Asylum
Affirmative Asylum
Application for asylum and for withholding of removal by a person present in the U.S. who has suffered past persecution or fears future persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group.
An asylum case is a declaration, a nexus, and whatever country-conditions evidence you can stand behind. Attest's research module answers country-conditions questions with sources you can actually cite in the filing, and assembles them into a filing-ready exhibit with the quoted passage highlighted.
The document checklist
What the client is asked for — before you have to ask twice.
A new Asylum starts with this checklist already on the case. Your client sees it in the portal in their own language, uploads from their phone, and each item flips to received as it arrives.
Required
8 items- Form I-589 with all supplements, signed
- Applicant's detailed personal declaration
- Identity and nationality documents
- Proof of date and manner of last U.S. entry
- Evidence of the harm suffered or feared
- Country-conditions evidence
- Two passport-style photos of the applicant
- Certified English translations
If it applies
8 items- Corroborating affidavits from witnesses
- Evidence of the protected characteristic or activity
- One-year deadline exception evidence (if applicable)
- Derivative family documents
- Immigration court documents (if you have ever been in proceedings)
- Psychological or medical evaluation
- Interpreter for the asylum interview
- Work permit application (Form I-765) — filed later
What the evidence is measured against
An evidence map, criterion by criterion.
Attest reads every document on the case and maps it to the elements below — marking each one supported or a gap, and citing the page it relied on. A gap is stated plainly rather than papered over.
Where these cases get RFE’d
The grounds USCIS comes back on.
When a notice does arrive, upload it — Attest extracts each request, maps it against what you already have on file, and drafts a cited response plan. The response deadline it finds is docketed only after you confirm it against the notice page itself.
Nexus to a protected ground not established
Harm is documented but not tied to race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or a social group.
Particular social group not cognizable
The group as framed isn't particular, socially distinct, or immutable.
One-year filing deadline
Filed late with no changed or extraordinary circumstance on the record.
Credibility and consistency concerns
The declaration, the interview, and the supporting documents disagree on a detail that matters.
Insufficient corroboration
Evidence reasonably available wasn't produced, and its absence wasn't explained.
Internal relocation or firm resettlement
Relocation within the country, or status in a third country, is treated as available.
Bring an asylum case you already have open.
Nothing to migrate. Upload the file you’re working on and see a cited evidence map against these criteria.
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