I-589 Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal

Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal

I-589 Copy Deck for AsylumWorks Vacatur

OMB: 1615-0067

⚠️ Notice: This form may be outdated. More recent filings and information on OMB 1615-0067 can be found here:

Document [pdf]

Download: pdf | pdf

myUSCIS copy deck
I-589 Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal
OMB control number 1615-0067
Baseline edition: 08/25/2020
AsylumWorks Vacatur

Copy Deck Version Info

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: Application Overview

Heading

Sub-Heading

Body

Revised

CTA

Links

Tooltip

This online form is used to apply for asylum and for withholding of removal.

I-589, Application for
Asylum and for
Withholding of Removal

Eligibility

You may apply for asylum if you:

- Submit an application for asylum within 1 year of arriving in the United States, unless you can establish
that there are changed circumstances that materially affect your eligibility for asylum or extraordinary
circumstances directly related to your failure to file within 1 year.

- Submit an application for asylum within 1 year of arriving in the United States, unless there are changed
circumstances that materially affect your eligibility for asylum or extraordinary circumstances directly related
to your failure to file within 1 year.

Failure to file the Form I-589 within 1 year of your last arrival in the United States may also delay your
eligibility for employment authorization or result in the denial of your application for employment
authorization.

[deleted]

Simply filing an application for asylum does not entitle you to employment authorization or to work in the
United States.

You may include in your application your spouse and unmarried children who are under 21 years of age and
physically present in the United States. You must submit certain documents for your spouse and each child
included as required by these instructions. Children 21 years of age or older and married children must file
separate applications. If you are granted asylum and your spouse and/or any unmarried children under 21
years of age are outside the United States, you may file Form I-730, Refugee and Asylee Relative Petition,
for them to gain similar benefits.

You may include in your asylum application your spouse and/or any children who are under 21 years of age
and unmarried, if they are in the United States.

[deleted]

You are not eligible to apply for asylum with USCIS if you previously applied and were denied by an
immigration judge (unless you can show that circumstances have changed which affect your eligibility for
asylum).

Fee

https://www.justice.gov/eoi
r/list-downloadable-eoirforms
https://www.ecfr.gov/cgibin/retrieveECFR?gp=&SID=
b37320ace84eedb3830d5a3
26f35fcee&mc=true&n=pt8.
1.208&r=PART&ty=HTML#se
8.1.208_14

https://www.ecfr.gov/cgibin/retrieveECFR?gp=&SID=
b37320ace84eedb3830d5a3
26f35fcee&mc=true&n=pt8.
1.208&r=PART&ty=HTML#se
8.1.208_14

Fee $0
Refund policy:
USCIS does not refund fees, regardless of any action we take on your application, petition or request, or how long
USCIS takes to reach a decision.
By continuing this transaction, you acknowledge that you must submit fees in the exact amount and that you are
paying the fees for a government service.

Risk of removal

Please refer to the instructions for the form(s) you are filing for additional information, or you may call the USCIS
Contact Center at 800-375-5283. For TTY (deaf or hard of hearing) 800-767-1833.
WARNINGS – IMPORTANT NOTICE

WARNINGS – IMPORTANT NOTICE

Removal from the United States – Applicants in the United States unlawfully are subject to removal if their asylum or
withholding claims are not granted by an asylum officer or an immigration judge.

Use of Information in Your Application – Any information provided in completing this application may be used as a
basis for the initiation of, or as evidence in, removal proceedings, even if the application is later withdrawn.

Frivolous Applications – Applicants determined to have knowingly made a frivolous application for asylum will be
permanently ineligible for any benefits under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). You may not avoid a
frivolous finding simply because someone advised you to provide false information in your asylum application. See
section 208(d)(6) of the INA and Title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) sections 208.20 and 1208.20.

Failure to Appear for Interview or Biometrics Appointment – If filing with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS), unexcused failure to appear for an appointment or to provide biometrics (such as fingerprints) and other
biographical information within the time allowed may delay eligibility for employment authorization and result in an
asylum officer dismissing your asylum application or referring it to an immigration judge. Applicants and eligible
dependents in removal proceedings who fail, without good cause, to provide USCIS with their biometrics or their
biographical information as required within the time allowed may have their applications found abandoned by the
immigration judge. See section 208(d)(5)(A) of the INA and 8 CFR sections 208.10, 1208.10, 1003.47(d).

Additional information

For purposes of this section,
an asylum application is
frivolous if any of its
material elements is
deliberately fabricated.

If filing with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), unexcused failure to appear for an appointment or to
provide biometrics (such as fingerprints) and other biographical information within the time allowed may delay
eligibility for employment authorization and result in an asylum officer dismissing your asylum application or referring
it to an immigration judge. Applicants and eligible dependents in removal proceedings who fail without good cause to
provide USCIS with their biometrics or their biographical information as required within the time allowed may have
their applications found abandoned by the immigration judge. See section 208(d)(5)(A) and 208(d)(6) of the INA and
8 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) sections 208.10, 1208.10, 208.20, 1003.47(d), and 1208.20.

Right to legal representation:

Immigration law is complex. You have the option of hiring a legal representative—at your own expense—for your
asylum interview or Immigration Court proceedings.

Immigration law concerning asylum and withholding of removal or deferral or removal is complex. You have a right to
provide your own legal representation at an asylum interview and during immigration proceedings before the
Immigration Court at no cost to the U.S. Government.

For help completing this form and preparing your evidence, there are attorneys and voluntary agencies available for
no fee or a reduced fee. Please refer to this list.

https://www.ecfr.gov/cgibin/textidx?SID=a3f3ba0679cd7fbc0
1c6121ee888ec46&mc=true
&node=se8.1.208_120&rgn=
div8

www.justice.gov/eoir/listpro-bono-legal-serviceproviders-map

For help completing this form and preparing your evidence, there are attorneys and voluntary agencies available for
no fee or a reduced fee. Please refer to this list.

Application Overview

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: Application Overview

Heading

Sub-Heading

Body

Revised

Employment authorization:

CTA

Links

Tooltip

https://www.uscis.gov/i-765

You can only ask for employment authorization (permission to work in the United States) if your asylum application is You will be granted employment authorization (permission to work in the U.S.) if your asylum application is granted.
still pending 365 days after it was filed with USCIS. If your asylum application is denied before the 365-day period has
passed, you will not be granted employment authorization.
Simply filing an application for asylum does not entitle you to employment authorization. You may request permission
to work if your asylum application is pending and 150 days have lapsed since your application was accepted by USCIS
You can submit an application for a work permit by filing a Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization.
or the Immigration Court. (See 8 CFR sections 208.7(a)(1) and 1208.7(a)(1).) Any delay in the processing of your
Carefully follow the instructions and submit the form with proof that you have a pending asylum application.
asylum application that you request or cause will not be counted as part of the 150-day period.
Each family member included in your application who wants permission to work must submit a separate Form I-765.
If you are granted asylum, you will be allowed to work in the United States and do not have to apply for employment
authorization. You can apply for an Employment Authorization Document (work permit) if you want evidence that
you are allowed to work in the United States as a result of being granted asylum.

If your asylum application has not been denied within 180 days from the date of filing a complete asylum application,
you may be granted permission to work by filing Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, with USCIS.
Follow the instructions on that application and submit it with a copy of evidence as specified in the instructions that
you have a pending asylum application.
Each family member included in your application who wants permission to work must submit a separate Form I-765.
If you are granted asylum, you will be allowed to work in the United States and do not have to apply for employment
authorization. You can apply for an Employment Authorization Document (work permit) if you want evidence that
you are allowed to work in the United States as a result of being granted asylum.

Asylum process

File the I-589
Attend your biometric
services appointment

Attend the interview

Evidence

Receive your asylum
decision

When you submit your Form I-589 and evidence online, you will immediately receive a receipt notice. You
will be able to track your case and see all USCIS notices in your account. We will notify you by email and/or
text message with any updates.
After submitting your application, you will receive a biometric services appointment notice. At the appointment, you
will provide your fingerprints, photograph, and signature so that USCIS can verify your identity and conduct
background and security checks, including a check of criminal history records maintained by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI), before making a decision on your application.

