Court Decision Ensures Timely Adjudication of Employment Applications Filed by Initial Asylum Applicants
On July 26, 2018, in a national class action, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) must adjudicate asylum applicants’ initial (first time) applications for employment authorization documents (EADs) within 30 days.
Why it matters
Useful as a practitioner-oriented overview from American Immigration Council on Asylum; review the source material for the most current authority and procedure.
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Asylum
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