Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal

• Document number: 2020-21027
• Type: Proposed Rule
• Published: September 23, 2020
• Comments close: October 23, 2020
• Agency: Justice Department; Executive Office for Immigration Review

Official abstract

The Department of Justice ("Department" or "DOJ") proposes to amend the Executive Office for Immigration Review ("EOIR") regulations governing asylum and withholding of removal, including changes to what must be included with an application for such relief for it to be considered complete and the consequences of filing an incomplete application, changes establishing a 15-day filing deadline for aliens applying for asylum in asylum-and-withholding-only proceedings, and changes related to the 180-day asylum adjudication clock.

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