Trainings/Presentations

Afghanistan, Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Trainings & Guidance
USCIS Officer Training: Guidance for LGBTI Refugee and Asylum Claims

This module provides guidelines for adjudicating and considering immigration benefits, petitions, protections, and other immigration-related requests by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) individuals.

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USCIS Officer Training: Sources of Authority

This module describes the legal sources that provide officers in the RAIO Directorate with the authority to make case decisions and determinations. It also describes the sources of law you must follow when making those decisions and determinations and demonstrates how to properly cite to them.

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USCIS Officer Training: Credibility

This module provides guidance on elevating the credibility of an applicant’s testimony, factors upon which a credibility determination may be based, factors upon which a credibility finding may not be based, and how to determine whether any non-credible aspects of a claim affect eligibility.

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