Among lawyers, there’s a certain skittishness when it comes to discussing fees. Speaking for myself, I don’t much care for the money-side of the business. We’re not trained to deal with client payments in law school, and the guidance we receive afterwards—from the bar association, for example—is related more to complying with lawyer-trust-account rules than to determining how much to charge.
In the field of asylum law, attorney fees vary widely. Within my little community, for an affirmative asylum case, I’ve heard about lawyers charging anywhere from $900 to $10,000 (or more). For defensive asylum cases (in court), prices are usually higher. Sometimes these fees are flat fees, meaning you pay a set fee for the entire case. Other times, fees are hourly, meaning you pay for the lawyer’s time–the more time the lawyer spends on your case, the more you pay.
In my office, we charge a flat fee of $3,000 for most affirmative cases, which is fairly competitive with those few attorneys in Washington, DC whose main practice area is asylum. Our fee for defensive cases is usually $4,000 [update 01/10/18 – please note that these fees were from 2016 and no longer apply]. What’s ironic here is that lawyers who do not specialize in asylum—and who consequently have less experience in this area of practice—are actually able to charge more for each case (I remember telling one such lawyer about my fee and she burst out laughing; I took that as a sign that I should raise my rates – maybe one day). In our firm, the bread-and-butter cases are asylum, and so we need to do a lot of such cases. Thus, we have to keep the prices down. If our main practice area was business immigration, for example, we could charge more for each asylum case, since we would not need to do a large number of such cases to make a living.
So how do you know what is a fair fee for an asylum case? And what exactly do you get in exchange for giving money to an attorney?
The first question is difficult to answer. Hiring an attorney is not like buying a new car. Whether you buy the car from one dealership or another, it’s the same car. With a lawyer, you are paying for his work. Some lawyers are brilliant, honest, and hard working; others are poorly trained, lazy, and dishonest. Paying more money for a lawyer does not mean that you are hiring a better advocate. In fact, I find that there is little relationship between the amount of the fee and the quality of the service. Indeed, lawyers who charge higher fees for asylum are sometimes more interested in earning money than in helping their clients.
I suppose the first thing you’d have to know in deciding whether an attorney’s fee is fair is the quality of the service she provides. There are certain things a good attorney should do. For example, a good attorney will listen to your story and try to evaluate the strengths and weakness of your case; she won’t sugarcoat the case in an effort to get your business. A good attorney will make sure you understand the asylum process, the problem of delay, and the possible results in your case. She should also explore any alternatives to asylum that might be available to you. A good attorney will help you put together your case, write your affidavit with you, and advise you about what supporting evidence you should obtain. This point is crucial: The affidavit (or declaration) is the heart of your case, and an asylum applicant may not know what information is legally relevant to include in that document. If the attorney does not spend significant time helping you prepare the affidavit, she is not doing her job. Without a properly prepared affidavit, the odds of success go way down.
Also, a good attorney should prepare you for your interview by discussing possible questions and answers, and by helping you think through answers to problematic portions of your story. A good attorney should be relatively easy to reach; if you call and leave a message, she should call you back (pet peeve alert: If you call and don’t leave a message–like some of my clients–the attorney likely will not call you back, as she won’t know that you’ve called her – so leave a message!). If your lawyer is not providing these services, she is not doing her job, and whether her price is a lot or a little, it is too high.
A final point, and this is key: A good attorney will never encourage you to lie or agree to represent you if you tell him that you want to lie to the U.S. government. Any attorney who does that is untrustworthy and dangerous. If they are willing to lie to the government, you can bet that they will lie to you.
If your attorney is providing all the essential services, if you feel comfortable with the attorney, and if you can afford the fee, whatever it is, you are probably getting a fair deal. Maybe that is a cop-out answer, but as I’ve said, it is quite difficult to place a monetary value on a lawyer’s services.
I truly believe that there is little relationship between price and quality among asylum lawyers. If you find an attorney that you like, but his price is too high, then look for another attorney who is more affordable. Good, reasonably-priced lawyers are out there. But remember too that these cases are a lot of work. Most asylum lawyers who are dedicated to the field don’t expect to get rich, but we do need to make a living. And you do need to pay a fair price for their work. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to earn the big money… or not.
Hi,
My name is Khanh, from Vietnam.
I do business by importing the new/used cars and then sell in Vitenam domestic market. car importing is considered business-conflict with pro-government companies.