After submitting your application, you will receive a notice for your asylum interview.
If you do not speak English fluently, you must bring an interpreter with you to your interview. Your interpreter must
be at least 18 years of age and be fluent in English and your language.
At the end of your asylum interview, we will let you know how you will receive the decision in your case.
As part of applying for asylum, you must provide evidence to support your application. These documents help us
determine if you are eligible for asylum and verify your answers.
Do not send us original documents in the mail. Provide legible copies of your documents unless we later ask for
original documents.
You may amend or supplement your application before or at the time of your asylum interview with an asylum officer
and at your hearing in Immigration Court by providing additional information and explanations about your asylum
claim. For asylum applications
filed with USCIS, submit any documentary evidence at least 14 calendar days before your interview with an asylum
officer. Extensions to submit additional evidence may be granted by USCIS on a discretionary basis. Any
such extension will be treated as an applicant-caused delay in the adjudication of your asylum application.
Any applicant-caused delay will result in denial of your application for employment authorization if the delay
is unresolved at the time you file for employment authorization. See 8 CFR sections 208.7.

*
Readable
Scan or take pictures of each document. Make sure each image you upload is clear and readable.

*Translations
Any document containing foreign language submitted to USCIS must be accompanied by a full English language
translation that the translator has certified as complete and accurate, and by the translator's certification that he or
she is competent to translate from the foreign language into English.

Required documents

*
File requirements
Accepted file formats: JPG, JPEG, or PDF. Do not upload encrypted or password-protected files.
Dependent identification
For each family member you are including in your application as a dependent (spouse or children), you must
upload proof of their identity and your relation to them. For all other family members, uploading identity
documents is optional.

Documents you may
provide

The other documents you may need to submit will depend on the information you enter in the application. The online
form will automatically determine the other documents you need.

Application Overview

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: Application Overview

Heading

Sub-Heading

Body

Revised

CTA

Links

Tooltip

Personal identification
Upload a copy of each page (cover to cover) of your passport, other travel documents, and any U.S. immigration
documents.
We recommend you upload other identification if you have it, such as a birth certificate, military or national
identification card, or driver’s license. You may be asked to bring the originals of your and your family's identification
documents to the interview.

Family identification
Upload documents that prove the identity of each family member you are not including as a dependent and your
relationship to them.
•
Proof of identity may include a copy (every page) of each relative’s passport, other travel documents, and any U.S.
immigration documents.
•
Evidence of relationship may include birth records of your children, marriage certificate, or proof of termination of
marriage, for each relative.
If you do not have (and cannot get) personal or family identification, you must try to provide other kinds of evidence
such as medical, religious, and school records. We call this “secondary evidence.”
You may also submit an affidavit from at least one person for each event you are trying to prove. Affidavits may be
provided by relatives or others. Persons providing affidavits need not be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents.

Cover letter
You may upload a cover letter to provide a summary of your application.
If you were previously included in a spouse's or parent's pending application but you are no longer eligible to be
included as a derivative applicant, you must include a cover letter referencing the previous application and explaining
that you are now independently filing for asylum.
Written statement
Your written statement should include events, dates, and details of your experiences that relate to your claim for
asylum.
Specific claim of eligibility
Upload evidence showing the specific facts that support your claim.
- Evidence may include newspaper articles, affidavits of witnesses or experts, medical and/or psychological records,
doctors' statements, periodicals, journals, books, photographs, official documents, or personal statements or live
testimony from witnesses or experts.
- You may also upload an affidavit (statement or letter) from at least one person for each event you are trying to
prove. Affidavits may be provided by relatives or others. Persons providing affidavits need not be U.S. citizens or
lawful permanent residents.
- If you have difficulty discussing harm you have suffered in the past, you may wish to submit a health professional's
report explaining this difficulty.
- If evidence supporting your claim is not reasonably available or you are not providing such corroboration at this
time, you must explain why and upload this explanation.

General country conditions
You may upload reasonably available corroborative evidence showing the general conditions in the country from
which you are seeking asylum.

Completing your form
online

Filing online
Confidentiality

Submitting your application online is the same as mailing in a completed paper form. They both gather the same
information.
In general, we will not share asylum-related information with third parties without the asylum applicant’s
written consent or the Secretary of Homeland Security’s specific authorization. For more information, see
Fact Sheet: Federal Regulations Protecting the Confidentiality of Asylum Applicants.

https://www.refworld.org/

https://www.uscis.gov/sites
/default/files/document/fac
t-sheets/AsylumConfidentialityFactSheet.pdf

Provide as many responses You should provide as many responses as you can. Incomplete fields or sections and missing information can slow
as you can
down the process after you submit your form.

Application Overview

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: Application Overview

Heading

Sub-Heading

Body

Revised

CTA

Links

Tooltip

We will automatically save We will automatically save your information when you select next to go to a new page or navigate to another section
of the form. We will save your information for 30 days from today, or from the last time you worked on the
your responses
form.
DHS Privacy Notice
AUTHORITIES: The information requested on this application, and the associated evidence, is collected under the
AUTHORITIES: The information requested on this application, and the associated evidence, is collected under the
Immigration and Nationality Act sections 103, 208, and 241(b)(3), and 8 CFR sections 103, 208, and 1208.
Immigration and Nationality Act sections 208 and 241(b)(3).
PURPOSE: The primary purpose for providing the requested information on this form is to determine eligibility for
PURPOSE: The primary purpose for providing the requested information on this form is to determine eligibility for
asylum in the United States, and for withholding of removal. The information may also be used to apply for deferral of asylum in the United States, and for withholding of removal. The information may also be used to apply for deferral of
removal under the Convention Against Torture.
removal under the Convention Against Torture.

Paperwork Reduction Act

DISCLOSURE: The information you provide is voluntary. However, failure to provide the requested information, and
any requested evidence, may delay a final decision or result in the denial of your benefit request.

ROUTINE USES: DHS may share the information you provide on this benefit application with other federal, state, local,
and foreign government agencies and authorized organizations. DHS follows approved routine uses described in the
associated published system of records notices [DHS/ USCIS-001 - Alien File, Index, and National File Tracking and
DHS/USCIS-010 - Asylum Information and Pre-Screening] which you can find at www.dhs.gov/privacy and EOIR-001,
Records Management Information System, 69 Fed. Reg 26, 179 (May 11, 2004) or its successors. DHS may also share
the information, as appropriate, for law enforcement purposes or in the interest of national security.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor an information collection and a person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The public reporting burden for this
collection of information is estimated at 11 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, and
completing and submitting the form. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Office of Policy and Strategy, Regulatory Coordination Division
5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Mail Stop #2140
Camp Springs, MD 20588-0009
Do not mail your completed Form I-589 to this address.

Security Reminder

OMB No. 1615-0067
Expires: 7/31/2022
If you do not work on your form for more than 30 days, we will delete your data in order to prevent storing personal
information indefinitely.

Start

Application Overview

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: Getting Started

Primary Nav Secondary Nav Tertiary Nav
Legal assistance
Getting
Started

Paper Form
Question
Question

Have you been provided with a list of
persons who may be available to
assist you, at little or no cost, with
your asylum claim?

D.5.a

Preparer
information

D.3.a-b

D.3.b.1

Preparer
information
page 2

D.3.b.2
D.4.a-b

E
E

Sub-Question

Yes/No

Is your spouse, parent, or
Yes/No
child(ren) assisting you in
completing this application?
(IF Yes to D.3a) List the name and Given name (first name)
relationship of the spouse, parent,
or child(ren).
Family name (last name)
Relationship
Is someone other than your
Yes/No
spouse, parent, or child(ren)
preparing this application?
What is your preparer's full name? Given name (first name)

What is your preparer's daytime
phone number?
What is your preparer's address?

Family name (last name)

Address line 1
Address line 2
City or town
State/Province
ZIP code/Postal code

Field Type

Required?

Instructional text

An attorney or accredited representative may
represent you.
You may obtain a list of pro bono (free) or low-cost
attorneys by calling 800-870-3676 or visiting the U.S.
Department of Justice (DOJ), Executive Office for
Immigration Review (EOIR) website at
https://www.justice.gov/eoir/list-pro-bono-legalservice-providers.

Radio button

Text

Text
Text fields
Radio button

No
No
No

Text

Text
Text

yes
Yes

Dropdown

yes

Text
Text
Text
Dropdown
Text

yes
No
yes
Yes
yes

Limit of 2 entries

If you do not use a valid ZIP code, we may
reject your application.
Street number and name
Apartment, suite, unit, or floor

Getting started

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: ABOUT YOU

Primary
Secondary Nav
Nav
About You Your name

Tertiary Nav

Paper Form
Question
Question
A.I.5
What is your current legal name?

