New Orleans Asylum Sub-Office Sub-Office
USCIS — Metairie, LA · sub-office of Houston Asylum Office
Office at a glance
Jurisdiction
Affirmative asylum + NACARA cases for Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee. Also handles Utah, plus credible/reasonable fear referrals in Colorado.
What this office does
USCIS asylum offices conduct affirmative asylum interviews for individuals who applied for asylum (Form I-589) and are not in immigration removal proceedings. They also conduct credible fear and reasonable fear screenings for individuals expressing a fear of return at a port of entry or after a final order of removal. If your case is in immigration court, it is handled by EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review), not by an asylum office.