2011: the government issued administrative barriers on imported law (this is against World Trade Agreement). The administrative barriers forced the small company like me into difficulties. I was writing the protest over the web-base forum claiming fair-business for small company and criticize the government for its business management. My company got trouble from that. Local tax department sent officers to inspect my company and I convicted Tax Evasion. Vietnam government quite often uses tax evasion to convict a person who fights for human right activist, opposite political view as propaganda the government activity.
2014: I was removed from the forum which I was the co-founder.
2016: I was banned to travel oversea.
2018: I was removed from company.
2018: Tax department raised the pressure on my tax evasion.
Now, I’m afraid I could face criminal conviction and get in to jail (many people got jail because of tax evasion).
Is there any chance for my to grant asylum?
Thank
I think this potentially could be an asylum claim. We did a case that was somewhat similar for a person from China, and that case was granted. You need to show that the government views your activities as “political”, which I do think would be too difficult (or you can base the case on some other protected ground, but political seems the most likely). Also, you need to show that the harm you face rises to the level of persecution. My guess is that you could show this. I do think a case like this, which is a bit unusual, would benefit from having a lawyer assist, so the lawyer could make sure that the case is presented in a way that qualifies for asylum. Take care, Jason
Hi, My Nephew apply for Asylum he got here January with a Tourist visa, the Houston, office send him a letter saying that the application is pending and that he will receive a notice informing him when to appear for the asylum interview, in Houston we don’t have much direction I would like to see if we can get your services, and if you can help us here in Tx. He is from Venezuela
We potentially could assist, but it is not very cost-effective to use a lawyer in Washington, DC when you are in Texas. You might look for a local attorney to help you. If you want to contact me, my email is jdzubow@dzubowlaw.com. Take care, Jason
hello, my name is Chairat Watthanapranee. I’m from Thailand. I apply for asylum on March 2018. Now, i got the letter Notice of Hearing in Removal Proceedings Immigration Court on 07 september 2018.
My story is I arrived USA on 09/09/2012 as F-1 Visa and expired around 2015. Why do i apply for asylum?
At first, I was supposed to study here for short term.But since the coyp’d etat by Military from2014 until now. It’s been for 4 years already. The Military promised us that they will give us the Democracy by election in July 2015 but it didn’t happend.At that time, I thought that I should have the page to share the opinion on Facebook. In 2015, I and my friends created the page and shared our opinion about the politic in Thailand. Then, our page was closed by the military goverment. At the end of 2015, one of my friend was arrested because he was sharing the post of BBC News about Thai Royal. This post was shared more than 2,000 sharing. But only my friend was arrested. It should be all of people who shared this post. He was dicided to go to jail for 2 and half years by military court. And now, he is still in the jail. Even though he got the Human Right Award from South Korea, he couldn’t go to get it by him self. He lost his right to get it. It shows that we lost our democracy. One of the reason that i think why he was arrested is he was in the page that we created together and also he was protesting to get the right on people who can give the opinion about the politic. It effects to them to try to catch him.
For me, I’m very afraid that if i go back to my country, i might get arrested by Military Goverment because there were my name on that page which was created with my friends. So, i stopped everything about the political opinion and cleared everything about the evidence that might make me to get trouble. Now, i don’t have any evidence about the page because of scaring.Please help me to stay here. I don’t want to be deported.
thank you very much
Best regards
It sounds like you may have a chance to win asylum. You will need evidence – if you do not have the Facebook page, maybe someone else has it or knows about it and can write a letter. I wrote about evidence in general on April 18, 2018 – maybe that would help. Also, if your case is in court, you should try to get a lawyer. If you cannot afford one, I wrote about finding a free lawyer on September 22, 2016. Take care, Jason
sir,
I have very much fear. These people survived by showing us the racist conflict of the kill me and even can political gain and save easily himself. Please save my life as humatrian.
First of all, I meet Jesus Christ in 1996.Keep watching Jesus Christ face-to-face for 10 minutes. I told the Lord that I am a Hindu and you are Christian. He was calm for a while and kept looking at me And then disappeared. this happened twice with me.
In 2006, I accepted Jesus Christ as my deliverer and savior. I identified baptism in 2007. And from then on the Lord’s command, I started serving ministry. We were going among the people to preach Christ. Pray for people in every meeting and
People were recovering from their diseases and healed.
