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  Practice Areas

  • Family-Based Immigration
  • Fiancé Visas/K-1 Visas
  • Marriage Adjustment of Status
  • Deportation/Removal Defense
  • Asylum Applications
  • Cancellation of Removal
  • Immigration Appeals
  • Citizenship & Naturalization
  • Employment-Based Immigration
  • F-1 Student Visas
  • B-1/B-2 Visitor Visas
  • P Athletes & Entertainers
  • Spouse Abuse & Victims of Crime
  • Other Non-Immigration Matters

• Our Address

  930 Washington Avenue Suite B
  Philadelphia, PA 19147
  
  Phone: (215) 271-2288
  Fax: (215) 271-2295
  Email: elaine@elainecheung.com

Asylum Applications

Philadelphia Asylum Immigration Attorney

A person may apply for asylum if they have already entered the United States and are unwilling or unable to return to their home country because of past persecution or a fear of future persecution based on their political opinion, religion, race, nationality or membership in a particular social group.

There is a strict one year deadline from your last entry into the United States to file for Asylum. Exceptions for the one year deadline include changed country conditions or serious illness. If you fear being tortured upon returning to your homeland and do not otherwise qualify for asylum, you may still be eligible for relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT). This relief is called Withholding of Removal and its burden of proof is higher than that for Asylum.

If you are granted asylum, you will be eligible to apply for permanent resident status one year after you are granted asylum. You also will be allowed to live and work in the United States after winning your case. You may include your spouse and any unmarried children under the age of 21 in your own asylum application, as long as they are also in the United States.

Contact the Law Offices of Elaine Cheung, LLC

Our goal is to protect your rights and help you achieve your goals. To schedule a low cost consultation, call 215-271-2288. Contact us online.

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  The Law Offices of Elaine Cheung, L.L.C., serves Philadelphia, including Northeast Philadelphia, South Philly, Center City Philadelphia, Norristown, Media, Conshohocken, West Conshohocken, Manayunk, Port Richmond, Roxborough, King of Prussia, Northern Liberties, West Chester, Kennett Square, South Jersey, Camden, Atlantic City, Cherry Hill and Bloomington, as well as Montgomery County, Delaware County and Chester County. We serve clients throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware.