This video provides helpful information for Afghans who have recently received asylum in the United States.
Topic: Asylum and Withholding of Removal (I-589)
USAHello: Immigration Status and Benefits for Afghans (دری) (پښتو)
Learn about the different immigration statuses for Afghan nationals in the United States. This webpage also includes information about benefits and services.
American Bar Association (ABA): Practice Advisory: Common Obstacles When Representing Afghans in Immigration Proceedings
Learn how to navigate common obstacles in the representation of Afghan asylum-seekers. The advisory covers common types of Afghan asylum cases and bars to asylum.
ORR: Policy Letter 23-06
Read to find out how states and grantees may continue to provide ORR benefits and services to Afghan parolees who have a pending re-parole application, a pending asylum application, or a pending adjustment of status application.
Congressional Research Service: Permanent Immigration Options for Afghans with Immigration Parole
This report covers temporary immigration relief, permanent immigration options, the option of new adjustment of status mechanism, Afghan adjustment of status legislation, Biden administration proposals, and more.
VECINA: Afghan Asylum Seekers Interview Preparation (دری) (پښتو)
Learn about the purpose of the asylum interview, who is an asylum officer, what is an asylum office, who should come to the interview, interpretation services, and questions that will be asked.
USAHello: Afghan Status and Benefit Options (دری) (پښتو)
Read about different immigration statuses and the benefits of each.
American Immigration Lawyers Association: Best Practices and Resources for Representing Operations Allies Welcome Parolees and Afghan Nationals
Read this guide for an overview of the most relevant immigration pathways available to Afghan nationals who left Afghanistan after U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021.
Human Rights First: Asylum Process Flowchart
View the Asylum Process Flowchart to understand the various potential paths an Afghan arrival may take when seeking asylum.
Duke Law: Defending Refugees: A Case for Protective Procedural Safeguards in the Persecutor Bar Analysis
Read Professor Charles Shane Ellison’s Georgetown Immigration Law Journal article on protective procedural safeguards in the persecutor bar analysis and when the persecutor bar should be applied.