People met and we started open meeting. So far we have 15 people’s volunteer team. People who visit villages and people tell about the meeting. In this way gradually hundreds of people shaken healed. Do not know how many people have predictions as God prophet. How many people were expelled from the financial crisis. See how many people’s tears turned into happiness. We were preaching Christ at many places and in church. By 2009 we took our office in chandigarh and registered our ministry too as India level .
In the meantime how do our families know about us? Many times I get the threat of killing. Many times. By now I was very scared and I had meetings for a few days. I never complain about these people. Because I loved all these people of my family. I always thought that these people will change their people and it will probably change soon.
My marriage also came from a Christian girl with the will of God. I have also hold MBA finance.
My wife is a accountant and she has done PG diploma in accounting. Later she took admission in MBA and which has not yet ended. Can not tell how we are living in such situations.
We have not met each other from September 2017.I shifted my wife to a P. G. He always stays scary there. Do not know which wrong incident happens to us.
Lord Jesus Christ blessed me and set me in life. Where did the people of my house know their address?Gave some money in his own house
Because we thought it would change and never bother us. We have a big kothi that we got in split. Very large about 5600 plus 1200 square feet that kothi which came to ours, I had to pay a lot of money to my uncles. So I gave some money to give it to Uncles. I used to think hardly would change now But I have always been disturbed.
The village also has about 20 acres of agriculture land . Our Daddy has given a plot to Uncle who is in the village. Overall, our total property is more than 6 crores rupees. The house itself is from 4 to 4.50 crores and commercial.
Let us say to their family that you believe in religion as you believe Hindu .But let us believe in Jesus Christ who believes in us.
We have come here from our families that you take all properties, but do not kill us, and
The Lord Jesus Christ will give us more property. Save my life and my wife
But they says that you are rubbish and we will not leave you, otherwise you should leave Jesus Christ. May be possible to give me poison in some thing tomorrow and tell those people that I sued. While suicide, there is a great sin in the Bible that we can never do.
We just have to live in peace and with the Lord’s ministry. Do not keep me with millions by earning me as much as helping me with the poor
I hope to help save our life in the USA Asylum Admission Program
And we will be grateful throughout the life of USA Government to save our life’s. I brood from the hardcore Hindu family. People of my family and relatives want to me leave Jesus Christ and become a Hindu again many times I have tried to kill I am always warned if do not change than you will die.
My cousins uncle, who are MLA, MP and have criminal tendencies. Who have kept the whole gang of goons. They are very closed to a former CM. These MLA uncle had killed many and knows how many people died and how many tried to kill him by gangs of goons. And many cases but people do not testify against them due to fear and always settles. I will have give the all proof.
Once we were attacked. There is a deep wound mark in the right side in my leg today. In which a one and half inch very deep wound was made with a sharp weapon and have been bleeding for several days.
Make an accident on myself 10 years ago. The driver suddenly slowed down and jumped from there. The car looks at 3-4 times roled out and around 15 feet below the gap. This my left side was stuck in it and have severe bones in the foot. All Mark still exists. When I was taken that condition, my daddy said that how the survivor should have died.
In Allahabad, I was attacked with sticks and sticks. Than I felt a lot of time to recover
Oh. My God, I m Speechless
I don’t want to die, these people will ever kill me sometimes.
I have very much fear. These people survived by showing us the racist conflict of the kill me and even can political gain and save easily himself.
I want to live somewhere for away.
SIR, we humbley request to you, please save my and my wife life. We will very grateful for the opportunity FOR Asylum and send fee details also.
SIR know one is there knowing me in USA. I can anything if you help me please, even write in bond.
I have b1/b2 Visa but wife have not she refused 2 times. Again I have apply, please help me
Thanks and Regards
Vivek
If you have a visa, you can come here, and then if appropriate, you can file for asylum. If you win, you could file to bring your wife later, but the whole process would take a year or maybe much longer. Take care, Jason
Thanks, I appreciated, I m mailing to you, please let me send answer. Mail inbox. Thanks
sir,
I have very much fear. These people survived by showing us the racist conflict of the kill me and even can political gain and save easily himself. Please save my life as humatrian.
First of all, I meet Jesus Christ in 1996.Keep watching Jesus Christ face-to-face for 10 minutes. I told the Lord that I am a Hindu and you are Christian. He was calm for a while and kept looking at me And then disappeared. this happened twice with me.
