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Simpson Thacher has joined with New York City Mayor Eric Adams, immigration legal service providers and other leading New York law firms to introduce the Asylum Application Help Center, which will offer thousands of asylum seekers assistance completing and filing asylum applications as they seek a new life in the United States. Opening in the coming weeks, the Asylum Application Help Center will help thousands of asylum seekers currently in New York City apply for asylum, bringing them one step closer to being eligible for work authorization. Interested asylum seekers will schedule a one-on-one appointment at the application help center, where trained application assistants will work with the applicant to answer questions. Experienced immigration lawyers will be on site to supervise application assistants and provide guidance, and interpreters will be on site to provide in-person language assistance.

The Asylum Application Help Center will operate Monday – Friday from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM in the American Red Cross Greater New York headquarters in Midtown Manhattan by appointment only.

The Firm’s role was noted in Law360, AMNY, Harlem World Magazine, Telemundo47, Staten Island Live and California 18.

For more information on the Asylum Application Help Center, please click here.