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You are damn right! It also depends on whom you claim to be. Asylees claimed to be the authoritarian regime fighter like Dalai Lama in their asylum application may take notice: all what I have said that it is O.K. to renew your passport does not apply to you.

It should not affect your asylee status, as you would have to commit to some more serious trouble before they terminate your asylee status, and then put you in removal proceedings. While this would not be a problem for now, in your citizenship review, that might come up as a factor for good...

It is a lot of information. See attached.

There used to be a report published by some university which listed the approval rating judge by judge. San Francisco and NYC both have the highest overall approvals, L.A. is OK, but 10 of the 23 toughest IJs are there. The Obama administration really needs to increase the number of...

B0nd, Actually you don't have to. She mailed this to both the plaintiff and defendant. Louis Bloom is an O.K. judge. She is a Magistrate Judge, so she only can "recommend" to the judge presiding your case. The judge normally follows the recommendation from the Magistrate Judge, though. If...

Without knowing of your friend's personal situation and Moldova (no offense it is such a small country between Ukraine and Romania), I would say she needs to provide strong evidence that why she would be singled out for persecution. The "political crisis" won't help unless she is personally...

Nowadays the security check can really take a long time. The trade-off is that there is no more cap for AOS, therefore you will get green card very quickly after final approval. I guess you can keep contacting Asylum Office or your Congressman...

Honestly, seeing his client waiting for 9 years and no action taken, those attorney still in business? Maybe he needs to focus on other stuff like real estate or divorce.

This is always the hottest topic in this forum. It really worries me.

You will not have a problem. In some sense, having a green card does give you some additional protection. When they are approving your green card, it is clearly stated in INA that you need to demonstrate continued fear of persecution. But this is not the case when they are approving your...

I will say forced abortion is, but no simply have a second child. I believe 2nd Circuit just did an about-face ruling last year.

You know, this is all politics also. I do not quite understand disobeying China's "one-child" policy will rise to the level of "persecution". They did take actions in at least some of the cases where people obviously abused the system, though.

You are definitely entitled to adjudication of your case after 120 days of interview. The government argues that while INA says the case shall be adjudicated within 120 days of the examination, the examination, they argue, includes all the steps they do to ensure your eligibility. In other...

Honestly every asylum is a unique case, therefore I am not sure a uniformed policy will help. I do think the number of people doing these renewal and returning COP appears to be a little excessive, however. This will hurt legitimate asylees.

Good luck. I am always jealous of people living in the jurisdiction of 9th Circuit.

The great thing about this country is that each person's rights and status can not be deprived of without "due process of law". I hate immigration fraud, but on the other hand, like some judge said, the government can neither do "self-lawmaking" nor "stretch the INA to fit their own needs"...

Without directly discrediting ICE attorneys, a case in Eastern District of New York failed in early 2008, as the sole evidence of "re-availment" is the renewal. The judge pointed out that his reading of the INA indicates three components, all of which have to be met: The asylee's action...

Everybody knows and agrees about this situation for those Chinese asylees. But, talking about more broadly, unless you claim to be on the top wanted list, renewing and extending passport is really a routine procedure for overseas consulate. Unless it really contradicts your asylum claim, there...

Thankful, Not trying to sound like I am promoting the idea of renewing, but the link of this to either "changed circumstance" and "re-availment" is quite weak alone.

If you "only" renewed NP, I do not think this would be an issue. That "issue" may not even arise when they request copies of NP or doing an interview. Do not apply for RTD, unless you have some "good" reason to explain why you renewed NP, as this is one of the questions you must answer in...