In 2006, I accepted Jesus Christ as my deliverer and savior. I identified baptism in 2007. And from then on the Lord’s command, I started serving ministry. We were going among the people to preach Christ. Pray for people in every meeting and
People were recovering from their diseases and healed.
People met and we started open meeting. So far we have 15 people’s volunteer team. People who visit villages and people tell about the meeting. In this way gradually hundreds of people shaken healed. Do not know how many people have predictions as God prophet. How many people were expelled from the financial crisis. See how many people’s tears turned into happiness. We were preaching Christ at many places and in church. By 2009 we took our office in chandigarh and registered our ministry too as India level .
In the meantime how do our families know about us? Many times I get the threat of killing. Many times. By now I was very scared and I had meetings for a few days. I never complain about these people. Because I loved all these people of my family. I always thought that these people will change their people and it will probably change soon.
My marriage also came from a Christian girl with the will of God. I have also hold MBA finance.
My wife is a accountant and she has done PG diploma in accounting. Later she took admission in MBA and which has not yet ended. Can not tell how we are living in such situations.
We have not met each other from September 2017.I shifted my wife to a P. G. He always stays scary there. Do not know which wrong incident happens to us.
Lord Jesus Christ blessed me and set me in life. Where did the people of my house know their address?Gave some money in his own house
Because we thought it would change and never bother us. We have a big kothi that we got in split. Very large about 5600 plus 1200 square feet that kothi which came to ours, I had to pay a lot of money to my uncles. So I gave some money to give it to Uncles. I used to think hardly would change now But I have always been disturbed.
The village also has about 20 acres of agriculture land . Our Daddy has given a plot to Uncle who is in the village. Overall, our total property is more than 6 crores rupees. The house itself is from 4 to 4.50 crores and commercial.
Let us say to their family that you believe in religion as you believe Hindu .But let us believe in Jesus Christ who believes in us.
We have come here from our families that you take all properties, but do not kill us, and
The Lord Jesus Christ will give us more property. Save my life and my wife
But they says that you are rubbish and we will not leave you, otherwise you should leave Jesus Christ. May be possible to give me poison in some thing tomorrow and tell those people that I sued. While suicide, there is a great sin in the Bible that we can never do.
We just have to live in peace and with the Lord’s ministry. Do not keep me with millions by earning me as much as helping me with the poor
I hope to help save our life in the USA Asylum Admission Program
And we will be grateful throughout the life of USA Government to save our life’s. I brood from the hardcore Hindu family. People of my family and relatives want to me leave Jesus Christ and become a Hindu again many times I have tried to kill I am always warned if do not change than you will die.
My cousins uncle, who are MLA, MP and have criminal tendencies. Who have kept the whole gang of goons. They are very closed to a former CM. These MLA uncle had killed many and knows how many people died and how many tried to kill him by gangs of goons. And many cases but people do not testify against them due to fear and always settles. I will have give the all proof.
Once we were attacked. There is a deep wound mark in the right side in my leg today. In which a one and half inch very deep wound was made with a sharp weapon and have been bleeding for several days.
Make an accident on myself 10 years ago. The driver suddenly slowed down and jumped from there. The car looks at 3-4 times roled out and around 15 feet below the gap. This my left side was stuck in it and have severe bones in the foot. All Mark still exists. When I was taken that condition, my daddy said that how the survivor should have died.
In Allahabad, I was attacked with sticks and sticks. Than I felt a lot of time to recover
Oh. My God, I m Speechless
I don’t want to die, these people will ever kill me sometimes.
I have very much fear. These people survived by showing us the racist conflict of the kill me and even can political gain and save easily himself.
I want to live somewhere for away.
SIR, we humbley request to you, please save my and my wife life. We will very grateful for the opportunity FOR Asylum and send fee details also
Thanks and Regards
V
Can I leave anywhere in USA and apply through you or your company assist for any work for living purposes.
Please share on my mail. Thanks in advance.
We can do cases anywhere in the US, though we basically only do asylum cases, family-based immigration, and some very limited types of work visas. If you want to contact me, my email is jdzubow@dzubowlaw.com. Take care, Jason
I am not sure what you are asking. If you are in the US and want to apply for asylum, you can do that. But if you are not in the US, you cannot apply for asylum here. If you are in another country, you would need to contact a lawyer in that country for help. Take care, Jason
I need to apply for Asylum I need sameone help with it
IF you can afford a layer, that is great idea. Otherwise, the form is the I-589 available at http://www.uscis.gov. The instruction provide a lot of guidance. Take care, Jason
Jason:
Really great and thoughtful Blog.
