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USCIS Opens Asylum Office in Atlanta

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USCIS is opening a new asylum office in Atlanta effective July 8, 2026, to conduct interviews for affirmative asylum applicants in Georgia and Alabama. The office will operate at three locations within the Atlanta area. This expansion aims to process asylum cases more efficiently for the covered region. Applicants filing for asylum or those already in the system under Atlanta Asylum Office jurisdiction will have their interviews scheduled at one of these three sites.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is opening an asylum office in Atlanta. Beginning July 8, 2026, the Atlanta Asylum Office will conduct interviews for affirmative asylum applicants at three locations. Aliens filing for asylum and aliens who have already filed for asylum who are under the jurisdiction of the Atlanta Asylum Office, which covers Georgia and Alabama, will have their interview scheduled at one of these locations:

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