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A decision should be made on your asylum application within 180 days after the date you filed your application unless there are exceptional circumstances. For more information about the step-by-step asylum process, see the Affirmative Asylum Process page. Where Can I Find the Law on Asylum?
To apply for asylum affirmatively or defensively, file a Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal, within 1 year of your arrival to the United States. Visit our Obtaining Asylum in the United States page for more information on affirmative and defensive filings.
To increase the chances that you will be found credible, make sure all of your written and oral statements are true, detailed, complete (to the best of your memory), and consistent (with your other statements, with any other evidence you submitted, and with reports about your country).
But if you cannot find an attorney to represent you, you can request asylum on your own (also known as ?pro se?). If you decide to file for asylum on your own, the attached document titled ?I'm Afraid to Go Back:? A Guide to Asylum, Withholding of Removal and the Convention Against Torture may help you.
Online filing is also available to affirmative asylum applicants who are not in immigration court proceedings and who do not have to submit their application to the Asylum Vetting Center. See the ?Where to File? and ?Special instructions? sections below for more information and to learn where to file your application.