Immigration Legal Service for Afghan Arrivals – Training Experience Survey and Topic-Based Knowledge Assessment

OMB Control No.: 0970-0531
Expiration Date: 09/30/2025

THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT (PRA) OF 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13) The purpose of this information collection is to understand the previous experience of Legal
Service Providers handling cases for the Immigration Legal Services for Afghan Arrivals project, an Office of Refugee Resettlement initiative. Public reporting burden
for this collection of information is estimated to average twelve minutes per respondent, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the
data needed, and reviewing the collection of information. This is a voluntary collection of information. A federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and no
individual or entity is required to respond to, nor shall an individual or entity be subject to a penalty or failure to comply with a collection of information subject to the
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, unless that collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control number. If you have any comments
on this collection of information, please contact Malia Kim, Capacity Building Director, ICF, by email at [email protected].

Training Experience Survey
To help us get to know more about your background, complete the survey by selecting all options that
apply to your legal experience for each application. When completed, return this survey with your Afghan
cultural certificate of completion to our mailbox at [email protected].

Participant Information
Name:
Legal Service Organization:
Email:
Phone Number:
Date:
Humanitarian Parole
Have you filed
a humanitarian parole
application within the
last 2 years?
Please indicate if you
have experience with
any of these scenarios
when filing a
humanitarian parole
application within the
last 2 years.

Yes
No
I have filed a humanitarian parole application that included
dependents.
I have filed a humanitarian parole application at a consulate abroad.
I have filed a humanitarian parole application for an applicant
from Afghanistan.
I have filed a humanitarian parole application for an applicant
from another country.

Asylum
Have you filed an
Affirmative Asylum
application?
Please indicate if you have
experience with any of
these scenarios when
filing an asylum
application.
Please indicate if you have
experience with any of
these complexities when
filing an asylum
application.

Yes
No

I have filed with asylum application that included dependents.
I have filed an asylum application for an applicant from Afghanistan.
I have filed an asylum application for an applicant from another country.

TRIG
Criminal Defense
Persecutor Bars
Internal Relocation
CAT
Withholding of Removal
Removal Proceedings

SIV (COM)
Do you have
experience filing an SIV
(COM)
application?
Please indicate if you have
experience with any of
these scenarios when filing
an SIV (COM)
application.
Please indicate if you have
experience with any of
these complexities when
filing an SIV (COM)
application.

Yes
No

I have filed an SIV application with dependents.
I have filed an SIV application at a consulate abroad.

CIA/Zero Unit
COM Appeals
SIV (I-360)

Do you have experience
filing an SIV (I-360)
application?
Please indicate if you have
experience with any of
these scenarios when
filing an SIV (I-360)
application
Please indicate if you
have experience
with any of these
complexities when
filing an SIV (I-360)
application.

Yes
No
I have filed an SIV (I-360) with dependents.
I have filed an SIV (I-360) a1t a consulate abroad.

I-360 Exemptions
Age Out Rules

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJ)
Do you have experience
filing a Special Immigrant
Juvenile status (SIJ)?
Please indicate if you have
experience with any of
these scenarios in SIJ
application(s).
Please indicate if you have
experience with any of
these complexities in
your SIJ application(s).

Yes
No

I have filed a SIJ specific to Afghan minor.
I have filed an SIJ for a minor from another country.

Guardianship and/or Custody
State Predicate Order
Age Out Rules
LPR (I-485)

Do you have experience
filing an application for
LPR (I-485)?
Please indicate if you have
experience with any of
these scenarios
specific to an I-485
application.

Yes
No

I have filed an I-485 application with dependents.
I have filed an I-485 for an applicant from Afghanistan.
I have filed an I-485 for an applicant from another country.

Please indicate if you have
experience with any of
these complexities in your
I-485 applications.

CIA/Zero Unit
TRIG
Criminal Defense
Age Out Rules
Inadmissibility
Polygamy
Employment Authorization Document (EAD)

Do you have experience
filing an EAD?

Yes
No

Please indicate if you have
experience with any of
these scenarios when filing
an EAD.

I have filed an EAD for an applicant at a consulate abroad.
I have filed an EAD for an applicant from Afghanistan.
I have filed an EAD for an applicant from another country.

Please indicate if you have
experience with any of
these complexities in EAD
application(s).

Fee Waivers

Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
Do you have experience
filing a TPS?

Yes
No

Please indicate if you have
experience with any of
these scenarios when filing
a TPS application.
Please indicate if you
have experience with
any of these
complexities in your TPS
application(s).

I have filed a TPS application for an applicant from Afghanistan.
I have filed a TPS application for an applicant from another country.
NOIDS
Fee Waivers
Family-Based Petition (I-130)

Do you have experience
filing a Family-based
Petition (I-130)
petition?
Please indicate if you
have experience with
any of these scenarios
when filing an I-130
petition.
Please indicate if you
have experience with
this complexity when
filing an I-130 petition.

Yes
No
I have filed an I-130 at a consulate abroad.
I have filed an I-130 for an applicant from Afghanistan.
I have filed an I-130 specific to another country.
Documentation Ineligibility

Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition (I-730)
Do you have experience
filing a Refugee/Asylee
Relative Petition (I-730)
petition?
Please indicate if you have
experience with any of
these scenarios when filing
an I-730 petition.

Yes
No

I have filed an I-730 at a consulate abroad.
I have filed an I-730 for an applicant from Afghanistan.
I have filed an I-730 for an applicant from another country.

Please indicate if you have
experience with this
complexity when filing an
I-730 petition.

Documentation Ineligibility