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Thank you all for sharing your thoughts! In general, what's the difference between Employment based and asylum based PR.

Asylum was approved in August 03. But we haven't filed 485 based on Asylum yet, as we were thinking about through employment route. How long does it take now to get Asylum PR, in average?

I heard it normally takes 5 to 10 years to go through Asylum route. Plus I still need travel documents after Asylum GC is granted. I am only a derivative asylee, but seems like I cannot go back to my home country either. That means I cannot go back for (5 ~ 10) + 4 years. If I get employment GC...

Thanks for your quick response. My husband came to the US as F1 in 2002, he was pursuing his Master Degree. Later he applied for Asylum and was approved, and I got derivative asylum. My husband later finished his graduate program. Myself came to the US as F1 several years ago, and I got a...

Hi, I am an asylee in California and just got PERM through employment. My lawyer told me that according to section ....., only people currently in non immigration visa status can apply for employment based PR, and since asylum is not a non immigration visa, INS could deny my application based...