EOIR OPPM 16-01: Filing Applications for Asylum

This memo was rescinded on November 6, 2020.

EOIR OPPM 16-01 from Acting Chief Immigration Judge Michael C. McGoings announcing that effective immediately, applications for asylum may be filed at the window or by mail. They are no longer required to be filed at a master calendar hearing. This applies to all Form I-589s, regardless of whether the application is for asylum, withholding of removal, or protection under the Convention Against Torture.