Resource Library

Factsheet on the requirements to apply for Special Immigrant Visas (SIV).

This training video is a primer on Afghan society and politics for attorneys and others seeking to support Afghan refugees in the U.S. jumping castle

NIJC’s asylum manual provides an overview of the U.S. asylum process and provides basic guidelines for attorneys representing asylum seekers. None of these materials should be considered legal advice. Individuals are strongly encouraged to seek counsel from qualified immigration attorneys or Board of Immigration Appeals-accredited representatives before submitting applications for asylum.

TA training on the INA’s Terrorism-Related Inadmissibility Grounds (TRIG), which operate as bars to asylum and virtually all other forms of immigration relief.

A “Know Your Rights” (KYR) guide in Pashto.

A Human Rights First list of country conditions in Afghanistan, updated November 2021.

Policy responses to support Afghans fleeing Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, by Human Rights Watch.

Human Rights Watch report on the rights of women under the Taliban rule.

This MEI report covers the nature of human insecurities in Afghanistan.

Information on Afghanistan’s economic and food crises.

Video of Human Rights First asylum law training.

HRF guidance for lawyers on how to draft a supporting affidavit for your client’s asylum case.