USCIS Provides Information on Form I-589 Intake and Processing Delays

USCIS is experiencing delays in issuing receipts for Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal. Due to these delays, applicants may not receive a receipt notice in a timely manner after properly filing their Form I-589. For purposes of the asylum one-year filing deadline, affirmative asylum interview scheduling priorities, and EAD eligibility based on a pending asylum application, the filing date will still be the date USCIS received the I-589 and not the date it was processed. Please note that Form I-589 should not be submitted to the Vermont Service Center Applicants should follow instructions in the Where to File section and Special Instructions section on USCIS's Form I-589 webpage.