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Bars to Asylum

  1. One-year bar – INA § 208(a)(2)(B); 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)
  2. Firm resettlement bar – INA § 208(b)(2)(A)(vi); 8 C.F.R. § 1208.15
  3. Aggravated felony bar – INA § 208(b)(2)(B)(i)
  4. Frivolous Asylum claim – INA § 208(d)(6)
  5. Previously filed Asylum application – INA § 208(a)(2)(C)
  6. Reinstated removal order – INA § 241(a)(5)

However, the noncitizen may still be eligible for Withholding of Removal under the INA or protection under the CAT.

Bars to Asylum and Withholding of Removal

These bars render a noncitizen ineligible for Asylum and Withholding of Removal under the INA:

  1. Persecutor bar – INA §§ 208(b)(2)(A)(i), 241(b)(3)(B)(i)
  2. Particularly serious crime bar – INA §§ 208(b)(2)(A)(ii), 241(b)(3)(B)(ii)
  3. Serious nonpolitical crime bar – INA §§ 208(b)(2)(A)(iii), 241(b)(3)(B)(iii)
  4. Security threat bar – INA §§ 208(b)(2)(A)(iv), 241(b)(3)(B)(iv)
  5. Terrorist bar – INA §§ 208(b)(2)(A)(v), 241(b)(3)(B)(iv)

However, the noncitizen may still be eligible for protection under the CAT

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