Asylum-seekers face delays
August 18, 2022
Many applicants have been experiencing long delays with no substantive updates even when USCIS was required by regulation to process work permits for asylum-seekers within 30 days of receipt. The last three weeks of February had 93 percent of applications processed by the agency pending 30 days or fewer. During March, that fell to 68 percent, 41 percent in April, 21 percent in May, 6 percent in June, and less than 5 percent in July. Recently, the majority of applications USCIS processed over the past three months had been pending for more than 120 days. The delays have been leaving asylum-seekers with work uncertainty and concern about how they will be able to provide for themselves.
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https://rollcall.com/2022/08/10/asylum-seekers-face-delays-on-recent-work-permit-applications/