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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:

  • Your completed, signed original Form I-589;
  • 1 copy of your signed, original Form I-589;
  • 1 copy of any supplementary sheets and supplementary statements;  and
  • 2 copies of any additional supporting documents you choose to submit.

 

This page can be found at http://www.uscis.gov/i-589

Last Reviewed/Updated: 12/15/2015