asylum approval rate

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Gilbert

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According to the BCIS, the number of asylum cases approved in February 2003 was only 738. In February 02 the number was 2029.

I am wondering what contributed to this dramatic decline.
 
Originally posted by Gilbert
According to the BCIS, the number of asylum cases approved in February 2003 was only 738. In February 02 the number was 2029.

I am wondering what contributed to this dramatic decline.
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That is due to more restrictions on visa issuance.
 
could be

Another reason is they are trying to reduce asylum approvals in liight of the atrocious backlog. Just my speculation.
 
Another reason would be the fact that people have been aware of the fact that they will wait 10 years for the green card and this made them think a thousand time before applying for asylum :(
 
I am sorry that I do not agree. When one is fleeing from persecution, he will apply for protection where-ever he can find it. The idea that because they have to wait a long time to get a green card they will stay underground is just not realistic. Even if there is no green card at the end of the process, people would still appy.
 
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Originally posted by Gilbert
I am sorry that I do not agree. When one is fleeing from persecution, he will apply for protection where-ever he can find it. The idea that because they have to wait a long time to get a green card they will stay underground is just not realistic. Even if there is no green card at the end of the process, people would still appy.
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Good point. However let us be realistic; many peresecuted folks would go to other countries that are more welcoming and more appreciative of diversity than ours such as Canada, Germany, and Norway. Most of these countries give permenant residency within 2 years at best. It is likely that many of them have relatives in the US who had gone through the process of asylum and its pain so they decided not to come here. Another point to be made is that many people take advantage of the asylum process and think that it is an easy process but now they are thinking a lot before going through it. Finally, there is a huge decline of issuance of Visa by American embassies over the globe and thus many asylum seekers can not get a visa and thus cant come here and apply for asylum. There are many ideas :)
 
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The whole concept of granting asylum first and permanent residence later is stupid. What purpose does it really serve? It just adds more work to the INS, the least efficent agency in the history of the American republic.
 
Originally posted by shamshon
Another reason would be the fact that people have been aware of the fact that they will wait 10 years for the green card and this made them think a thousand time before applying for asylum :(
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Where is this "10 year" thing coming from? Do some people also count the number of years they have to wait for asylum approval too? Personally it took me 2 months to get my asylum case approved from the day of filing and about 6yrs to get my GC. Some fortunate ppl in this forum are lucky to get their GC in 4-5yrs from the day they filed for I-485. Mine took 6yrs bcoz of major INS screw up.
 
Jack,

Last summer, while you were gone from this forum, the INS formally advised on the asylee adjustment situation. As of last summer there were over 100,000 cases pending. So if you file an asylum-based I-485 today then the wait is ten years or longer.

So you and I were pretty lucky compared to folks applying now.
 
well i got my green card in 4 years from applying but i had to wait 6 years for an interview. so the total wait time is 10 years too . :(
 
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