A.I.6
A.I.4

Your contact
information

When and where you
were born

Describe yourself

Sub-Question
Given name (first name)

Middle name
Family name (last name)
Have you used any other names since birth? Yes/No

A.1.7

(If yes to "Have you used any other names
since birth)

A.I.8.a

Where in the United States do you live?

A.I.8.b
A.I.8.c
A.I.8.d
A.I.8.e
A.I.8.f
A.I.9.a

Address line 2
City or town
State/Province
ZIP code/Postal code
Telephone number
What is your current mailing address in the This is the same as my physical
address.
United States?

Field Type
Text Box

Text Box
Text Box
Radio

Instructional Text
Your current legal name is the name on
your birth certificate, unless it changed
after birth by a legal action such as
marriage or court order. Do not provide
any nicknames here.

Required? Help Text
No

No
Yes
Other names used may include nicknames, No
aliases, and maiden names.

Given name (first name)
Middle name
Family name (last name)

Text
Text
Text

Address line 1

Text Box

Street number and name

Text Box
Text Box
Text Box
Text Box
Checkbox
Checkbox

Apartment, suite, unit, or floor

If you do not use a valid ZIP code, we
may reject your application.

No
No
Yes

Yes

No
Yes
Yes
Yes
I do not have a telephone number.
No
We may use your current mailing address No
to send you documents that must be
provided in physical form. If your address
changes after submitting the application,
you will need to update it on your account
profile page.
If you do not use a valid ZIP code, we
may reject your application.

A.I.9.b

In care of name (if any)
Telephone Number

Text Box
Text Box

A.I.9.c
A.I.9.d
A.I.9.e
A.I.9.f
A.I.9.g

Address line 1
Address line 2
City or town
State/Province
ZIP code/Postal code

Text Box
Text Box
Text Box
Text Box
Text Box

Street number and name
Apartment, suite, unit, or floor

No
No
No
No
No

Date

MM/DD/YYYY

Yes

A.I.12
A.1.13
A.1.13
A.1.15
A.I.10
A.I.16
A.I.17

What is your date of birth?
What is your city of birth?
What is your country of birth?
What was your nationality at birth?
What is your gender?
What is your race, ethnic, or tribal group?
What is your religion?

Male/Female

Text Box
Dropdown
Dropdown
Radio button
Text box
Text Box

No
No

No
Yes
No
No
No
No

About You

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: ABOUT YOU

Primary
Nav

Secondary Nav

Tertiary Nav

Paper Form
Question
Question
What is your native language?

A.1.23
A.1.24

A.1.25
A.3.2.
Where you have lived

Are you fluent in English?
What other languages do you speak
fluently?

A.3.1.e-f.
Where you
have lived page
A.3.1.a.
2
A.3.1.d.

When did you live here?
What was your last address where you lived
before coming to the United States?

A.3.1.b.
A.3.1.c.
A.3.1.e-f.

When did you live here?
Is this address from the country where you
fear persecution?

A.3

Field Type

Yes/No

Dropdown
Radio Button

Dropdown

Where have you lived in the past five years?

A.3.2.d.
A.3.2.a.
A.3.2.b.
A.3.2.c.

Sub-Question

Country
Address line 1
Address line 2
City or town
State/Province
ZIP code/Postal code

Dropdown
Text Box
Text Box
Text Box
Dropdown/Text Box
Text Box

From
To

Dropdown
Dropdown

Country
Address line 1
Address line 2
City or town
Province
Postal code
From
To

Dropdown
Text Box
Text Box
Text Box
Text Box
Text Box
Dropdown
Dropdown

Yes/No

Radio Button

Instructional Text
If your native language is not listed in the
dropdown, select "Unknown" and enter
your native language in the "Additional
Information" section.

Provide the following information about
where you have lived during the past
five years. List your current address
first.
Street number and name
Apartment, suite, unit, or floor

Month/Year
Month/Year

Street number and name
Apartment, suite, unit, or floor

Month/Year
Month/Year

Required? Help Text

No
No

No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No

About You

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: ABOUT YOU

Primary
Nav

Secondary Nav

Paper Form
Tertiary Nav
Question
(If NO to
A.3)Where you
have lived page
3
A.3.1.a.

Question
What was your most recent address in the
country where you lived and fear
persecution?

A.3.1.b.
A.3.1.c.
A.3.1.d.

Your school history

A.3.1.e-f.

When did you live here?

A.3.3

What schools have you attended?

A.3.3.a.
A.3.3.b
A.3.3.c

What was the name of your school?
What type of school did you attend?
Where was your school located?

A.3.3.d-e

When did you attend your school?
Where have you been employed over the
past five years?

Your employment
history

A.3.4
A.3.4.a
A.3.4.a

What was the name of your employer?
Where did you work?

A.3.4.b
A.3.4.c-d

What was your occupation?
When were you employed?

Sub-Question

Field Type

Country
Address line 1
Address line 2
City or town
Province
Postal code
From
To

Dropdown
Text
Text
Text
Text
Text
Dropdown
Dropdown

Address line 1
Address line 2
City or town
State/Province
ZIP code/Postal code
Country

Text Box
Text Box
Text Box
Text Box
Text Box
Text Box
Text
Dropdown

From
To

Dropdown
Dropdown

Address line 1
Address line 2
City or town
State/Province
ZIP code/Postal code
Country
From
To

Text Box
Text Box
Text Box
Text Box
Text Box
Text
Dropdown
Text Box
Dropdown
Dropdown

Instructional Text

Street number and name
Apartment, suite, unit, or floor

Month/Year
Month/Year
Provide the following information about
your education, beginning with the most
recent school you attended.

Street number and name
Apartment, suite, unit, or floor

Required? Help Text

No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No

Month/Year
No
Month/Year
No
Provide your employment history for the
last five years, whether inside or outside
the United States. List your most recent
employment first.

Street number and name
Apartment, suite, unit, or floor

Month/Year
Month/Year

No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No

About You

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: ABOUT YOU

Primary
Nav

Secondary Nav
Your immigration
information

Tertiary Nav

Paper Form
Question
Question
What is your country of citizenship or
nationality?

Sub-Question

Field Type

Instructional Text
Required? Help Text
Choose the name of the country (as it
currently exists) where you are currently a
citizen or national. If the country no
longer exists, choose the current name of
the country.
If you are a citizen or national of more
than one country, choose the name of the
foreign country that issued your last
passport.

A.1.14

A.1.20

A.1.21

A.1.22

A.1.19.a
A.1.19.b
A.1.19.c

A.1.19.c

Were you ever issued a passport or travel
document?

Yes/No

(IF YES to issued passport/doc question)
What country issued your last passport or
travel document?

If you are stateless, choose "Stateless."

Dropdown

(IF YES to issued passport/doc question)
What is your passport number or travel
document number?
(IF YES to issued passport/doc question)
What is the expiration date of your
passport or travel document?
When did you last leave your country?

Yes
No

No
Text Box

Date

What is your current I-94 Number, if any?

Text Box

When was your most recent entry into the
United States?

Have you entered the United States at any
other time?

Dropdown
Radio button

Date of last entry
Place of last entry
Status when last admitted
Date this status expires
Yes/No

Date
Dropdown
Dropdown
Date
Radio button

If you do not know the full date, you
No
may provide partial date information by
selecting "Additional Information" from
the menu.
No

MM/DD/YYYY

List the entry date, place, status, and No
date status expires. If you do not know
the full date, you may provide partial
date information by selecting
"Additional Information" from the
menu.
MM/DD/YYYY

MM/DD/YYYY

No
No
No
No
No

About You

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: ABOUT YOU

Primary
Nav

Secondary Nav

Tertiary Nav

Paper Form
Question
Question
List each of your other entries into the
United States beginning with your most
recent entry.

A.1.19.c

Other information

A.1.18

Are you currently in immigration court
proceedings?

A.1.18.a

A.1.1
A.1.2
A.1.2

A.1.3

Field Type

Instructional Text
Required? Help Text
If you entered the United States more
than one time, list all of your prior
entries. Select the "Add an entry" button
and include the requested information for
each time you entered the United States.
If you do not know the full date, you
may provide partial date information by
selecting "Additional Information" from
the menu.

