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USCIS I-589 Immigration Form

USCIS I-589

 

Application for Asylum and Withholding of Removal USCIS Form ( I-589 )

Title	Application for Asylum and Withholding of Removal
Number	I-589
Official URL	http://www.uscis.gov/I-589
Fee	None
Mailing Address	If your reside in AL, AR, CO, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NM, NC, TN, TX, the Virgin Islands, UT, VA, WV, WY or the Western Pennsylvania counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Bradford, Butler, Cambria, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Somerset, Venango, Warren, Washington, and Westmoreland, file your application with the Texas Service Center. If you reside in AZ, the California counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, or Ventura, Guam, HI or the Nevada counties of Clark, Esmerelda, Nye or Lincoln, file your application with the California Service Center. If you reside in AK, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, ND, OH, OR, SD, WA, WI or a county in California or Nevada which is not listed above, file your application with the Nebraska Service Center. If you reside in CT, DE, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT or a county in Pennsylvania which is not listed above, file your application with the Vermont Service Center, marked Attention: Asylum. If you are currently in Immigration Court: You must file your I-589 with the Immigration Court having jurisdiction over your case.
Edition	12/14/06. Previous editions accepted.
PDF Downloads	I-589 Instructions for I-589

 

 

Application for Asylum and Withholding of Removal

Purpose of Form :

To apply for asylum in the United States and for withholding of removal (formerly called "withholding of deportation"). You may file for asylum if you are physically in the United States and you are not a United States citizen.

Number of Pages :

Instructions: 11; Form: 12.

Edition Date :

12/14/06. Previous editions accepted.

Where to File :

• If your reside in AL, AR, CO, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NM, NC, TN, TX, the Virgin Islands, UT, VA, WV, WY or the Western Pennsylvania counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Bradford, Butler, Cambria, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Somerset, Venango, Warren, Washington, and Westmoreland, file your application with the Texas Service Center.
• If you reside in AZ, the California counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, or Ventura, Guam, HI or the Nevada counties of Clark, Esmerelda, Nye or Lincoln, file your application with the California Service Center.
• If you reside in AK, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, ND, OH, OR, SD, WA, WI or a county in California or Nevada which is not listed above, file your application with the Nebraska Service Center.
• If you reside in CT, DE, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT or a county in Pennsylvania which is not listed above, file your application with the Vermont Service Center, marked Attention: Asylum.

If you are currently in Immigration Court: You must file your I-589 with the Immigration Court having jurisdiction over your case.

Filing Fee :

No Fee.

Special Instructions :

Note on Filing Fee:

No fee.

Biometrics services may be required at no cost to the applicant.

• Download I-589 (437KB PDF)
• Download Instructions for I-589 (117KB PDF)

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