Written by ASAP’s expert immigration lawyers · Updated
ASAP members: We are proud to stand alongside you. Please read our September update below.
Recent News
The government sent emails to some asylum seekers saying their tourist or business visas could be revoked. This does not close your asylum case, and it does not mean you have to leave the U.S.
It has become difficult to reschedule USCIS asylum interviews and biometrics appointments. Please try to attend on the scheduled day if you can.
Thanks to ASAP members, many work permits for TPS holders from El Salvador, Sudan, and Ukraine have been extended!
Many people paid their asylum fee in immigration court in September or October 2025. Pay again before one year has passed, and send proof to the court.
If your asylum case is on appeal, the BIA may order you to pay the BIA annual asylum fee. But you do not have to wait for the order. You can pay now.
If you missed your USCIS annual asylum fee deadline, you should now be able to pay. This is possible thanks to ASAP members’ win in court!
Detention at airports is continuing, even for people with work permits.
Watch a video about how to find someone in detention.
TPS has now ended for Ethiopia and Somalia. Read all TPS updates.
Initial work permit processing for asylum seekers is slowing down. But thanks to ASAP members’ win, most initial work permits are still being processed within 30 days.
Read more about how laws are changing. This page has been updated with information about traveling to the U.S., policies affecting immigrants from 40 countries, and more.
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All legal content is written and legally reviewed by ASAP’s team of expert immigration lawyers. ASAP’s expert lawyers have decades of experience in immigration law and litigation. Collectively, they have won hundreds of cases. Our lawyers are admitted to the Bar in several U.S. states, hold law degrees from universities including Harvard, Yale, and UCLA, and have won multiple awards for their legal work.