Date of entry
Place
Status

Date
Dropdown
Dropdown

MM/DD/YYYY

What is your A-Number, if any?

What is your U.S. Social Security number, if
any?

What is your USCIS Online Account
Number, if any?

I have never been in
immigration court
proceedings.
Radio Button
I am not in Immigration Court
proceedings now, but I have
been in the past.
Radio Button
Text Box
I do not have or know my ACheckbox
Number.
Text Box
I do not have or know my U.S.
Checkbox
Social Security number.

I do not have or know my
USCIS Online Account Number.

No
No
No
No
No

I am now in immigration court
Radio Button
proceedings.

A.1.18.b

A.1.18.c
A.1.1

Sub-Question

A-

No
No
No
No

Providing your unique USCIS Online
Account Number (OAN) helps us manage
your account. You may already have an
OAN if you previously filed certain paper
forms and received an Account Access
Notice in the mail. You can find the OAN
at the top of the notice; it is not the same
as an A-Number.

Text Box

Checkbox

**The phrase "certain
paper forms" would have a
tooltip that would list the
forms: "I-90, I-130, I-485, I821, I-821D, N-336, N-400,
N-565, N-600, N-600K"

About You

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: YOUR FAMILY

Primary Nav

Secondary Nav

Your Family

Marital status

Tertiary Nav

Paper Form
Question
A.1.11
(If A.1.11 =
Married) A.2.9
(If A.1.11 =
Married) A.2.10

(If A.1.11 =
MARRIED) Your
spouse

A.2.6
A.2.7
A.2.5

A.2.8

(If A.1.11 =
MARRIED) Your
spouse page 2

Question

What is your current marital status? Single, Married, Divorced,
Widowed
When did you marry your spouse?
Where did you marry your spouse?
What is your spouse's full name?

A.2.3

A.2.11
A.2.11
A.2.12

Instructional Text

Required? Help Text

Radio Button

Date

Text Field

No
No
Yes
Other names used may include nicknames, No
aliases and maiden names.

(If Yes to "Has your spouse used any Given name (first name)
other names since birth?")

Text

Provide the other names your spouse has
used (if any).

Middle name
Family name (last name)

Text
Text

No
No

Male/Female

Radio Button
Text box

No
No

Date

Yes

Text Box

Has your spouse used any other
names since birth?

What is your spouse's race, ethnic,
or tribal group?
What is your spouse's date of birth?
What is your spouse's city of birth?
What is your spouse's country of
birth?
What is your spouse's country of
citizenship or nationality?

Given name (first name)
Middle name
Family name (last name)
Yes/No

Field Type

Text Box
Text Box
Text Box
Radio

What is your spouse's gender?
A.2.14
A.2.13

Sub-Question

Dropdown
Dropdown

MM/DD/YYYY

Yes
Choose the name of the country (as it
Yes
currently exists) where they are currently a
citizen or national. If the country no longer
exists, choose the current name of the
country.
If they are a citizen or national of more
than one country, choose the name of the
foreign country that issued their last
passport.
If they are stateless, choose "Stateless."

A.2.1

What is your spouse's A-Number, if
any?

Text Box

A-

Your Family

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: YOUR FAMILY

Primary Nav

Secondary Nav

Tertiary Nav

Paper Form
Question
A.2.1

(If A.1.11 =
MARRIED) Your
spouse page 3

Question

A.2.2

What is your spouse's passport
number or ID card number, if any?

A.2.4

What is your spouse's U.S. Social
Security number, if any?

Is your spouse in the United States?
A.2.15a
A.2.15.b
A.2.15.b.1

A.2.16

A.2.17

A.2.18

A.2.19
A.2.20
A.2.21

A.2.22.a

A.2.23
A.2.24.a

(IF NO TO A.2.15b) Where is your
spouse currently located?
(IF YES TO A.2.15b) Where did your
spouse last enter the United States?

Sub-Question

Field Type

My spouse does not have or
know their A-Number.

Checkbox

Text Box

Checkbox

Text Box

Checkbox

Radio Button
Radio Button

Yes
Yes

Text Box

My spouse does not have a
passport number or ID card
number.

My spouse does not have a
U.S. Social Security number.

Yes
No

Text Box

(IF YES TO A.2.15a) What is your
spouse's date of last entry into the
United States?

Date

(IF YES TO A.2.15a) What is your
spouse's current I-94 Number, if
any?
(IF YES TO A.2.15a) What was your
spouse's status when last admitted
(Visa Type, if any)?

If you do not know the full date, you may
provide partial date information by
selecting "Additional Information" from
the menu.

Yes/No

Required? Help Text

Dropdown

If they entered the United States with an
inspection, choose the status that appears
on the I-94, Arrival-Departure Record they
received when they entered. If they do not
know their status, choose "Unknown." If
they entered the United States without
being inspected by an immigration officer,
choose “Entry Without Inspection (EWI). No

Dropdown
Date

MM/DD/YYYY

Radio Button

Date
Radio Button

MM/DD/YYYY

Text Box

(IF YES TO A.2.15a) What is your
spouse's current status?
(IF YES TO A.2.15a) What is the
expiration date of your spouse's
authorized stay, if any?
(IF YES TO A.2.15a) Is your spouse in
Yes/No
immigration court proceedings?
(IF YES TO A.2.15a) If previously in
the U.S., what is the date of his/her
previous arrival?
(IF YES TO A.2.15a) Are you
including your spouse in this
application?

Instructional Text

If you do not know the full date, you may
provide partial date information by
selecting "Additional Information" from
the menu.

No
No

MM/DD/YYYY

Yes

Your Family

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: YOUR FAMILY

Primary Nav

Secondary Nav
Your children

(If YES to A.
2.25b) Children
information

Tertiary Nav

Paper Form
Question
A.2.25.b
A.2.25.a
A.2.25.c

Question
Do you have any children?
How many children do you have?

Sub-Question

Field Type

Yes
No

Radio Button
Radio Button
Text Box

Children Information

A.2.25.c.6
A.2.25.c.7
A.2.25.c.5
A.2.25.c.12
A.2.25.c.11
A.2.25.c.8
A.2.25.c.9
A.2.25.c.9

What is your child's full name?

What is your child's gender?
What is your child's race, ethnic, or
tribal group?
What is your child's date of birth?
What is your child's city of birth?
What is your child's country of
birth?
What is your child's country of
citizenship or nationality?

Instructional Text

Required? Help Text
Yes
Yes
Yes

Provide information about your children.

Given name (first name)
Middle name
Family name (last name)
Male/Female

Text Box
Text Box
Text Box
Radio Button
Text box
Date
Text Box
Dropdown

No
No
No

MM/DD/YYYY

No
Yes
No

A.2.25.c.10
A.2.25.c.3
A.2.25.c.1
A.2.25.c.1
A.2.25.c.2

A.2.25.c.2
A.2.25.c.4
A.2.25.c.4
A.2.25.c.13.a
A.2.25.c.13.b

What is your child's current marital
status?
What is your child's A-Number, if
any?

What is your child's passport
number or ID card number, if any?

What is your child's U.S. Social
Security number, if any?

Is your child in the United States?
(IF NO TO A.2.25.c.13.b) Where is
your child currently located?

Single, Married, Divorced,
Widowed

My child does not have or
know their A-Number.

My child does not have a
passport number or ID card
number.

My child does not have a U.S.
Social Security Number.
Yes
No

Dropdown

If they are stateless, choose "Stateless."
Yes

Radio Button
Text Box

A-

Checkbox

Text Box

Checkbox

Text Box

Checkbox
Radio Button
Radio Button

No
Yes
Yes

Text Box

Your Family

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: YOUR FAMILY

Primary Nav

Secondary Nav

Tertiary Nav

Paper Form
Question

A.2.25.c.14

A.2.25.c.15

A.2.25.c.16

A.2.25.c.17
A.2.25.c.18

A.2.25.c.19

A.2.25.c.20.a
A.2.25.c.20.b

A.2.25.c.21.a

Your parents

A.2.25.c.21.b
A.3.5.a.

A.3.5.b.
A.3.5.b.
A.3.5.c.
A.3.5.d.

Question

Sub-Question

(IF YES TO A.2.25.c.13.a) Where did
your child last enter the United
States?

Text Box

(IF YES TO A.2.25.c.13.a) What is
your child's date of last entry into
the United States?

