U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced yesterday that\u00a0Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal, is\u00a0available to file online for certain affirmative asylum applicants. USCIS continues to accept the latest paper version of this form by mail.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe expansion of online filing is a priority for USCIS as we make our operations more efficient and effective for the agency and our stakeholders, applicants, petitioners, and requestors,\u201d said USCIS director Ur M. Jaddou.<\/p>\n
At this time, the option to file an online Form I-589 is only available for certain affirmative asylum applicants.\u00a0Applicants may use their USCIS online account to file for asylum affirmatively with USCIS if they are physically present in the United States.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
To file online, an applicant must first review the\u00a0instructions\u00a0on the USCIS website to determine whether their application may be submitted electronically.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Affirmative asylum applicants may not file an online Form I-589 if they:<\/p>\n
Are in proceedings in immigration court or before the Board of Immigration Appeals;<\/p>\n
Are an unaccompanied alien child as defined in 6 U.S.C. \u00a7 279(g) and are in removal proceedings;<\/p>\n
Are among the categories of applicants who must currently file by mail with the Asylum Vetting Center as outlined in the Special Instructions section of our\u00a0Form I-589 webpage; or<\/p>\n
Already submitted a Form I-589, which is still pending with USCIS.<\/p>\n
To file an online Form I-589, an individual must first create a\u00a0USCIS online account,\u00a0which provides a convenient and secure method to submit forms and track the status of a pending USCIS immigration request throughout the adjudication process. There is no cost to set up an account, which offers a variety of features, including the ability to communicate with USCIS about an application through a secure inbox and respond online to Requests for Evidence.<\/p>\n
With the addition of online filing for Form I-589, individuals can now file 13 USCIS forms online.\u00a0The\u00a0Forms Available to File Online\u00a0page has links to file all of these forms.\u00a0USCIS continues to accept the latest paper versions of all forms by mail. (USCIS)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced yesterday that\u00a0Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":379452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[119],"class_list":["post-379451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-uscis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}