Written by ASAP’s expert immigration lawyers · Updated
This document is a receipt notice from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that confirms that they received your asylum application (Form I-589). Your receipt notice may look slightly different depending on when and how you submitted your asylum application. See an older version here.
The receipt notice shows your receipt number, which you can use to look up your application status on this USCIS website.
The receipt notice also shows the date that USCIS received your application, which is listed as “Received Date.” Generally, you can apply for a work permit 150 days after the “Received Date.”
This notice also shows the amount that you paid to file your asylum application, called the initial asylum fee. This notice is your proof that you paid this fee.
The notice also includes information about the annual fee that the government charges for each year that your asylum case remains open. Read more about the annual asylum fee.
If you have submitted an asylum application to USCIS and have not received a receipt notice, learn what steps you can take.
Read more about the process of seeking asylum with USCIS.
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