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Asylum may be granted to people who are already in the United States and are unable or unwilling to return to their home country because of a persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular school group, or political oppinion. If you are granted asylum, you will be allowed to live and work in the United States. You also will be able to apply for permanent resident status one year after you are granted asylum.
 * Definition:** Political asylum is when your home country is having problems, and you don't want to return so you can get a political asylum so you can stay in America.
 * Introduction:**
 * //Asylum status and refugee status are closely related.They differ only in the place where a person asks for the the status asylum is asked for in the United States; refugee status is asked for outside of the United States. However, all people who are granted asylum must meet the [|definition of a refugee]//**
 * Eligibilty:**
 * Must ask for asylum at a port-of-entry(airport, seaport, or border crossing)
 * File an application within one year of your arrival in the United States
 * You may ask later than one year if conditions in your country have changed or if your personal circumstances have changed within the past year prior to asking for asylum, and those changes of circumstances affected your eligibility for asylum
 * You may also be excused from the from the one-year deadline if extrodinary circumstance prevented you from filing within the one-year period after your arrival, so long as you apply within a reasonable time given those circumstances

Source(s):

[|Political Asylum in the USA]