Not yet in the United States, what happens after withholding of removal?

kafirmurtad

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Hi, I am new here. I have found many useful information here and I am glad I found this place. However, there is one information that I cannot find. I hope by explaining my situation would help clear up the picture.

I am not currently in the United States. I am not in my homeland either. I would like to come to the United States and apply for political asylum based on religious persecution.

I left my homeland last year with a valid work permit to a safe country in the Europe. Situation changed upon arrival to the country due to elevated persecution by family which results in delay of me arriving there. I was taken to the police, was told that I could not go work, and was given the option to return or apply asylum.

I had no idea what asylum was at this time and it was pretty traumatizing for me. So I was put in asylum. Six months later, I received the decision of my case and they said that my claims of religious persecution was unfounded.

Being here has been quite a challenge as I do not speak the language. I worked so hard at learning the language on my own, writing my own appeals now, and I doubt I can successfully write anything convincingly in that language.

I am thinking of just dropping my asylum case here and move on. Since I cannot return to my homeland, I am feeling quite determined to go to the United States.

I believe I have a strong case, and legitimate document and evidence to support the claims. And I have no idea why the immigration services here believe that there is religious freedom in my homeland when my family clearly wants me dead and other members of the previous religion which I left were threatening me and harrassing me.

However, I would like to know what is going to happen to me when I arrive at the port of entry of the United States.

More specifically, what is going to happen after I have received the Witholding of Removal status at the port of entry? I have very limited funds to support myself, though I am working on saving some money right now. Am I going to be put in the detention center? What is the detention center like? So many questions...
 
Well, I used to study in the United States. I have a F1 student visa stamped in my passport if that says anything??
 
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The U.S. has a "Safe Third County" Agreement with Canada. If Canada turned you down then you will not be allowed to file for asylum in the U.S. 99% of the time. There would have to be an EXTREME change to country conditions and then the U.S. could send you back to Cnada to pursue that situation.

If you were turned down for asylum in some other country, the U.S. would not bar your application on the basis of "firm resettlement" in a third country unless they offered you a path to some other permanent status on some other basis.
 
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