I’m a personal injury and worker’s compensation lawyer in Los Angeles area. I am not currently doing any immigration law and have never handled an asylum matter.
My client needs an asylum attorney. Please refer me to an attorney that is as involved in asylum matters as you are.
My client is a Russian national living in the Los Angeles area. His asylum application was denied.
He ha been given a June court date.
Thank you
GARY MARTIN SKLAR
I don’t have anyone in LA to recommend (at least not that I can think of at the moment), but you can find a list of lawyers at http://www.aila.org, and those tend to be more honest than non-AILA lawyers. Take care, Jason
HI
Let me know what are the available options for my fried.He is living in US since 2013 and cannot go back to his home country. He did not wen to the hearing somewhere in 2013 and I think there may be the removal order issued against him.
He has fear for his life in India.
Please do contact me if you need any other information.
Regards
Mannpreet Kaur
If you have his Alien number, you can call 800-898-7180 and enter the Alien number (this is a computer system, not a person). Follow the options and push 3 (and after you hear that message, press 4) to see whether there is a decision in his case and any appeal. If he has a removal order, his only option it probably to file a motion to reopen – he would need to talk to a lawyer about that and to see if there might be any other options. Take care, Jason
My FI visa expired a year back immediately after my graduation and i overstayed for 19 months . Two things happened within this period. One i had a depression did not know what to do and now when i realise my situation, my home country in a conflict situation where young people of mu age are particularly targeted. Can I still apply for and asylum? what are the chances?
It may be possible to meet an exception to the one-year asylum filing bar, but it is not easy – the reasons you give might be able to excuse the late filing, but this is a tricky issue, and so I recommend you talk to a lawyer for help on this point. Take care, Jason
Hi, I’m from a Muslim country where being gay is a crime. I’m not there since I’ve been traveling and working abroad but I do want to move to the US, study and apply for asylum. I’ve also been diagnosed with HIV but I’m healthy and living on meds. I’m afraid when I go back home I won’t be able to find a job or get the required medical care, jobs there do HIV tests and if I’m +be I’m out! Like my life’s going down the drain you see. Am I eligible for asylum in the US or Canada? Or anywhere… :s
It may be a case for asylum (at least in the US) – I think you will need to talk to a lawyer about the specifics to determine how strong the case is. We recently did an appeal for a Mexican national where we argued that anyone with HIV in Mexico would face persecution, based on how people with HIV are generally treated in that country. We won the appeal, and now the case will go back to a judge for review. So I do think it is possible to win such a case, but it would depend on the facts about the country and about your own life, so talk to a lawyer about that. Take care, Jason
Hi. I am from Iran and was arrested here in the US once I was on an F-1 visa. The case was dismissed with prejudice. The government of Iran questioned my family for 4 hours why I have been arrested and why the US government has released me. They are thinking that I have given sensitive information to the US. My family is telling me do not come to Iran. Since the Iranian government is arresting some people once they go back, I want to file for an asylum in the US. What would be my chances of approval?
Thanks for your reply.
I think you should talk to a lawyer about the specifics of the situation, but you may have a case – maybe your category of case would be “imputed political opinion.” Remember that just because the government wants to harm you, it is not enough for asylum. They have to harm you “on account of” a protected ground, but you may fit into the political category since the government thinks you gave sensitive info to the US. It is not such a strait forward case, though, and I recommend you talk to a lawyer to help you present it. Take care, Jason
I wanted to know about the chances of asylum in the United States.
We live in Russia – I, my wife and my little daughter. In about 2004,
I had a growing sense of injustice and discontent with the actions of
the authorities (in those years Vladimir started to clean up all the
business and place his people in places – I think you’ve heard
Khodorkovsky case). Until 2012 there were no strong fears for my life
(and I actually didn’t care about, because I was almost single,
without family). After the protest rallies in 2012 in Russia, the
authorities started to struggle with “opposition-thinking people” very
actively. The adoption of unconstitutional laws is general. In
general, the adoption of such laws is no longer surprising –
“permanent” President Vladimir in fact usurped the power (he rules for
almost 18 years instead of just maximum 8).
