Timing wrote:According to the Immigration and Nationality Act (I.N.A.), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) should follow the following timeline:
Within 21 days after USCIS receives your complete asylum application, you will receive the following via mail:
receipt notice (confirming that USCIS received your application)
biometrics (fingerprinting) appointment notice for you and any children included in your asylum application who are older than 14, and
interview notice (specifying the place, day, and time of your asylum interview).
Within 43 days after USCIS receives your complete asylum application, you will be interviewed at one of the eight U.S. asylum offices if you live close to one of them. Currently, the asylum offices are located in the following cities: Arlington (VA), Chicago, Houston, Miami, Newark, New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
If you live far from one of the asylum offices, your interview might be scheduled a bit later than within the 43 day timeframe. This will depend on when an asylum officer can travel close to your location. Note that you will be interviewed only after you (and all your children included in the asylum application who are older than 14) have been fingerprinted. If you are not fingerprinted by the date of your scheduled asylum interview, the asylum office will reschedule your interview to a later date.
Within 60 days after USCIS receives your complete asylum application, including your interview, you will receive your decision. The asylum officer will either grant your asylum application or deny it and refer your application to the Immigration Court.
