After You Are Granted Asylum or Refugee Status in the U.S.

Once you are granted asylum in the U.S., or enter as a refugee, you gain important new rights. You may stay in the United States for the long-term -- with no expiration date, though you should, for various reasons, apply for a green card within one year of your entry as a refugee or approval as an asylee. You can petition to bring certain family members to the U.S., get a work permit, and travel outside the U.S. (so long as you do not return to the country from which you fled). And you can start on the path toward U.S. citizenship. Learn more here.