I’m not an active participant in opposition groups. I’m more of an,
let’s say, “extras” on all these rallies. Until some time, I
periodically took part in rallies and processions. But recently it has
become somewhat dangerous activity. Perhaps you are already aware of
current events. We already have people who were put in jail for
“reposts” in social networks, for being present at rallies, for some
other manifestation of discontent with the current authorities. Yes, I
know, we all can just live our lives and don’t put our noses into
wrong places. But I want to be a “full-fledget” citizen. The worst
thing is – there’s probably no future for people like me. All the
politicians are growing, they’re getting old, but they already start
to place their sons and daughters to the ministries (for example, the
sons of the Prosecutor General – one is a billionaire in his 20 years,
the second is a head of a ministry).
At the moment, in connection with the birth of my daughter, there is
some anxiety that they can attract me for something and my wife and
child will stay for a long time without me. This is certainly not a
fact, but there are fears and worries.
The problem is that there are no papers proving personal persecution
of me or my family. There are only a lot of information in the media
and reports of international monitoring organizations.
Is there any chance of obtaining asylum in my case? Or does the system
work only for those with whom something terrible has already happened?
Just first googled link:
https://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia/russia
You have to show that there is at least a 10% chance that you will be persecuted (usually meaning physical harm) because of your political beliefs or for some other protected reason such as religion, ethnic group, etc. If you have evidence of your activities and that you have been threatened or harmed, or that many people like you are harmed, maybe you have a chance to succeed at asylum. But it is difficult to say given the facts that you describe. You may want to talk to a lawyer in the US to fully evaluate the case, and maybe give you a more informed opinion. Take care, Jason
Hello,
I am an F1 student in US. I got married in India before 2 years. after I entered into USA my wife literally ditched me and she wants to divorce me. They have filed a “null and void” case which means the marriage is said to be invalid.
They don’t want me as a groom now because of my caste is different from my wife’s caste and they have threatened me over calls several times to kill me.
My parents are telling me not to come back to India.
What should I do?
This may be a basis for asylum, but I do not know how strong the case would be. Talk to a lawyer about whether asylum is a good option for you. Take care, Jason
Hello , I am an Egyptian and working overseas my status is working visa in a gulf state country and I am totally against that regime in Egypt even i use to share that in social media and express my opinion in social media i was investigated not arrested in Egypt during protesting in 2011 and I left Egypt in 2013 and still working in Arabian gulf state , I honestly feeling fear to go back to Egypt after my contract is over , Meanwhile I use to receive a threat messages in FB, saying as if i return i will bee jailed and disappear but I went for visit my mother to Egypt in 2014-2016-2017 and nothing happened such harm action because I use to hide myself and not even talking to neighbors , relatives nor friends I scared that anyone will tell police am against that regime and maybe will arrested me even my family in Egypt use to warn me to stop talking against that regime or even express my opinion in social media it can cause harm for me if anyone from general Al sisi supporter , I really wanna feel safe and raise my child in peace environment without fear if i speak out and tell my opinion freely is any chance to get asylum in USA after this my story , above information is true and honest , please advise me , Thank you
You may be able to get asylum in the US, but you face some challenges. Any time a person returns to his country, it is an issue in the asylum case, and you have done that several times. On the other hand, you have threats against you. I think if you seek asylum here, you should use a lawyer to help you present the strongest case possible and to try to overcome the fact that you returned to Egypt a few times. Take care, Jason
Thank you ,sir
I an a F1 student here in the US. My dad who is contesting for a chiftancy title back in Nigeria has been threatened by his opponents to kidnap his children(3 of us here) when any of us goes back home. He’s been receiving strange call every full of threats which made report the case at the police station where he’s been advised to not let his children come home because it’s risky . He’s afraid we might be harmed and wants us to remain here for security reasons, that’s why even though my step siblings are green card holders, they haven’t been back home in Nigeria.
This would potentially be a basis for asylum. You have a fear of return based on your “particular social group” (i.e., you and your siblings). You might want to talk a lawyer to fully evaluate the case, but it seems like a basis for asylum to me. Take care, Jason
Hey I’m Reda, I live in Cincinnati Ohio.
I just want to ask if I can claim asylum in the USA.
I have some issues going back to my country.
Because my father’s family trying to kill me back there in my mother country.
I hope you reply to my case thank you.
