HOW TO APPLY FOR ASYLUM - The Florence Project
HOW TO APPLY FOR ASYLUM - The Florence Project
HOW TO APPLY FOR ASYLUM - The Florence Project
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letters may serve as proof in your case.<br />
Also, if you have proof of your membership in a group and you fear persecution because of your membership in<br />
this group, it is very important to bring this proof to court. For example, if you fear persecution on religious<br />
grounds, perhaps your birth certificate lists your religion, or your family name shows your membership in that<br />
religion. Bring someone from your religious group who can testify about the meaning of your name. If you<br />
were a soldier for the government and fear persecution because you were a soldier, try to get proof of your<br />
military service. If you fear persecution because of your ethnic background, get proof of your background. If<br />
you cannot get this type of proof, be prepared to explain why not. This type of proof is very important to the<br />
courts.<br />
In addition, if someone can get newspaper or magazine articles or human rights reports for you that have to do<br />
with your case, you can file those. <strong>The</strong> articles and reports can talk about the political situation in your country,<br />
problems that members of your group have had, or certain incidents that have to do with your problems.<br />
<strong>The</strong> more the articles have to do with you or people in your country who are similarly situated to you, the more<br />
helpful the articles will be to your case.<br />
Documenting Your Claim to Protection<br />
Supporting your asylum, withholding, or CAT claim with documents may make the difference between<br />
winning or losing your case. You must prove to the judge that you are likely to be persecuted if you have to<br />
return to your home country. To win asylum, you must prove either past persecution, or a well-founded fear of<br />
future persecution based on race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political<br />
opinion. It is important that you gather documentation to support your claim.<br />
Documenting your case will be important to show that you are telling the truth about what happened or is<br />
happening in your country. Documents that can help your claim include:<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are many things you can do to gather documents to support your claim:<br />
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FIRRP- last update June 2007