CBP One: What happens after the appointment?

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Although many believe that getting an appointment through the app can already get them asylum, the truth is that the process is just beginning. If the authorities allow you to enter the US, you will then have to formally apply for asylum.. According Univision, media that contacted immigration attorney Michael Urbina, Migrants arriving in the United States through the CBP One app They are one year old from the day they enter the country to request asylumwhile if they wait for the court’s call, it may be “too late.”

“When a person enters with the CBP One application, that means that they have started their process, but not that they already have asylum,” Urbina explained and emphasized that One of the most serious problems that he encounters is that of people who are waiting for their court date. to make asylum applications. “By that time, it is too late. They have to do it before the year, regardless of whether their cut is in 2029“, the judge stressed.

Expert recommends hiring legal help before completing certain sensitive forms.

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How to apply for asylum in the United States: in person or online

As detailed Univisionfirst of all, each particular case must be reviewed in the Court System, either online (on the official website acis.eoir.justice.gov/en/) through the ‘A-number’ or by calling 1-800-898-7180.

If the case appears in said system or appears with a pending cut-off date, The applicant must appear in person. To do this you will have to complete form I-589, for which It is recommended that you hire legal help to do so.

Only if your application is not in the Court System can you request it onlineIn such cases, as Urbina explained, applicants must defend their case by saying that they entered the country and that they still do not appear in the system. Therefore, it is very important that this be done within the first year since they crossed the border into the United States.

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