If you are in the US, you can file for asylum. Whether you qualify is another story. It is possible to get asylum based on a family issue like you describe, but such cases can be a bit tricky, and I recommend you use a lawyer to help you. Take care, Jason
hello , I am an Egyptian and I work in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I would like to apply for asylum at a church in Canada. I will pay the fees for this fee (the fees paid to the refugee each month for a full year). I only want the letter from the church as a refugee. What are the costs of the lawyer who will be finishing the proceedings until I come to Canada and finish the asylum procedure
I am in the US. You would need to talk to a lawyer in Canada about this. Take care, Jason
Is there a quick way to asylum in America? I am on the territory of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
thanks
Not really. You have be in the US to claim asylum here. That is the first step. Take care, Jason
Okay i can go there, but can you give me your email or whats app number ? to know what should i do exactly .
thanks
You can email me at Jdzubow@dzubowlaw.com, and I can give you info about consultations, but we do not have a good system for that for people who are outside the US. Take care, Jason
i am a student here in usa .i have been here from last three years in f1 student visa. before 2 months of entering into usa we have one political clash and they killed my cousin.he was spot dead at the place. Recently the attacked my family they are safe for now. i got the information they are waiting on me when ever i enter in india they can come at me.what are the possible options for me.
Thank you
You can apply for asylum based on these facts. For cases from India, you will need to explain why you cannot relocate to another part of the country and why the government cannot protect you. If you decide to apply for asylum, I suggest you do it soon, since you can say that it was based on the “changed circumstances” when your cousin was killed (normally, you are required to file within one year of arrival in the US, but you should be alright since there are changed circumstances, and also because you are lawfully present on an F visa, which is another exception to the one-year filing rule). Take care, Jason
how much if i hire a experienced attorney who make me through the all the process if you can help me i will work with you on this case.
Thank you
Prices vary a lot. My fee for an affirmative case in the DC-area is generally $3000. If you want to contact me, my email is jdzubow@dzubowlaw.com. Take care, Jason
Im amuslim and i want to convert to cristianity but im from egypt where they jail and kill converted
Because islam is religion of vilonce and i don’t dare to enter church even christians would take me for suicide bomber
Is that enough to win asylum if i find a legal way to enter U.S. convert to catholic and process assylum case?
Thank for caring to read my message. Please reply ???
Apostasy (conversion from Islam to Christian) can be a basis for asylum. It depends on the conditions in your country and the evidence you get in support of your case. If you are in the US, you certainly can apply for asylum. Whether you win will depend on the specifics of the case, but it does sound like you have the basis of an asylum claim. Take care, Jason
Thanks for reply jason. Well the condition of egypt is blown up churches ..conversion into or out both ways gets jail..isis in egypt and yes muslims kill for apostasy you cant go to police to change religion part in your national id .,what worries me is that i will announce my conversion in us but im afraid to be departed after that will the us turn its back on me …will the judge think that may be i should have stayed muslim instead of creating fuss
You will need to provide evidence that the conversion was genuine, and also evidence that you will be specifically targeted. They will not think that you should have remained Muslim – what religion you practice is your choice. Take care, Jason
Yes, but how to provide evidence that the conversion is genuine..i mean its something in my heart ..can it be some paperwork in church or priest testimony or specifying reason for conversion (mention advantages of christianity,disadvantages of islam and how its bad and violence) or the three ways…..
Also the proof for being targeted , how about mentioning things that happened to converted people before me in egypt . Names ,photos and cases its well known on internet but hard to get cases number in egyptian court even if got them will it be recognized in U.S. court…. Its well known that you cant convert and just walk the streets of amuslim country and go to church safely without carrying my own head in my hand or stapped to death or something , hell i will be targeted from my family but how to proof
You can prove it with letters from people who know about your conversion, such as members of the church who see you coming to church. As for country conditions, you can use news articles and human rights reports. We do this all the time, and if the situation is as you describe, there should be evidence about it. Take care, Jason
This is an insightful and accurate commentary.
I have no Criminal Record and permeant Income so i qualify fore retirement Visa Residence
The FBI Back Ground Check says it can only be mailed two a USA Home address and i have none and all Documents only good 3 Months
So if i flew two the USA rented a Place 3 months then filed the forms wrong in a country they want a new back Ground check.
No agency can email it two me
A Hostel in Switzerland is 30 Dollars a knight is a lot two spend 3 months making asylum then leave all EU countries 90 days.