Date

(IF YES TO A.2.25.c.13.a) What is
your child's current I-94 Number, if
any?
(IF YES TO A.2.25.c.13.a) What was
your child's status when last
admitted? (Visa type, if any)

(IF YES TO A.2.25.c.13.a)

What is your mother's full name?

What is your mother's city or town
of birth?
What is your mother's country of
birth?
Where is your mother currently
located?

Instructional Text

If you do not know the full date, you may
provide partial date information by
selecting "Additional Information" from
the menu.

Required? Help Text

Dropdown

Date

MM/DD/YYYY

Radio Button

Yes

Radio Button

Yes

No
Given name (first name)
Middle name
Family name (last name)

Radio Button

Yes
No
No
No

Text Box

Dropdown

Text Box
Checkbox

No
No

My mother is deceased.

MM/DD/YYYY

Text Box

(IF YES TO A.2.25.c.13.a) What is
your child's current status?
(IF YES TO A.2.25.c.13.a) What is the
expiration date of his/her
authorized stay, if any?
(IF YES TO A.2.25.c.13.a) Is your
child in immigration court
Yes
proceedings?
(IF YES TO A.2.25.c.13.a)
(IF YES TO A.2.25.c.13.a) Are you
including your child in this
application?

Field Type

Your Family

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: YOUR FAMILY

Primary Nav

Secondary Nav

Tertiary Nav
Your parents
page 2

Paper Form
Question
A.3.5.e.

A.3.5.f.
A.3.5.f.
A.3.5.g.
Your siblings

A.3.5.h.

Question

Sub-Question

What is your father's full name?

Given name (first name)

What is your father's city or town of
birth?
What is your father's country of
birth?
Where is your father currently
located?
Sibling Information

A.3.5.e.

What is your sibling's full name?

A.3.5.i.

What is your sibling's city or town of
birth?
What is your sibling's country of
birth?
Where is your sibling currently
located?

A.3.5.f.
A.3.5.k.
A.3.5.l.

Middle name
Family name (last name)

Field Type

Instructional Text

No
No
No

Text Box

Dropdown

Text Box
My father is deceased.

Given name (first name)
Middle name
Family name (last name)

Checkbox

Text Box
Dropdown
Text Box

My sibling is deceased.

Checkbox

Required? Help Text

Provide information about your siblings
(brothers or sisters), if applicable.

No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No

Your Family

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: BASIS OF ELIGIBILITY

Conditional
Primary Nav Secondary Nav Logic

Paper
Form #

Question

Sub Question

Field Type

Required

Instructional Text
When answering the following questions about your asylum or other protection claim (withholding
of removal under 241(b)(3) of the INA or withholding of removal under the Convention Against
Torture), you should provide a detailed and specific account of the basis of your claim to asylum or
other protection. To the best of your ability, provide specific dates, places, and descriptions about
each event or action described.
You should attach documents evidencing the general conditions in the country from which you are
seeking asylum or other protection and the specific facts on which you are relying to support your
claim in the Evidence section. If this documentation is unavailable or you are not providing this
documentation with your application, you should explain why in your responses to the following
questions.
Eligibility
To qualify for asylum, you must establish that you are a refugee who is unable or unwilling to return
to his or her country of nationality, or last habitual residence if you have no nationality, because of
persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality,
membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. This means that you must establish that
race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion was or will be
at least one central reason for your persecution or why you fear persecution. If you are granted
asylum, you and any eligible spouse or child included in your application can remain and work in the
United States and may eventually adjust to lawful permanent resident status. If you are not granted
asylum, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may use the information you provide in this
application to establish that you are removable from the United States.

Additional Information
You must clearly describe any of your experiences, or those of family members or others who have
had similar experiences that may show that you are a refugee.
If you have experienced harm that is difficult for you to write down and express, you must be aware
that these experiences may be very important to the decision-making process regarding your
request to remain in the United States. At your interview with an asylum officer or hearing with an
immigration judge, you will need to be prepared to discuss the harm you have suffered. If you are
having trouble remembering or talking about past events, we suggest that you talk to a lawyer, an
accredited representative, or a health professional who may be able to help you explain your
experiences and current situation.

Basis of
Eligibility

Do you also want to apply for withholding of removal
under the Convention Against Torture?

Reason for
asylum or
withholding of
removal
N/A

B.1

B.1.A.1-2

(if yes)

Party or group
affiliations

Why are you applying for asylum or withholding of
removal under section 241(b)(3) of the INA, or for
withholding of removal under the Convention
Against Torture?
Have you, your family, or close friends or colleagues
ever experienced harm or mistreatment or threats in
the past by anyone?

Explain in detail (1) what happened; (2) when the
harm or mistreatment of threats occurred; (3) who
caused the harm or mistreatment or threats; and (4)
why you believe the harm or mistreatment or threats
B.1.A.3 occurred.
Do you fear harm or mistreatment if you return to
B.1.B.1-2 your home country?
Explain in detail of (1) what harm or mistreatment
you fear; (2) who you believe would harm or
mistreat you; and (3) why you believe you would or
B.1.B.3 could be harmed or mistreated.
Are you afraid of being subjected to torture in your
home country or any other country to which you may
B.4.1-2 be returned?
Explain why you are afraid and describe the nature
of the torture you fear, by whom, and why it would
B.4.3
be inflicted.
Have you or your family members ever belonged to
or been associated with any organizations or groups
in your home country, such as, but not limited to, a
political party, student group, labor union, religious
organization, military or paramilitary group, civil
patrol, guerrilla organization, ethnic group, human
B.3.A.1 rights group, or the press or media?

Yes/No
Radio button
Race/Political/
Opinion/Religion/Membership in
a particular social
group/Nationality/Torture
Checkboxes
Conventions

Yes, No

Radio Button

Yes

Text Box

Yes, No

Radio Button

Yes

Text Box

Radio Button

Text Box

Radio Button

Yes

Yes, No

Yes

I am seeking asylum or withholding of removal based on:

Basis of Eligibility

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: BASIS OF ELIGIBILITY

Conditional
Primary Nav Secondary Nav Logic

(if yes)

Crimes and
offenses

(if yes)

Paper
Form #

C.6.3

C.3.1-2
(if yes)
Application
history

C.3.3

C.1.1-2

(if yes)

C.1.3
C.5.1-2

(if yes)

Question

Sub Question

Describe for each person the level of participation,
any leadership or other positions held, and the
length of time you or your family members were
B.3.A.2 involved in each organization or activity.
(If yes to B.3.A.1) Do you or your family members
continue to participate in any way in those
B.3.B.1-2 organizations or groups?
Describe for each person your or your family
members' current level of participation, any
leadership or other positions currently held, and the
length of time you or your family members have
B.3.B.3 been involved in each organization or group.
Have you or your family members ever been accused,
charged, arrested, detained, interrogated, convicted and
sentenced, or imprisoned in any country other than the
United States (including for an immigration law
B.2.1-2 violation)?
B.2.3
Explain the circumstances and reasons for the action.
Have you or any member of your family included in the
application ever committed any crime and/or been
arrested, charged, convicted, or sentenced for any crimes
in the United States (including for an immigration law
C.6..1-2 violation)?
For each instance, specify in your response: what
occurred and the circumstances, dates, length of sentence
received, location, the duration of the detention or
imprisonment, reason(s) for the detention or conviction,
any formal charges that were lodged against you or your
relatives included in your application, and the reason(s)
for release. Attach documents referring to these
incidents, if they are available or an explanation of why
documents are not available.

C.5.3

C.2.A.1

Field Type

Required

Text Box

Radio Button

Text Box

Yes, No

Radio Button
Text Box

Yes
No

Yes, No

Radio Button

Text Box

Radio Button

Text Box

Yes, No

Radio Button

Text Box

Yes, No

Radio Button

Text Box

Radio Button

Yes, No

(If you or a family member has been arrested in the
United States, you must upload a certified copy of all
arrest reports, court dispositions, sentencing documents,
and any other relevant documents.)
Have you, your spouse or your child(ren) ever
ordered, incited, assisted or otherwise participated
in causing harm or suffering to any person because
of his or her race, religion, nationality, membership
in a particular social group or belief in a particular
political opinion?
Describe in detail each such incident and your own,
your spouse's, or your child(ren)'s involvement.
Have you, your spouse, your child(ren), your parents
or your siblings ever applied to the U.S. Government
for refugee status, asylum, or withholding of
removal?
Explain the decision and what happened to any status
you, your spouse, your child(ren), your parents, or your
siblings received as a result of that decision. Indicate
whether or not you were included in a parent or spouse's
application. If so, include your parent or spouse's Anumber in your response. If you were previously denied
asylum by USCIS, an immigration judge, or the Board of
Immigration Appeals, describe any change(s) in conditions
in your country or your own personal circumstances since
the date of the denial that may affect your eligibility for
asylum.

