USCIS Affirmative asylum schedule as of April 25 2016
USCIS’s Affirmative Asylum Scheduling Bulletin as of 4/25/16. This Bulletin explains how the Asylum Division has prioritized the adjudication of affirmative applications for asylum. As you can see for most of the regular cases, it is around 2 years to get an interview.
This Bulletin explains how the Asylum Division has prioritized the adjudication of affirmative applications for asylum. On December 26, 2014, we began prioritizing asylum applications for interview scheduling as follows:
1.) Applications that were scheduled for an interview, but the interview had to be rescheduled at the applicant’s request or the needs of USCIS;
2.) Applications filed by children; and
3.) All other pending affirmative asylum applications in the order they were received, with oldest cases scheduled first.
Generally, applicants in the first and second categories are scheduled promptly.
The table below lists how the asylum offices are currently scheduling asylum interviews for applications pending in the third category. It provides the filing dates (month and year) of most asylum applications scheduled for local interviews during that particular month. We have created this system to provide applicants in the third category an estimate for when they might expect their interview to be scheduled. The approximations provided in the table are based on interviews scheduled during the listed month and future movement will be determined by each office’s caseload and resources. For example, in June 2015, the Arlington Asylum Office conducted interviews for applications filed in August 2013. It currently does not include asylum interviews occurring outside of the eight asylum offices or the Boston sub-office (e.g. interviews occurring on circuit rides). Asylum offices schedule circuit ride interviews as resources permit. Please contact the asylum office with jurisdiction over your case for more detailed information.
Asylum Office Directors have the discretion to consider applicants’ requests for urgent interview scheduling outside of the above prioritization categories on a case-by-case basis. Please submit any urgent interview scheduling requests in writing to the asylum office with jurisdiction over your case. Go to the USCIS Service and Office locator page for contact information.
Interview Schedule for Affirmative Asylum Applicants in Category 3
This chart will be updated monthly. Please check back for updated information.
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If you live under |
We scheduled |
For people |
|---|---|---|
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Arlington, VA |
March 2016 |
October 2013 |
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February 2016 |
September 2013 |
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January 2016 |
September 2013 |
|
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Chicago, IL |
March 2016 |
August 2013 |
|
February 2016 |
June 2013 |
|
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January 2016 |
May 2013 |
|
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Houston, TX |
March 2016 |
April – May 2014 |
|
February 2016 |
April – May 2014 |
|
|
January 2016 |
April – May 2014 |
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Los Angeles, CA |
March 2016 |
August 2011 |
|
February 2016 |
August 2011 |
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January 2016 |
August 2011 |
|
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Miami, FL |
March 2016 |
May 2013 |
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February 2016 |
May 2013 |
|
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January 2016 |
May 2013 |
|
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Newark, NJ |
March 2016 |
July 2013 |
|
February 2016 |
July 2013 |
|
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January 2016 |
June 2013 |
|
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New York, NY |
March 2016 |
July – August 2014 |
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February 2016 |
July 2014 |
|
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January 2016 |
June 2014 |
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San Francisco, CA |
March 2016 |
March 2014 |
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February 2016 |
February 2014 |
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January 2016 |
January 2014 |
