need an immigrant visa in order to claim asylum. You only need a visitor visa. Once you are in a country you can make an asylum claim there. This is not illegal and will not count against ...
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Refugee status for a South African citizen
I suspect that her chance of being accepted as a refugee is low. To qualify as a refugee, she would have to demonstrate "a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, ...
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How to Stay in Germany
You should get a lawyer guiding you through this. You can pay one, I'm sure there are organisations to help you if you cannot afford one (probably the default if you arrive as a refugee).
You will ...
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How do me and my dad cope with my mom doing a disappearing act and stating she isn't coming back?
There's no explicit question here that is on topic for this site, but there is an implicit question about immigration status, perhaps for each of your parents.
I presume that your father is a lawful ...
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Trying to obtain a US visa but my home country does not allow it
As I understand your question and the comments, you are
a citizen of Ukraine and/or Russia (having accepted a Russian passport during the "passportization" campaigns in occupied parts of ...
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When can I apply for Citizenship? Should I just request an adjustment of status?
You are eligible for naturalization under the 5-year rule 5 years after you have become a permanent resident (if you have maintained continuous residence during that time), and you can file N-400 up ...
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How to request refugee status/asylum in Qatar due to a threat in home country?
You may have a difficulty directly seeking asylum in Qatar. According to the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR)
The State of Qatar has not ratified either the 1951 Convention on the ...
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I won the dv lottery but will my past uk removal affect my application?
It might affect, it might not, but you will not gain anything by waiting. You need to apply, disclose everything they ask (but do not volunteer anything).
If you have resources, consider hiring a ...
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Titre de sejour
What you seem to have overlooked is that you must have resided in France legally.
The Service-Public.fr portal states that the card for résident de longue durée - UE can be issued to a foreigner who ...
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Change Green Card Category
An archived version of the USCIS Adjudicator's Field Manual Chapter 23.2(c)(2)(B) seems to say that permanent residents cannot do Adjustment of Status unless they first lose their status through ...
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Residence Permit As EU Family Member After Asylum Rejected
A ban should not in and of itself prevent you from applying nor should it lead to an automatic refusal. The standard Swedish authorities have to apply is that three conditions are fulfilled:
Your ...
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Seeking asylum as a Pakistani citizen
Different countries have different rules.
You will need to get there
I suggest getting help in advance from one of the numerous associations in big Western cities that deal with asylum seekers on a ...
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Can B1B2 Visitor Visa Holder marry a person who has been waiting for her asylum interview in USA but already got her work permit and SSN
Can I go to the USA with my B1B2 visa and marry her within a week and come back to Canada, will this be legal ??
Technically there's no special type of visa for this situation (the fiancee visa, K, ...
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Is this case qualified for religious asylum in US?
As phoog says, to claim asylum you have to first travel to the country you wish to claim asylum in. That means getting a visa (unless you are from a country eligible for the Visa Waiver Program). When ...
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Asylum for spouse of American citizen
Canada has announced a special travel authorisation program for Ukrainians that allows up to two year stay in Canada, during which time you can probably stay with her, as a US citizen, and work ...
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How to Ensure You Are Not Deported Back to Your Country of Origin Without Being Able to Seek Asylum
I suspect that your plan is not viable, but details might depend on your country of citizenship and the various other countries involved.
You left you country of origin, A, and traveled to B as a ...
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request early appointment for asylee - United States
If say a person applies for asylum and the wait period for getting the first appointment with USCIS where they decide whether to push you to the court system takes too much time, can you request to ...
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Asylum for spouse of American citizen
US individuals and organizations are now able to sponsor Ukrainians (who were residing in Ukraine as of February 11, 2022) to be paroled into the US through a program called Uniting for Ukraine. The ...
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Can B1B2 Visitor Visa Holder marry a person who has been waiting for her asylum interview in USA but alreday got her work permit and SSN
Since I already addressed all of the other questions at Law.SE, here's the last one:
What would be the best possible solution for our case ? How should we proceed so that we don't have any kind of ...
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Can you make an “expedite request” with EOIR in asylum proceedings?
I believe that "expedited removal" proceedings only applies to arriving aliens, and it means that you do not get a hearing before an immigration judge in immigration court, which you do get ...
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If both are possible, is seeking permanent residency better than asylum?
Responding to the title of your question: if you obtain permanent residency in another country, you'll always be a visitor - a tolerated, long-term visitor to be sure, but not a citizen. Your passport ...
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Pakistani asylum seekers in Europe
The chance of qualifying for asylum will vary greatly depending on the circumstances. Being sought on murder charges is probably unlikely to help unless the person has good evidence that the charges ...
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Can someone originally granted asylum visit the home country after being granted Swedish citizenship?
According to Swedish law a Swedish citizen who was born in Sweden or has ever lived in Sweden cannot lose their citizenship against their will:
If you have been granted Swedish citizenship as per ...
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