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United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services

The Resource Information Center (RIC) was established to meet the information needs of the Asylum Officer and Immigration Officer Corps in the USA and overseas by providing credible and objective information on conditions in the countries of origin of asylum and refugee applicants. To meet this need, the RIC obtains information from reputable human rights monitors, government agencies, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, academia and the media. The RIC then compiles this information in a variety of publications that are distributed to the Officer Corps. The RIC is a Branch of the Asylum Division in the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (US Department of Homeland Security).

This database includes RIC Profiles, Perspectives, Alerts, Question and Answer Papers (classified as "Country Reports") and RIC Query Responses (classified as "Responses to Information Requests"). Website: uscis.gov/graphics/services/asylum/ric/
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Guidance for Adjudicating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Refugee and Asylum Claims

27 December 2011 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Guidelines for Children's Asylum Claim

21 March 2009 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Guidance on Matter of C-A-

12 January 2007 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Memoranda

Lesson Plan on Female Asylum Applicants and Gender-Related Claims

5 December 2002 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Asylum and Withholding Definitions (INS Draft Regulations, Addressing Membership in a Particular Social Group and Discussing Gender-Related Claims to Asylum in Light of the Matter of R-A- Decision)

7 December 2000 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Yugoslavia: 1) Information on risk factors for those with connections to the United States, especially those who have been in the United States through the NATO bombing 2) Current information on compulsory military service

10 March 1999 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Guidelines For Children's Asylum Claims

10 December 1998 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Considerations for Asylum Officers Adjudicating Asylum Claims from Women ("INS Gender Guidelines")

26 May 1995 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

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