Are you filing this application more than 1 year after
your last arrival in the United States?
Explain why you did not file within the first year after you
arrived. You must be prepared to explain at your
interview or hearing why you did not file your asylum
application within the first year after you arrived. For
guidance in answering this question, see Instructions, Part
1: Filing Instructions, Section V. Completing the Form,
Part C.
After leaving the country from which you are claiming
asylum, did you or your spouse or child(ren) who are now
in the United States travel through or reside in any other
country before entering the United States?

Yes, No

Explain the decision and what happened to any status
you, your spouse, your child(ren), your parents, or your
siblings received as a result of that decision. Indicate
whether or not you were included in a parent or spouse's
application. If so, include your parent or spouse's Anumber in your response. If you have been denied asylum
by an immigration judge or the Board of Immigration
Appeals, describe any change(s) in conditions in your
country or your own personal circumstances since the
date of the denial that may affect your eligibility for
asylum.

Yes, No

Instructional Text

Basis of Eligibility

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: BASIS OF ELIGIBILITY

Conditional
Primary Nav Secondary Nav Logic

Paper
Form #

Question

Sub Question

Field Type

Required

Text Box

Radio Button

Text Box

Radio Button

Text Box

Instructional Text

Provide for each person the following: the name of
each country and length of stay, the person's status
while there, the reasons for leaving, whether or not
the person is entitled to return for lawful residence
purposes, and whether the person applied for
refugee status or for asylum while there, and if not,
why he or she did not do so.

(if yes)

C.2.A.3

Have you, your spouse, your child(ren), or other
family members, such as your parents or siblings,
ever applied for or received any lawful status in any
country other than the one from which you are now
C.2.B.1-2 claiming asylum?
Provide for each person the following: the name of
each country and length of stay, the person's status
while there, the reasons for leaving, whether or not
the person is entitled to return for lawful residence
purposes, and whether the person applied for
refugee status or for asylum while there, and if not,
C.2.B.3 why he or she did not do so.
After you left the country where you were harmed or
C.4.1-2 fear harm, did you return to that country?
Describe in detail the circumstances of your visit(s)
(for example, the date(s) of the trips(s), the
purpose(s) of the trip(s), and the length of the time
you remained in the country for the visit(s).
C.4.3

Yes, No

Basis of Eligibility

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: EVIDENCE

Primary Nav
Evidence

Secondary Nav
Cover letter

Tertiary Nav

Evidence Title
Cover Letter

Field type
Upload

Revised Question
You may upload a letter that summarizes your case and why you are applying for
asylum.

Required
Optional

Document types
Cover Letter

Optional

Written Statement, Written Statement - English,
Translation Certification

Optional

Affidavits, Court Records, Death Certificate,
Divorce Certificate, Gender Re-assignment
Documentation, I-94, Letter, Marriage Certificate,
Medical Records, Military Records, News Articles,
Other Education Documents, Other Identification,
Other Supporting Documents, Photographs, Police
Clearance Letter, Police/Arrest Records,
Psychological Report, Social Media Posts

Tooltip

If you were included in a spouse's or parent's earlier asylum application and you are not
eligible as a derivative applicant now, you must include a letter that references the
earlier application and explains that you are now applying for asylum on your own.
File requirements
- Clear and readable
- Accepted file formats: JPG, JPEG, or PDF
- No encrypted or password-protected files
- If your documents are in a foreign language, upload a full English translation and a
translator’s certification with each original document
- Upload no more than five documents at a time
- Accepted file name characters: English letters, numbers, spaces, periods, hyphens,
underscores, and parentheses
- Maximum size: 6MB per file
Written statement

Written Statement

Upload

You may upload a written statement with your application to support your claim. Your
written statement should include events, dates, and details of your experiences that
relate to your claim for asylum.
[Informative alert: If applicable, you must upload the non-English written statement,
English written statement, and translation certificate as separate files. This does not
apply to other evidence.]

Specific claim of
eligibility

Specific Claim of
Eligibility

Upload

File requirements
- Clear and readable
- Accepted file formats: JPG, JPEG, or PDF
- No encrypted or password-protected files
- If your documents are in a foreign language, upload a full English translation and a
translator’s certification with each original document
- Upload no more than five documents at a time
- Accepted file name characters: English letters, numbers, spaces, periods, hyphens,
underscores, and parentheses
- Maximum size: 6MB per file
You may upload evidence showing the specific facts that support your claim.
- Evidence may include newspaper articles, affidavits of witnesses or experts, medical
and/or psychological records, doctors' statements, periodicals, journals, books,
photographs, official documents, or personal statements or live testimony from
witnesses or experts.
- If you have difficulty discussing harm you have suffered in the past, you may wish to
submit a health professional's report explaining this difficulty.
- If evidence supporting your claim is not reasonably available or you are not providing
such corroboration at this time, you must explain why and upload this explanation.
- You may also upload an affidavit from at least one person for each event you are
trying to prove. Affidavits may be provided by relatives or others. Persons providing
affidavits need not be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents.

Affidavits must:
1. Fully describe the circumstances or event(s)
in question and fully explain how the person
acquired knowledge of the event(s);
2. Be sworn to or affirmed by persons who
were alive at the time of the event(s) and have
personal knowledge of the event(s) (date and
place of birth, marriage, etc.) that you are
trying to prove; and
3. Show the full name, address, and date and
place of birth of each person giving the
affidavit and indicate any relationship
between you and the person giving the
affidavit.

Evidence

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: EVIDENCE

Primary Nav

Secondary Nav
Tertiary Nav
Personal identification

Evidence Title
Field type
Personal Identification Upload

Revised Question
Upload a copy of each page (cover to cover) of your passport, other travel documents,
and any U.S. immigration documents.

Required
Optional

We recommend you upload other identification if you have it, such as a birth certificate,
military or national identification, or driver’s license. Bring your passport and other
original document(s) to your interview.

Family identification

Family Identification

File requirements
- Clear and readable
- Accepted file formats: JPG, JPEG, or PDF
- No encrypted or password-protected files
- If your documents are in a foreign language, upload a full English translation and a
translator’s certification with each original document
- Upload no more than five documents at a time
- Accepted file name characters: English letters, numbers, spaces, periods, hyphens,
underscores, and parentheses
- Maximum size: 6MB per file
You may upload documents that prove the identity of each family member you are not Optional
including as a dependent, and your relation to them.
• Proof of identity may include a copy (every page) of each relative’s passport, other
travel documents, and any U.S. immigration documents.
• Evidence of relationship may include birth records of your children, marriage
certificate, or proof of termination of marriage.
If you do not have (and cannot get) personal or family identification, you must try to
provide other kinds of evidence such as medical, religious, and school records. We call
this “secondary evidence.”
You can also provide a statement or letter from anyone who knows about the event or
relationship you are trying to prove. For example, someone who witnessed the birth of
your child can write a statement describing the facts surrounding that event.

(If YES A.2.25.c.21.a
or A.2.24.a)
Dependent:
Dependent Last
Name, Dependent
First Name

Dependent:
Upload
Dependent Last Name,
Dependent First Name

Tooltip
Document types
Baptism Certificate, Birth Records, Driver's
License, Foreign Identification Documents, Gender
Re-assignment Documentation, I-20, I-94, Military
Records, Other Education Documents, Other
Identification, Other Supporting Documents,
Passport - All Pages, Passport (ID Page), Police
Clearance, Visa

Affidavits, Baptism Certificate, Birth Records,
Death Certificate, Divorce Certificate, Driver's
License, Foreign Identification Documents, Gender
Re-assignment Documentation, I-20, I-94,
Marriage Certificate, Military Records, Other
Education Documents, Other Identification, Other
Supporting Documents, Passport - All Pages,
Passport (ID Page), Police Clearance, Visa

Affidavits must:
1. Fully describe the circumstances or event(s)
in question and fully explain how the person
acquired knowledge of the event(s);
2. Be sworn to or affirmed by persons who
were alive at the time of the event(s) and have
personal knowledge of the event(s).
3. Show the full name, address, and date and
place of birth of each person giving the
affidavit and indicate any relationship
between you and the person giving the
affidavit.

