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Resources focused on asylum and withholding of removal
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Resources focused on asylum and withholding of removal
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Access ILAP Maine’s self-help I-589 filing guide for the Chelmsford Immigration Court in English here and in Spanish here.
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Access the guide here in Spanish and here in English.
Access a Spanish-version of the I-589 asylum application form here.
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Asylum applicants can apply for their work permit 150 days after their asylum application is received by the government.
Call the Immigration Court at 800-898-7180 and follow the prompts to learn how long your asylum application has been pending (and to count backwards to learn when the government considered your application to be filed)
Apply online or by paper at https://www.uscis.gov/i-765.
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