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Tuti1975

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Any suggestions ?

My passport will expire in Dec/06, I hear from everyone that asylees cannot renew their national passports ?

Any Idea, Any Experience or any Suggestions ??

Thanks
 
Tuti1975 said:
Any suggestions ?

My passport will expire in Dec/06, I hear from everyone that asylees cannot renew their national passports ?

Any Idea, Any Experience or any Suggestions ??

Thanks
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No you don't need to. If you do, then you will be able to return to your COP. Since you got your asylum status, your are protected for the US goverment, and you don't need your passport for travel, so for this reason the RTD exists. Now I heard many people do and also travel everywhere with the national passport but is with their own risk. In the future probably can be in a trouble for that. Read this article that I found in the internet:

"What are the consequences if a refugee/asylee voluntarily travels to her country of persecution and then tries to return to the United States? Refugees who voluntarily reenter the country of persecution risk losing their refugee status upon return to the United States. Such return always casts suspicion on their prior claim of “fear of persecution”. However, it is also important to know that a refugee does not automatically lose status by returning to the country of persecution. The Department of Homeland Security is supposed to examine any extraordinary reasons and special circumstances that may have prompted the voluntary return.
The United Nations Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status under the 1951 Convention, includes several clauses that define the conditions under which a person ceases to be a refugee. These clauses are based on the premise that international protection should not be granted where it is no longer necessary or justified. Voluntary return to one’s home country may trigger one of these so-called “cessation clauses”. Furthermore, entering the country of alleged persecution with a valid passport issued by that country can be construed as a voluntary request for that country’s protection, which may also trigger a cessation clause.
The U.N. Handbook specifically notes that if a refugee applies to her country of persecution for an extension of a national passport or for a new passport, this will, in the absence of “proof to the contrary”, establish a presumption that the refugee intends to avail herself of the protection of the country of her nationality".

Good luck
 
Daniela Coronad said:
No you don't need to. If you do, then you will be able to return to your COP. Since you got your asylum status, your are protected for the US goverment, and you don't need your passport for travel, so for this reason the RTD exists. Now I heard many people do and also travel everywhere with the national passport but is with their own risk. In the future probably can be in a trouble for that. Read this article that I found in the internet:

"What are the consequences if a refugee/asylee voluntarily travels to her country of persecution and then tries to return to the United States? Refugees who voluntarily reenter the country of persecution risk losing their refugee status upon return to the United States. Such return always casts suspicion on their prior claim of “fear of persecution”. However, it is also important to know that a refugee does not automatically lose status by returning to the country of persecution. The Department of Homeland Security is supposed to examine any extraordinary reasons and special circumstances that may have prompted the voluntary return.
The United Nations Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status under the 1951 Convention, includes several clauses that define the conditions under which a person ceases to be a refugee. These clauses are based on the premise that international protection should not be granted where it is no longer necessary or justified. Voluntary return to one’s home country may trigger one of these so-called “cessation clauses”. Furthermore, entering the country of alleged persecution with a valid passport issued by that country can be construed as a voluntary request for that country’s protection, which may also trigger a cessation clause.
The U.N. Handbook specifically notes that if a refugee applies to her country of persecution for an extension of a national passport or for a new passport, this will, in the absence of “proof to the contrary”, establish a presumption that the refugee intends to avail herself of the protection of the country of her nationality".

Good luck
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That is very informative. Could you provide the source please. Thank you.
 
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