File requirements
- Clear and readable
- Accepted file formats: JPG, JPEG, or PDF
- No encrypted or password-protected files
- If your documents are in a foreign language, upload a full English translation and a
translator’s certification with each original document
- Upload no more than five documents at a time
- Accepted file name characters: English letters, numbers, spaces, periods, hyphens,
underscores, and parentheses
- Maximum size: 6MB per file
Upload documents that prove the identity of this dependent and your relation to them. Required
• Proof of identity may include a copy (every page) of each relative’s passport, other
travel documents, and any U.S. immigration documents.
• Evidence of relationship may include birth records of your children, marriage
certificate, or proof of termination of marriage.
If you do not have (and cannot get) personal or family identification, you must try to
provide other kinds of evidence such as medical, religious, and school records. We call
this “secondary evidence.”
You can also provide a statement or letter from anyone who knows about the event or
relationship you are trying to prove. For example, someone who witnessed the birth of
your child can write a statement describing the facts surrounding that event.
File requirements
- Clear and readable
- Accepted file formats: JPG, JPEG, or PDF
- No encrypted or password-protected files
- If your documents are in a foreign language, upload a full English translation and a
translator’s certification with each original document
- Upload no more than five documents at a time
- Accepted file name characters: English letters, numbers, spaces, periods,
hyphens, underscores, and parentheses
- Maximum size: 6MB per file

Evidence

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: EVIDENCE

Primary Nav

Secondary Nav
General country
conditions

Criminal history

Tertiary Nav

Evidence Title
General Country
Conditions

Criminal History

Field type
Upload

Upload

Revised Question
You may upload reasonably available corroborative evidence showing the general
conditions in the country from which you are seeking asylum.

Required
Optional

Tooltip
Document types
News articles, Country reports, Other supporting
documents

Court Records, News articles, Other Supporting
Documents, Photographs, Police Clearance Letter,
Police/Arrest Records

Evidence

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Primary Nav
Additional
Information

Secondary
Nav

Conditional
Logic

Paper Form
Question
Question

You may provide additional
information for your application

Sub-Question

Additional information

Field Type
Textbox

Required?
No

Instructional Text

If you need to provide any additional information for any of your answers
to the questions in this form, enter it into the space below. You should
include the questions that you are referencing. If you need to provide
more information than can be included in the space provided, you
may upload a written explanation as well.

Help Text

If you do not need to provide any additional information, you may leave
this section blank.

Additional Information

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: REVIEW AND SUBMIT

Primary Nav

Review and
Submit

Secondary
Nav
Review your
application

Conditional
Logic

Paper form
question #

Question

Sub-Question

Check your application
before you submit

Field Type

Required?

Instructional Text

N/A

We will review your application to check for accuracy
and completeness before you submit it.

Help Text CTA

We encourage you to provide as many responses as you
can throughout the application, to the best of your
knowledge. Missing information can slow down the
review process after you submit your application.
You can return to this page to review your application as
many times as you want before you submit it.

Alerts and warnings

N/A

You have one or more alerts and warnings based on
the information you provided in your application.
A red alert means you have incomplete responses or
inconsistent data. You cannot submit your
application with any alerts.

Your
application
summary

Review the I-589 form
information

N/A

(deleted)
Here is a summary of all the information you provided in
your application.
Make sure you have provided responses for everything
that applies to you before you submit your application.
You can edit your responses by going to each application
section using the site navigation.
We also prepared a draft case snapshot with your
responses, which you can download below.

Preparer
certification

Preparer's Certification

I declare that I have prepared this application at the
request of the person named in Part D, that the
responses provided are based on all information of
which I have knowledge, or which was provided to
me by the applicant, and that the completed
application was read to the applicant in his or her
native language or a language he or she understands
for verification before he or she signed the
application in my presence. I am aware that the
knowing placement of false information on the Form
I-589 may also subject me to civil penalties under 8
U.S.C. 1324c and/or criminal penalties under 18
U.S.C. 1546(a).

View draft snapshot
Your preparer must read and agree to the certification
below.

Review and Submit

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: REVIEW AND SUBMIT

Primary Nav

Secondary
Nav

Conditional
Logic

Paper form
question #

Question

Sub-Question

Field Type

As the applicant's preparer, you must sign on paper
and provide your signature page to the applicant.
Follow these steps:

Required?

Instructional Text

Please note the user should
be able to download the
preparer page from bullet
#1.

1. Download the Preparer Signature page
2. Print the Preparer Signature page
3. Read and sign the Preparer Signature page
4. Give the signed Preparer Signature page to the
applicant

(If YES to
D.4b )
Preparer
signature

Preparer's signature
upload

(If the above
is complete)
Your
signature

Applicant's certification
and signature

D.6, D.1

Applicant's signature

(If "Your
signature" are
complete )
Pay and
submit

The applicant will need to scan and upload your
completed signature page on the next screen.
File requirements
Upload
- Clear and readable
- Accepted file formats: JPG, JPEG, PDF, TIF, or TIFF
- No encrypted or password-protected files
- If your documents are in a foreign language, upload
a full English translation and the translator's
certification with each original document.
- Accepted characters: English letters, numbers,
spaces, periods, hyphens, underscores, and
parentheses
- Maximum size: 6MB per file

I certify, under penalty of perjury under the laws of
the United States of America, that this application
and the evidence submitted with it are all true and
correct. Title 18, United States Code, Section 1546(a),
provides in part: Whoever knowingly makes under
oath, or as permitted under penalty of perjury under
Section 1746 of Title 28, United States Code,
knowingly subscribes as true, any false statement
with respect to a material fact in any application,
affidavit, or other document required by the
immigration laws or regulations prescribed
thereunder, or knowingly presents any such
application, affidavit, or other document containing
any such false statement or which fails to contain any
reasonable basis in law or fact - shall be fined in
accordance with this title or imprisoned for up to 25
years. I authorize the release of any information from
my immigration record that U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) needs to determine
eligibility for the benefit I am seeking.

Submit the I-589

Help Text CTA

Scan and upload your preparer's completed signature
page below.

Yes

You must read and agree to the certification below. If
you knowingly and willfully falsify or conceal a material
fact or submit a false document with your application,
we can deny your application and may deny any other
immigration benefit. You may also face criminal
prosecution and penalties provided by the law.

Yes

You must provide your digital signature below by typing
your full legal name. If you do not completely fill out this
application, or if you do not submit the required
documents listed in the Instructions, we may deny your
application. We will record the date of your signature
with your application.
Once you submit this application, you will receive a
confirmation with details on any next steps. We will
record the date of your submission with the application.
Your case status will be updated on your and your
client's account home page.

Submit the I-589

Review and Submit

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: NEXT STEPS

Heading
You have successfully submitted your Form I-589
Application for Asylum and for Withholding of
Removal

Sub-Heading

Body Text

Revised

CTA

You may use your receipt number to track your case and see all USCIS notices in your
myUSCIS account. We will notify you by email and/or text message with any updates.

Track your case online
Respond to requests for
information

You can track your case status through your USCIS online account. Sign in to your account
often to check your case status and read any important messages from USCIS.
If we need more information from you, we will send you a Request for Evidence (RFE) or
Request for Information (RFI). You can respond to our request and upload your
documents through your USCIS online account.
We encourage you to submit all your supporting evidence when you submit your
We encourage you to submit all your supporting evidence when you submit your
application.
application.
If you are providing evidence after you have submitted your application but before your If you are providing evidence after you have submitted your application but before your
interview, use the unsolicited evidence option on the Documents tab related to the Form interview, use the unsolicited evidence option on the Documents tab related to the Form
I-589 you submitted.
I-589 you submitted.
You may amend or supplement your application before or at the time of your asylum
You can amend or supplement your application at the time of your asylum interview with
interview with an asylum officer and at your hearing in immigration court by providing
an asylum officer and at your hearing in Immigration Court by providing additional
additional information and explanations about your asylum claim. For asylum applications information and explanations about your asylum claim. [deleted]
filed with USCIS, submit any documentary evidence at least 14 calendar days before your
interview with an asylum officer. We may grant extensions to submit additional evidence
on a discretionary basis. We will treat these extensions as an applicant-caused delay
when adjudicating your asylum application. Any applicant-caused delay will result in us
denying your application for employment authorization if the delay is unresolved when
you file for employment authorization.

