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Immigration Attorneys for Iraqi Immigrants | Iraq & Iraqi Visas | Immgration Lawyers for Iraq

Iraqi immigration to the United States was never as prevalent as it has been over the past two decades. In 1990, there were only 44,916 Iraqi foreign born living in the U.S. However, by 2000, this number more than doubled to 89,892, and is still rising today. The war in the Middle East has forced many Iraqis to seek refuge in the United States, and the U.S. government has taken measures to ensure a safe haven for those affected.

According to the USCIS, a "refugee" is a person who has fled his/her country because of a well-founded fear of persecution based on race, religion, national origin, membership of a particular social group, or because of a political opinion they hold. For most Iraqi immigrants entering the United States, refuge or asylum allows them to depart their homeland. However, even with Iraqi immigrants moving to the United States, Iraqis still comprise less than one percent of the total foreign-born population in the U.S. Overall, there were 31.1 million foreign born nationwide in 2000. The foreign-born Iraqi population accounted for less than 0.3 percent of all foreign born in the United States. Additionally, foreign born immigrants from Iraq comprised 13.6 percent of all immigrants from Western Asia in the United States.

Where in the U.S. do Iraqis live?

Which U.S. cities have the largest Iraqi populations?

What is the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program?

The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) is an inter-agency effort involving a number of governmental and non-governmental partners, both overseas and domestically, whose mission is to resettle refugees in the United States. The U.S. Department of State’s (DOS) Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) has overall management responsibility for the USRAP and has the lead in proposing admissions numbers and processing priorities.

USRAP has focused much of its attention in recent years on vulnerable Iraqi refugees. Since large-scale Iraqi refugee processing was announced in February 2007, the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security have worked to increase the number of Iraqi refugees admitted to the U.S. Since then, USCIS deployed more than 150 officers to the Middle East to conduct 29 refugee processing circuit rides and interviewed more than 23,000 Iraqi refugee applicants. As a result of this program, USRAP admitted more than 13,800 Iraqi refugees in 2008 alone. Additionally, since the start of the program in 2007, 7,119 Iraqi refugees were accepted for resettlement and 19,910 Iraqi refugees have arrived in the U.S. as of Feb. 4, 2009.

Iraqi refugees may apply to the USRAP program through referrals from UNHCR, a U.S. Embassy, or certain NGOs. Additionally, Iraqi applicants who worked for the U.S. government, a U.S. contractor, or a U.S. - based media organization or NGO, along with their family members, can apply directly to the USRAP in Jordan, Egypt, or Iraq without a UNHCR referral.

Can an Iraqi get a special Immigrant Visa?

Yes, Iraqis are eligible for a Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) if they supported the U.S. Armed Forces or Chief Mission authority as translators or interpreters, or if they were employed by or on behalf of the U.S. government in Iraq after March 20, 2003. The applicant must have been employed for a period of at least one year to be eligible. The SIV program is separate and distinct from the USRAP; however, certain Iraqi SIV recipients are eligible for the same resettlement assistance, entitlement programs, and other benefits as refugees admitted under the refugee program.