Resources

Where to check what the government has on file for you, and to correct it.

• USCIS Case StatusReceipt number lookup for any pending USCIS application.
• USCIS online accountFile, pay fees, receive notices and respond to requests for evidence.
• USCIS processing timesCurrent median times by form and office, and the historic medians.
• EOIR Automated Case InformationImmigration court hearing date, time and location by A-number. Hotline 1-800-898-7180.
• EOIR Respondent AccessFile the EOIR-33 change of address and other forms directly with the court.
• ICE Online Detainee LocatorFind a detained person by A-number, or by name and country of birth.
• CBP I-94 recordRetrieve your most recent arrival record and travel history.
• USCIS FOIA requestYour complete A-file. Essential before any new filing if the history is unclear.
• EOIR FOIARecords of past immigration court proceedings.
• CBP FOIABorder encounter and entry records.
• CIS OmbudsmanCase assistance when USCIS is unresponsive or has made an error.

• USCIS formsEvery form with its current edition date. Old editions are rejected.
• USCIS fee schedule, G-1055Base fees and the separate H.R. 1 fees, by form and filing method.
• Annual Asylum Fee portalWhere the yearly fee on pending asylum applications is paid.
• USCIS Policy ManualThe agency's binding adjudication guidance, with an updates page.
• USCIS policy memorandaThe memos that changed practice in 2025 and 2026.
• Visa BulletinMonthly priority dates for the family and employment preference categories.
• Which Visa Bulletin chart to useUSCIS's monthly announcement for adjustment applicants.
• Federal Register, immigrationRules, notices and proclamations as they are published.
• Immigration and Nationality ActTitle 8 of the US Code, the statute itself.
• 8 CFRThe regulations, current text.
• TRIG inadmissibilityTerrorism-related grounds and their exemptions.

• USCIS asylumThe affirmative process, the interview, and the 2026 referral rule.
• Asylum office locatorWhich asylum office serves your address.
• Affirmative Asylum Procedures ManualHow asylum officers are trained to run the case.
• Application Support CentersBiometrics appointment locations.
• Board of Immigration AppealsAppeals from immigration judges, and the precedent decisions.
• BIA precedent decisionsEvery published Board and Attorney General decision.
• EOIR Immigration Court Practice ManualFiling rules, motions, deadlines, the in absentia procedure.
• ICE Office of the Principal Legal AdvisorThe government's trial attorneys; requests for prosecutorial discretion go here.

There is no appointed counsel in immigration court. These lists are vetted; a notario is not a lawyer.

• EOIR pro bono legal service providersThe court's own list, by state, of free representation.
• DOJ recognized organizations and accredited representativesNon-lawyers authorized to represent you, and the organizations they work for.
• AILA lawyer searchMembers of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, by location and practice area.
• Immigration Advocates Network directoryNonprofit legal services searchable by state, county and type of help.
• NIJCNational Immigrant Justice Center: representation, detention work, litigation.
• CLINIC affiliate directoryCatholic Legal Immigration Network affiliates across the country.
• Immigration EqualityLGBTQ and HIV-positive asylum seekers.
• HIASRefugee and asylum legal services and resettlement.
• Human Rights FirstPro bono asylum representation in New York, Washington, Houston and Los Angeles.
• Attorneys listed on this siteLicensed immigration attorneys practicing in New York.

• ACLU: Know Your Rights, immigrantsAt home, on the street, at work, in a car.
• ILRC red cardsPrintable cards asserting the right to remain silent, in many languages.
• National Immigration Law CenterRights guides and litigation updates.
• Immigrant Defense ProjectICE raid preparedness and the intersection with criminal law.
• ICE detention standardsThe standards facilities are held to, and the facility list.
• DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties complaintsComplaints about treatment in custody or by officers.
• Consular notificationYour right to have your consulate told of your arrest.

• TRAC ImmigrationCourt backlogs, judge-by-judge decisions, detention numbers, from government records.
• EOIR statisticsThe courts' own workload and outcome tables.
• USCIS dataQuarterly application and approval figures by form.
• Migration Policy InstitutePolicy analysis and the Policy Beat series.
• American Immigration CouncilFact sheets and explainers on current rules and litigation.
• State Department human rights reportsAnnual country reports, cited in nearly every asylum case.
• UNHCR RefworldCountry of origin information and refugee law.
• ecoi.netEuropean country of origin information database.
• Immigration judges on this siteDenial rates and biographies for every judge with a published record.
• Which court covers whereState-by-state map of ICE field offices and immigration courts.

• Benefits for asyleesRefugee cash and medical assistance, and how to apply.
• Office of Refugee ResettlementFederal resettlement programs and state coordinators.
• USCIS green card for asyleesAdjustment of status one year after the grant.
• Refugee travel documentForm I-131; asylees must not travel on the passport of the country they fled.
• Relative petitions for asylees, I-730Spouse and unmarried children under 21, within two years of the grant.

• Find your senatorsCongressional inquiries can move a stalled case.
• Find your representativeSame, on the House side.
• Regulations.govWhere public comments on proposed rules are filed.
• Immigration CourtsideRetired judge Paul Wickham Schmidt's commentary on the courts.
• ImmigrationProf BlogLaw professors on cases and policy as they happen.