Non-Citizens Social Security

Article 1 of the 1951 UN Refugee Convention defines a refugee as a person who, due to a well-founded fear of persecution, is outside their country of nationality and is unable or unwilling to return to it, or who, lacking nationality, is outside their former habitual residence and is unable or unwilling to return. UNHR

Administration pause on ‘green card’ processing is harmful to refugees and asylees

I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal: Withholding of removal is an immigration relief that prevents the U.S. government from deporting someone to a country where their life or freedom would be threatened, requiring proof that it's more likely than not they'd face persecution.

Withholding meets a higher standard.With the holding of removal only a judge can grant it and not asylum officers.

Asylum is discretionary meaning you can meet all the elegibility standards and still not get asylum from the decsion making body.

In many cases, a marriage-based green card is initially issued as conditional permanent residence for two years.

For child protection status , the formula to calculate eligibility is on p. 271 of text.

Petitioners who have committed certain offenses cannot file a petition for a beneficiary in any preference category, or their qualifying relative Most offenses involve sexual crimes, listed on p. 265 in text.

Applicants likely to rely on government benefits to support themselves may be considered subject to “public charge’ grounds of inadmissible and denied adjustment of status. Now, Consular Officers are instructed by the FAM to use a “totality of the circumstances” review of each applicant, assessing their age, health, family status, assets and financial status and education and skills.

Visa Waiver Program (VWP) is another visitor classification. The VWP program allows nationals from certain participating countries to enter the United States without applying for a B2 visa at the consulate. This program automatically grants entry at the border or port of entry for ninety days.

Asylum v. Withholding of Removal
ASYLUM: DISCRETIONARY
WITHHOLDING: MANDATORY
DIFFERING STANDARDS OF PROOF

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