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Yes. Once a U.S. sponsor initiates a petition, the Ukrainian named in the petition needs to apply for humanitarian parole through the Uniting for Ukraine program outside of the United States. Read more

No. Ukrainians who are already inside the U.S. are not eligible to be beneficiaries under the Uniting for Ukraine program. Read more

“Uniting for Ukraine” is a special program created for Ukrainians who are fleeing war to enter the United States for up to 2 years on humanitarian parole without applying for a traditional immigrant or visitor visa. Applicants must have a sponsor in the U.S. initiate the process in order to qualify. Applicants who are approved to travel to the U.S. through this program will be granted humanitarian parole. Read more

Yes, Ukrainians must apply for humanitarian parole through the Uniting for Ukraine program. To be eligible, Ukrainians must have been residing in Ukraine through February 11, 2022. Applicants under this program must be sponsored by either a person or an organization in the United States who agrees to provide financial support for the duration of their stay in the United States. Applicants must complete vaccinations and other public health requirements. Applicants must also pass biometric and biographic screening, as well as security vetting. Read more

Humanitarian parole is an entry granted to certain non-citizens due to a compelling emergency or urgent humanitarian reasons who would otherwise be ineligible for admission to the U.S. This can include groups of individuals seeking shelter or aid from disasters, oppression, emergency medical issues, or other urgent circumstances. A person can also apply for one-time entry for a specific purpose, such as obtaining medical treatment, visiting an ill family member, attending a family member’s funeral, or testifying in a U.S. court case. Asylum protection is a legal status granted to certain individuals who demonstrate they have been persecuted or fear they will be persecuted in their home country, either by the government of their home country or by some person or group that the government of their home country cannot protect them from. Read more

Humanitarian parole is an entry granted to certain non-citizens due to a compelling emergency or urgent humanitarian reasons who would otherwise be ineligible for admission to the U.S. A person can also apply for one-time entry for a specific purpose, such as obtaining medical treatment, visiting an ill family member, attending a family member’s funeral, or testifying in a U.S. court case. Humanitarian parole allows a person to temporarily live in the U.S. without fear of deportation. However, it is important to understand that humanitarian parole does not give a person an immigration status. Since humanitarian parole is not a legal status, a person who is in the U.S. on humanitarian parole will either need to reapply for another term of parole before their current term expires, select a different legal status for which to apply, or leave the U.S. Read more

You may apply for permanent residence, also known as a Green Card, one year after being granted asylum. To apply for a Green Card, file an Application to Register Permanent Residence or to Adjust Status on Form I-485. You must submit a separate application packet for each family member who received asylum based on your case. Read more

You may include your spouse and children who are in the U.S. on your asylum application at the time you file, or at any time until a final decision is made on your asylum case. To include your child on your application, the child must be under 21 and unmarried. If you are granted asylum you may petition to bring your spouse and children to the United States by filing a Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition on Form I-730. To include your child on your application, the child must be under 21 and unmarried. You must file the petition within two years of being granted asylum unless there are humanitarian reasons to excuse this deadline. Read more

An application for asylum does not entitle a person to work in the U.S. But if asylum has already been granted, then the person is automatically authorized to work. A person who has applied for asylum but has not yet received a decision may file Form I-765 Application for Employment Authorization 150 days after applying for asylum. Read more

Yes, but you must file an Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal on Form I-589 within one year of your arrival to the United States. Individuals who hold Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or who have been granted humanitarian parole may file for asylum after the one-year deadline following their arrival to the United States, as long as they file within a reasonable period after the deadline. A small number of individuals may be excepted from the one-year deadline under a recent lawsuit (the Mendez-Rojas class action agreement). Individuals who previously crossed the border seeking asylum but who were stopped and not informed of their right to apply for asylum within one year of entry may qualify for an exception to the one-year limitation if they file notice with the immigration court or with USCIS before April 22, 2022. This exception is unlikely to apply to most recent Ukrainian migrants. Anyone else who files an asylum application after they have been in the United States for more than one year must show that there were exceptional circumstances that prevented them from applying sooner, or that circumstances have changed and have given rise to an asylum claim that previously did not exist. Read more