Political Asylee citizenship interview experience?

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floyd

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If you are a past asylee who has faced citizenship interview, can you share your experience?

Does the IO ask questions:
1. about the political asylum?
2. visit to COP
3. anything else related to the asylum?
4. any other advice/suggestions?

(I am also cross-posting to the political asylum forum)

Thanks in advance
 
Items 1 and 2 may get more attention than other aspects. If you have visited your COP, just tell the truth and justify the reason.

floyd said:
Does the IO ask questions:
1. about the political asylum?
2. visit to COP
3. anything else related to the asylum?
4. any other advice/suggestions?
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floyd said:
If you are a past asylee who has faced citizenship interview, can you share your experience?

Does the IO ask questions:
1. about the political asylum?
2. visit to COP
3. anything else related to the asylum?
4. any other advice/suggestions?

(I am also cross-posting to the political asylum forum)

Thanks in advance
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The Washington D.C DO(fairfax office) officers usually ask about if you have returned to COP and the asylum statement is read from your I-589 that you submitted. It really depends on the IO.
 
Like Wantmygc said, all depend on IO. I would say that if you visited COP, you might have bumpy road.All depends on the many factor like major change on COP and etc.
You know your asylum claim and COP condition & international view of that country and it is your call to decide what might happen to you. In some cases is better to stay permenent resident than getting in trouble with USCIS.
Good luck
 
Hi floyd -

I will post my experience in a couple weeks after my interview. I am *VERY* nervous about it even though I am a derivative asylee and not the actual applicant. The conditions of my COP have changed significantly and though I have not returned for any reason, I have renewed my passport (my parents thought we needed some form of ID before asylum claim was completed).

The main reason I decided to apply and take the risk is that to only have a green card puts you in a lot of risk (minor problems are major problems for green card holders). Also, if I decided to marry some day it's not like my original entry as an asylee would be erased - it is still relevant. Finally, if the conditions in my COP have changed then my green card could be revoked without any prompting. All these were considerations that helped me to decide to apply. Now, there is nothing to do but pray that it goes well.

Good luck.
 
asynat27 said:
Hi floyd -

I will post my experience in a couple weeks after my interview. I am *VERY* nervous about it even though I am a derivative asylee and not the actual applicant. The conditions of my COP have changed significantly and though I have not returned for any reason, I have renewed my passport (my parents thought we needed some form of ID before asylum claim was completed).

The main reason I decided to apply and take the risk is that to only have a green card puts you in a lot of risk (minor problems are major problems for green card holders). Also, if I decided to marry some day it's not like my original entry as an asylee would be erased - it is still relevant. Finally, if the conditions in my COP have changed then my green card could be revoked without any prompting. All these were considerations that helped me to decide to apply. Now, there is nothing to do but pray that it goes well.

Good luck.
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You have nothing to worry about. They rarely rescind the claim of asylum based on changed country conditions. What is your DO?
 
floyd said:
If you are a past asylee who has faced citizenship interview, can you share your experience?

Does the IO ask questions:
1. about the political asylum?
2. visit to COP
3. anything else related to the asylum?
4. any other advice/suggestions?

(I am also cross-posting to the political asylum forum)

Thanks in advance
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I am a past asylee and just passed my interview and successfully completed my citizenship itenairary...

I renewed my NP and went to COP once after I got my GC.
The IO never mentioned, asked about, questioned me, or even brought up the assylum case. I will expand later my interview account in another post later.

Every case is different. My country's condition has tremendously improved since the time I applied for political asylum (if you insist, it is Algeria).

Also, it depends on your timeline as far as when you applied for asylum versus when you renewed your NP and visited COP.

FYI, here is my timeline:

Previously on Student Visa
August, 1998: Applied for asylum
January 2001: Interviewed
May 2001: Case approved
Sept. 2002: Applied for GC
Dec. 2005: GC in hand
March, 2006: Renewed NP
June, 2006: Traveled to COP
Dec 2009: US Citizen!!!
 
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