Afghanistan
Download Resource SIV Resources for Legal Practitioners (Mar 2022)
IRAP resources for legal practitioners on the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) process.
Trainings/Presentations
Afghanistan
Download Resource Afghan SIV AOS (Mar 2022)
Human Rights First Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) adjustment of status training.
Afghanistan
Download Resource Afghan OAW Record Request Process (Mar 2022)
DOD medical records from OAW.
Afghanistan
External Resource Bars to Asylum and Common Concerns (Mar 2022)
Slides from a HIAS and ABA training on asylum for Afghans, including bars to asylum and common concerns.
Asylum / Withholding / CAT
Download Resource History of Afghanistan’s Government, Opposition Groups, and Support Groups
A history of Afghanistan’s government, opposition groups, and support groups.
Afghanistan, Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Trainings & Guidance
External Resource Representing Afghan Parolees (Jan 2022)
HIAS and ABA asylum law training video for affirmative asylum applications for Afghan parolees.
Afghanistan
Download Resource Understanding the Afghan Refugee Crisis (Dec 2021)
Human Rights First slidedeck on understanding the Afghan refugee crisis.
Afghanistan, Asylum / Withholding / CAT
Download Resource TRIG Exemptions: Relevant Statutory Provisions (Jan 2022)
A guide on relevant statutory provisions for asylum.
Afghanistan, Asylum / Withholding / CAT
Learn More Understanding the Afghan Refugee Crisis (Dec 2021)
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
Afghanistan
Learn More TRIG and the Taliban (Dec 2021)
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.
Afghanistan
Learn More Asylum 101 (Pashto)
A “Know Your Rights” (KYR) guide in Pashto.
Afghanistan, Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Trainings & Guidance
Learn More Asylum Law Training
Video of Human Rights First asylum law training.