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I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal

Purpose of Form

To apply for asylum in the United States and for withholding of removal (formerly called "withholding of deportation"). You may file for asylum if you are physically in the United States and you are not a United States citizen.

Number of Pages

Form 12; Instructions 13.

Edition Date

12/29/2014. Previous editions accepted.

Where to File

If you live in	Then file your application with the
Alabama Arkansas Colorado District of Columbia Florida Georgia Louisiana Maryland New Mexico North Carolina Puerto Rico Tennessee 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
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
Alaska Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Michigan Minnesota Montanna Nebraska North Dakota Ohio Oregon South Dakota Washington Wisconsin Any county in California or Nevada not listed above.	Nebraska Service Center
Connecticut Delaware Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York Rhode Island Vermont A county in Pennsylvania which is not listed above	Vermont Service Center, marked Attention: Asylum.

If you are currently in Immigration Court: You must file your I-589 with the Immigration Court having jurisdiction over your case.

Filing Fee

$0 (Biometrics services may be required at no cost.)

Special Instructions

USCIS has amended the requirement for the number of copies of Form I-589 and related documents. We are in the process of updating the instructions for Form I-589 to reflect this change.

We now require: