Please note the UNHCR Regional Office Washington is not able to accept walk-in appointments or provide cash assistance.

• Please see our Asylum Resources website.
• If you are a refugee or asylum-seeker in need of assistance in the United States, you can email usawainq@unhcr.org or call +1 202-461-2356 to leave a message at any time for UNHCR Regional Office Washington. You will receive a call back during normal business hours.
• For refugees and asylum-seekers detained in the United States, we operate a toll-free protection hotline Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 2pm – 5pm ESTwith telephonic interpretation available. The protection hotline is accessible by dialing #566 from within detention facilities.

UNHCR global directory: If you have fled your country of origin, you may wish to contact the UNHCR office in your current country of residence for assistance. UNHCR may assist individuals in their country of origin only in limited situations where UNHCR is authorized to work with internally displaced persons. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are individuals who have been forced to flee their home but still reside in their country of origin.

For information on how you can help refugees and asylum seekers, please visit USA for UNHCR.