The Affirmative Asylum Procedures Manual provides detailed information on the procedures for processing an affirmative asylum applicant within an asylum office. This manual assists asylum office personnel in locating much-needed materials including:

• Background information—Lists references that all asylum personnel should know

• The Application—Follows the processing of an application, from the blank application to the issuance of a decision

• Expanded topics—Provides more details on topics such as information on what may cause asylum applications to be handled different from the norm

• “How-to”—Helps the reader prepare documents that asylum office personnel issue to applicants in support of a decision to approve, deny, or refer an asylum application


[ISBN 978-1-57370-341-1 / April 2011 / 270 pages]