Purpose of Form

If you are staying in the US but you are not a citizen of this country, you can ask for asylum. There are two main reasons, which you can use to prolong staying. The first one: it’s dangerous to come back to your home because of your race, political views or religious beliefs. The second one: you may be removed from the US but you want to stop this process in some cases.

Special Instructions

In order to apply for asylum in the United States of America, you have to file USCIS form I-589 (Application for Asylum and Withholding of Removal). You need to justify the necessity of staying in the US and getting this status.

Where to File

If you are currently in immigration court: You must file your Form I-589 with the immigration court that has jurisdiction over your case.

If you live in	Then file your application with the
Alabama Arkansas Colorado District of Columbia Florida Georgia Louisiana Maryland Mississippi New Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma Puerto Rico South Carolina Tennessee Texas U.S. Virgin Islands Utah Virginia West Virginia Wyoming Western Pennsylvania counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Bradford, Butler, Cambria, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Somerset, Venango, Warren, Washington, and Westmoreland	Texas Service Center Attn: Asylum P.O. Box 851892 Mesquite, TX 75185-1892
Arizona California counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, or Ventura Guam Hawaii Nevada counties of Clark, Esmerelda, Nye or Lincoln	California Service Center P.O. Box 10881 Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-0881
Alaska Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota Ohio Oregon South Dakota Washington Wisconsin Any county in California or Nevada that was not listed above	Nebraska Service Center P.O. Box 87589 Lincoln, NE 68501-7589
Connecticut Delaware Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York Rhode Island Vermont A county in Pennsylvania that was not listed above	Vermont Service Center Attention: Asylum 75 Lower Welden St. St. Albans, VT 05479-0589

Don’t forget to sign your form! We will reject any unsigned form.

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Form I-589 | Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal

Purpose of Form

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