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Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Samples & Templates

Protected: Redacted Sample Asylum Officer Cover Letter-Brief: Ukrainian LGBTQ+ Case

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Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Samples & Templates

Protected: Redacted Sample Asylum Office Cover Letter-Brief: Nigerian Gender-Based Case

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Adjustment of Status (AOS), Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Fee Waivers, Parole, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Trainings & Guidance, Work Authorization

National Immigrant Justice Center, “Explainer – Trump and Congress’s Punishing New Immigration Fees”

Explainer from National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) on the new immigration fees enacted pursuant to the H.R.1 megabill signed into law on July 4, 2025. Includes a chart reviewing the July 2025 immigration fee changes, last updated on July 22, 2025.

Tags: 2025 Policies, Affirmative, Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Cancellation of removal, Defensive, EOIR, Humanitarian Parole & Re-Parole, I-485: Adjustment of Status (AOS), I-589: Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal, I-765: Employment Authorization Document (EAD)/Work Authorization, I-821: Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Practice Advisories, Removal Proceedings, T Visa, U nonimmigrant status (U visa), US Government Policy, USCIS

Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Trainings & Guidance

Practice Advisory: Considerations in Asylum Claims for Transgender People

Practice advisory authored by Immigration Equality, the National Immigration Project, Oasis Legal Services, the National Immigrant Justice Center, and Ready to Stay discussing considerations when advancing asylum claims for transgender clients. Published on June 2, 2025.

Tags: 2025 Policies, Affirmative, Defensive, I-589: Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal, LGBTQI, One-Year Filing Deadline, Particular Social Group, Political Opinion, Practice Advisories, Religion, Removal Proceedings

Adjustment of Status (AOS), Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Fee Waivers, Parole, Samples & Templates, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Trainings & Guidance, Work Authorization

National Immigration Project Comparison Chart of Immigration-Related Fee Changes Pursuant to H.R.1

Comparison chart compiled by the National Immigration Project (NIPNLG) highlighting immigration-related fee changes brought by H.R.1, the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted on July 4, 2025. Fee comparison chart last updated by NIPNLG on July 22, 2025.