I can't begin to tell you how many times I have come across this question: "I was granted asylum by the Immigration Judge after my case was referred to the Immigration Court by the Asylum officer. But I want to make a short trip back to my home country to visit family. Can I go?" The answer to that question is simply this: NO! Period. If, after a favorable grant of Asylum either by the Immigration Court or by the Asylum Office, you go back to the home country where you claimed to be persecuted or that you will be persecuted and killed upon your return, there is a good chance that your travel there will come under sharp and detailed scrutiny by the immigration authorities. You were questioned at length by the immigration officer, by your own lawyer, the government trial attorney and quite very possibly the judge, and only after that traumatizing ordeal you were granted asylum. The reason that you were granted asylum is that you convinced the Judge that upon your return to your country, something horrible would happen to you or to your family. By going to your home country you have essentially said that you no longer need the protection and your status as an asylee or refugee may be terminated.
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Babak
10/22/2017 07:04:35 am
I have this exact problem. I just sent you email for consultation.
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