Submit evidence after
applying

If you are presenting evidence during your interview, you must provide two copies of
each document. If a document is in a foreign language, you must provide a full English
translation of it and a translator’s certification. You may also present other document
types, including audio and video tapes, during your interview.

Next Steps

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: Alerts

Alert Reason
Rep should fill out the
information requested
with their clients
Blue (informative) information
Type

Message
h3: Before you start your client's application
Unless otherwise noted, you must provide your client's information and responses to
all questions and prompts in this form.
Only certain applicants may apply for asylum online with USCIS at this time. Failure to
follow applicable instructions may result in rejection of your online application and/or
a filing delay.
Please review the following statements and select any that apply to you:
•
I am currently in proceedings in immigration court or before the Board of Immigration
Appeals. To determine if you should file your Form I-589 with USCIS or the Executive
Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), please see the Where to File section of the Form
I-589 webpage and the Form I-589 Instructions for more information. If you are unsure
whether you are currently in proceedings before EOIR but intend to file a Form I-589
with USCIS, please file a paper Form I-589.
o
If you are a child in removal proceedings and are filing as an Unaccompanied Alien
Child (UAC), your completed paper Form I-589 must be mailed to the Nebraska
Service Center. Please review the filing instructions for UACs in the Form I-589
Instructions.
•
I am among the categories of applicants who must file by mail with the Asylum Vetting
Center as outlined in the Special Instructions section of the Form I-589 webpage.
•
I have already submitted a Form I-589 and it is still pending before USCIS.
•
I am resubmitting a Form I-589 that was previously rejected to obtain an updated
receipt notice based on the settlement in Vangala et al. v. USCIS et al., No. 4:20-cv08143 (N.D. Cal.).

Yellow alert

If any of the above statements apply to you, do not file online. If you submit your
application online and it is later determined that one of the statements above applies
Always displays on the to you, this may cause a delay in your case, or we may reject your Form I-589 and
overview page
instruct you to submit your application by mail.
You should file a paper Form I-589
Based on your selection, you are not eligible to apply online. Please file a paper Form I589. If you submit your application online, this may cause a delay in your case, or we
may reject your Form I-589 and instruct you to submit your application by mail.

Yellow modal

Links

www.uscis.gov/i-589
https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugeesand-asylum/asylum/minor-children-applying-forasylum-by-themselves
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/docu
ment/forms/i-589instr.pdf
https://www.uscis.gov/i-589#myuscis-anchori589
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/docu
ment/forms/i-589.pdf
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/docu
ment/forms/i-589.pdf

If user selects any
checkbox on overview
page alert and then
File paper I-589 | Continue to file online
clicks "Next"

Alerts

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: Alerts

Type

Alert Reason

Red Alert

User is an applicant
and their A-Number
has already been
verified in myUSCIS

User chooses United
States for spouse's
Blue (informative) nationality
User enters a birth
date for their child
that makes their child
Blue (informative) 21 and over

User chooses United
States for child's
Blue (informative) nationality
User selects married
for child's marital
Blue (informative) status

Message
h3: This account has already been verified with a different A-Number

Links

The A-Number in this account's profile is XXXXXXXX. If you need to apply for a benefit
for someone else using the A-Number you entered, you must sign out of this account
and create a new account for them at myaccount.uscis.gov.
h3: You cannot include your spouse in your application
U.S. citizens are not eligible for asylum. You must list your spouse on your application,
but you cannot include them in your application for asylum benefits.
h3: You cannot include this child in your application
You must list all your children on your application, but children 21 years of age or older
must file separate applications to apply for asylum benefits.
h3: You cannot include this child in your application
U.S. citizens are not eligible for asylum. You must list all your children on your
application, but you cannot include this child in your application for asylum
benefits.
h3: You cannot include this child in your application
You must list all your children on your application, but married children must file
separate applications to apply for asylum benefits.

Informing the user
that they should
upload the non-English
written statement,
English written
If applicable, you must upload the non-English written statement, English written
statement, and
translation certificate statement, and translation certificate as separate files. This does not apply to other
evidence.
Blue (informative) as separate files

Yellow (warning)

User is a
h3: You are the preparer
representative and
needs to provide their
own information for You must provide your information in this section as your client's attorney or
the preparer signature accredited representative.

Alerts

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: Alerts

Type

Yellow (warning)

Red alert

Alert Reason

Message

Links

The user selects next
on the preparer
h3: You should provide a signature
signature uploader
page without
uploading a signature If you do not provide a signature, your application processing may be delayed.
User selected yes to
including dependent in
application and did
not include evidence
on the Dependent:
Last Name, First Name
page
You must provide evidence.
h3: Are you sure you want to change your answer?

Yellow (warning)

User said "yes" to
including spouse,
uploaded evidence
then changes marital
status from "Married"
to another option

Yellow (warning)

User said "yes" to
including spouse,
uploaded evidence
then changes answer
to "No" for including
spouse in application

Alerts

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: Alerts

Type

Alert Reason

Yellow (warning)

User said "yes" to
including spouse,
uploaded evidence
then changes answer
to "No" for is your
spouse in the United
States

Yellow (warning)

User says spouse is a
citizen of a country
that is not the United
States, uploads
evidence, then says
spouse is a U.S. citizen.

Yellow (warning)

User said "yes" to
including child
uploaded evidence
then changes answer
to "No" for including
child in application

Yellow (warning)

User said "yes" to
including child,
uploaded evidence
then changes answer
to "No" for is your
child in the United
States

Message
h3: Are you sure you want to change your answer?

Links

Alerts

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: Alerts

Type

Alert Reason

Yellow (warning)

User said "yes" to
including child(ren),
uploaded evidence
then changes answer
to "No" for do you
have any children

Yellow (warning)

User says child is a
citizen of a country
that is not the United
States, uploads
evidence, then says
child is a U.S. citizen.

Yellow (warning)

User said "yes" to
including child,
uploaded evidence
then delete's child
from the child table

Red Alert

User said "yes" to
including spouse, but
does not meet
conditions to be
included in application
based on other
answers

Message
h3: Are you sure you want to change your answer?

Links

Changing your answer will remove any children you listed on your application. If you
change your answer, we will save any evidence you uploaded for them under the
“Family identification” evidence page.
Yes, change my answer | Cancel
h3: Are you sure you want to change your answer?

Changing your answer means you are no longer asking for asylum benefits for your
dependent. If you change your answer, we will save any evidence you uploaded for
your dependent under the “Family identification” evidence page.
Yes, change my answer | Cancel
h3: Are you sure you want to delete this entry?
Deleting this entry means you are no longer asking for asylum benefits for this child. If
you delete this entry, we will save any evidence you uploaded for this child under the
“Family identification” evidence page.
Yes, delete this entry | Cancel

h3: You cannot include your spouse in your application
You must list your spouse on your application, but you cannot apply for asylum
benefits for your spouse if your spouse is:
∙ Outside the United States; or
∙ A U.S. citizen.
Make sure you have answered all required questions.

Alerts

AsylumWorks Vacatur

I-589: Alerts

Type

Red Alert

Alert Reason

User said "yes" to
including child, but
does not meet
conditions to be
included in application
based on other
answers

Message
h3: You cannot include your child in your application

Links

You must list all your children on your application, but you cannot apply for asylum
benefits for your child if your child is :
∙ Outside the United States;
∙ Over the age of 21;
∙ Married; or
∙ A U.S. citizen.
Make sure you have answered all required questions.
h3: You must edit your answer
An error was found for:
last name, first name
last name, first name
last name, first name

Red Alert

User includes child in
application, doesn't
submit, and child turns Select "Edit" for each child with an error. Then go to "Part 3" to review the error and
21 while form is in
edit your answer.
draft state.
Title: Your physical address must be in the United States

Infoms the user that Body: You must provide your residential street address (the address where you
their physical address physically live) in the United States.
must be in the United
If you do not use a valid ZIP code, wemay reject your application.
Blue (informative) States

Alerts

File Type	application/pdf
Author	Berman, Rachel E (CTR)
File Modified	2022-07-21
File Created	2022-07-21