What You Can Do While Waiting for Asylum Decision?

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danti

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Hello Everyone,

I am new to this forums but I have been reading here for quite a few months, I had prepared my application myself, submitted it and did the Interview, I have been told by AO to come after 15 days to pick my decision but I got a call while I am on my way to pick the decision from the AO stating that the decision is not yet ready and I have to wait for it to be delivered by mail. Now one month passed and I am still waiting for the decision behind the shadow of the mail man.

We all know waiting is the most hard part of the asylum process. You have nothing to do than waiting. Many of us might not have the adequate financial resources to support themselves while waiting, you just hope to survive till the other day to check the mail box, live with hope and fear. It might be most the stressful time you live through in US.

The purpose of this thread is that we help and support each other while waiting, to come with ideas that can save us from getting insane, with the stress of waiting and financial difficulties we face each day. Some of us might be on status like F1 visa, those might be busy with Study. How about the rest of us?

If you are waiting for Asylum decision probably that means you are broke, so how can you spend your time? Obviously you can not work, nor apply for study. You do not have money to keep yourself busy with anything. You just have to stay float and wait for undefined time for unknown decision that will impact the whole of your life. How you beat the stress? How you occupy your time?

Your Experiences, Ideas, Suggestions are highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Danti
 
Yah,its really hard to wait ,i am on f-1 status and my application has been pending for almost 1 month and financially i am down ,its really hard but we have to wait :eek::eek::eek:
 
pepsico said:
Yah,its really hard to wait ,i am on f-1 status and my application has been pending for almost 1 month and financially i am down ,its really hard but we have to wait :eek::eek::eek:
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Yes pepsico, it is all about waiting but what can we do beside it?
 
danti said:
Hello Everyone,

I am new to this forums but I have been reading here for quite a few months, I had prepared my application myself, submitted it and did the Interview, I have been told by AO to come after 15 days to pick my decision but I got a call while I am on my way to pick the decision from the AO stating that the decision is not yet ready and I have to wait for it to be delivered by mail. Now one month passed and I am still waiting for the decision behind the shadow of the mail man.

We all know waiting is the most hard part of the asylum process. You have nothing to do than waiting. Many of us might not have the adequate financial resources to support themselves while waiting, you just hope to survive till the other day to check the mail box, live with hope and fear. It might be most the stressful time you live through in US.

The purpose of this thread is that we help and support each other while waiting, to come with ideas that can save us from getting insane, with the stress of waiting and financial difficulties we face each day. Some of us might be on status like F1 visa, those might be busy with Study. How about the rest of us?

If you are waiting for Asylum decision probably that means you are broke, so how can you spend your time? Obviously you can not work, nor apply for study. You do not have money to keep yourself busy with anything. You just have to stay float and wait for undefined time for unknown decision that will impact the whole of your life. How you beat the stress? How you occupy your time?

Your Experiences, Ideas, Suggestions are highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Danti
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You can look for "undertable" kinda job out there, ask around your friends.
 
Hello

Hello fellow seekers,
I hope that you are better anyways. I'm now entering my fourth month of waiting yet no decision yet, and my B1/B2 status just expired yesterday. I have escaped my country after a series of some very unfortunate events with no financial resources. So here I'm, broke and homeless. My bad luck and lack of knowledge made me choose to come to South California, a place I strongly advise against if you are not Mexican. Here to get a job under the table requires that you at least speak Spanish and your first name to be Jose or Rodrigo. I live in a terrible poverty, apparently our dear shepherdes at the immigration office do not feel the suffering and agony of asylum seekers, some people like me came here after experiences of imprisonment and brutal torture in their home country and living here like this just add up to their misery. Last week I strongly forced myself to get off a railway track after I have spent about an hour laying on it waiting for the train to come.
I made a lot of research on the issue of waiting, usually it takes only to weak to issue a decision but in some cases it may take much longer, however and asylum seeker would not be eligible to apply for a work authorization before a 150 of date of initial filing of the case. And if that is to happen and you were issued the work authorization after the 150 days, the SSN will also take a while as well to be issued. So you are looking through to a period of 8 months of no employment.
The laws once were different, the law used to give an asylum seeker the work permit the same day of applying for asylum, but of course due to the abuse of so many unethical immoral poor economical immigrants, the law was changed to be the current. And of course the US government won't give a **** about the misery of an asylum seeker more than it gives to the issue of illegal immigration or National Security.
So, you are asking what to do? Nothing, there is absolutely nothing to do but self pity and grieving our own misery.
Thank you uncle Sam, I once had hope to live, now I do not even desire it.
 
TomJAlex, hang on there my friend we are on the same boat, I am almost finishing 5 months without reply. The reason for the delay in your case is simple, you applied while you were on status so the guys at the Asylum office would give your case less priority because they already have pending cases from people out of status. The good news is, now your case will be more priority to them since you became out of status, Did you had your interview or just a receipt notice ?
You need to survive Tom, you went through the worst but it is not over yet, however after you finish 150 days from the date they receive your Application without a reply you can apply for work permit, however USCIS will not start processing your application before you complete 180 days. Do not give up now, you have waited so long but each day you get closer. And why do you need social security # to work? if you get work permit you can work right? that means you have just to wait more 2 months.
 
pending asylum

hi

pending asylum for 4 month now out of status from 2009,iam on proceedings still going to court and the judge ask me to bring lawyer next court date.not yet interview im so confused super confused no social security no nothing stressed.
 
Hello can everyone give us updates? What happened with u guys? Hope u got asylum
 
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