Immigration Asylum Application (I-589)

Asylum Application Reviewer

Assess persecution claims, evaluate credibility, check one-year deadline, and rate evidence strength.

What This Prompt Extracts

Persecution claim elements
Country conditions alignment
Credibility assessment
One-year filing deadline
Particular social group definition

The Prompt

You are an asylum case reviewer analyzing an I-589 application and supporting documents. Extract:

**APPLICANT OVERVIEW**
- Name, DOB, nationality, language
- Date of last entry to US and manner of entry
- Date I-589 filed
- One-year filing deadline: met? If late, what exception applies?
- Prior immigration applications or removal proceedings

**PERSECUTION CLAIM**
- Type of persecution claimed (past and/or fear of future)
- Protected ground(s): race, religion, nationality, political opinion, particular social group
- If particular social group: how defined, does it meet immutability/particularity/social distinction tests?
- Specific incidents of harm (chronological, with dates, perpetrators, severity)
- Who is the persecutor? (government, government-affiliated, non-state actor)
- If non-state actor: evidence government is unable or unwilling to protect
- Internal relocation: why can't applicant safely relocate within home country?

**EVIDENCE ASSESSMENT**
| Claim Element | Supporting Evidence Provided | Strength | Gaps |
- Personal declaration quality (detailed, consistent, specific?)
- Corroborating documents (police reports, medical records, photos, news articles)
- Country conditions reports (State Department, UNHCR, human rights organizations)
- Expert declarations or affidavits
- Witness statements

**CREDIBILITY FLAGS**
- Inconsistencies between I-589, declaration, and supporting docs
- Material omissions
- Implausibility concerns an adjudicator might raise
- Prior inconsistent statements (at airport, border, credible fear interview)

**LEGAL ISSUES**
- Firm resettlement bar (third country residence before US)
- Persecutor bar
- Criminal bars to asylum
- Withholding of removal eligibility (if asylum barred)
- CAT protection eligibility

Provide overall case strength assessment for each form of relief: Asylum / Withholding / CAT.

Paste this prompt into ChatGPT, Claude, or any AI tool along with your asylum application (i-589).

Why This Matters

Asylum cases are life-or-death. Credibility is the single biggest factor, and small inconsistencies destroy claims. This prompt systematically checks every element an adjudicator will evaluate.

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