Many people call or email and ask if
they can file for asylum from outside of the United States. The answer to this
question is always the same; No. However, it makes one think about how our
asylum system and specifically asylum attorney
USA is set up. To file for asylum in the USA, one needs to have two feet on
United States soil. In other words, you can’t file for asylum from outside of
the country. Now if we think about that, it has many unintended consequences
and repercussions.
Many people around the world think asylum usa means they can apply from
their own countries. However, since they must be in the United States, it opens
the question; how do I get to the United States in the first place? Simple, you
get another type of visa, have no intention of coming to the US to apply for
asylum given advice by asylum lawyer, then 45 days
after you get to the US, file for asylum. Odd right? Well that is how the
asylum USA laws are written.
When you immigrate to the United
States, one of the key criteria that immigration officers evaluate is your
intention. Do you intent to come to the United States with the visa you are
applying for or is that just a cover for your real intentions when you get to
the United States. For example, if I apply for a tourist visa, I need to have
the intention of being a tourist when I get to the United States. I can’t come
to the United States on a tourist visa with the intention of being a student or
applying for asylum. This makes asylum USA very difficult to figure out. If you
want to come to the United States because you fear persecution in your home
country,


