What are the conditions and procedures for applying for political asylum in the United States?

Conditions for applying for political asylum:

1. The applicant has been persecuted in the past, or is really afraid of persecution. This fear is called well-founded fear.

2. The persecution suffered by the applicant is based on race, religion, nationality, political views or membership of social groups.

3. To prove that fear will be persecuted, evidence must be presented from both subjective and objective aspects. Subjectively speaking, the applicant should prove that he is really afraid of persecution; Objectively speaking, the applicant must show that he will be persecuted in his life.

Procedures for applying for political asylum:

1. First of all, it is not difficult to successfully enter the United States through legal means, get a good visa, the simplest tourist visa, or find a school to sign a student visa.

2. You can apply for asylum to the local immigration office after landing. No matter the visa type or validity period, it can be extended indefinitely as long as the application is started. If there are no special circumstances, the application should be started within one year after landing.

3. After a period of time, the immigration office will let you have your fingerprints taken and then arrange an interview. The interview lasts about 3 hours (with an interpreter). If you pass the interview, you can get a green card directly.

If the interview fails, the file will be transferred to the immigration court. The litigation processes in the United States and China are similar, and there are also processes of preliminary examination, appeal and final appeal. Each stage needs to appear in court about three times, and the interval between each appearance is about one year. The green card may be approved at any stage of the trial, or it may be unlucky. If it fails in the end, it may be deported.

Extended data

The target of asylum is mainly political asylum seekers. Asylum is related to the principle of non-extradition of political prisoners, but the object of asylum goes beyond political prisoners in the usual sense. Asylum is not only non-extradition, but also non-expulsion and allowing them to live in the country.

Under normal circumstances, the state should only exercise the right of asylum within its own territory according to its territorial advantages, and warships and merchant ships in embassies and foreign ports should not be used as shelters for any criminals.

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