Twenty percent of asylum-seekers are denied because they missed the one-year filing deadline. Our panel of asylum experts will discuss strategies for dealing with this problem, and provide several examples of exceptions to the one-year deadline. Panelists also will address best practices for winning withholding of removal when the one-year deadline cannot be overcome, and review recent developments and complex issues in asylum and withholding law.

Topics:

• Exceptions to the One-Year Deadline
• Extraordinary Circumstances: Serious Illness or Mental or Physical Disability, Legal Disability, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, and Maintenance of Lawful Status
• Changed Circumstances in Country of Nationality or Changed Personal Circumstances
• When You Can’t Get Around the One-Year Deadline: Winning Withholding of Removal
• Family as Social Group: Matter of L–E–A–
• Asylum and Withholding Applicants with Criminal Issues, INTERPOL Red Notices
• Dual Nationalities, Firm Resettlement, and Other Common Challenges

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