QUESTIONS ASKED OF AN APPLICANT FROM ASIAN COUNTRY

The officer asked the same questions that are asked in the visa application. The officer then compared the answers in the visa application, to the answers given that day to the officer. If the answers are different, the officer gets excited and gleeful, because he can find the applicant to be "inconsistent." If an applicant is "inconsistent," he can be denied asylum.

-do you remember the questions and answers on your visa application, which is Form Ds-160?

You were asked: 1] what is the purpose of your trip to USA?

2] what is your intended length of stay? just 14 days?

3] who is your present employer? what did you tell your employer before you departed from your country? Did you tell lies to him?

4] have you ever traveled to other countries? which ones, when, and why?  And, then, you voluntarily returned to your own country, that you say is "dangerous"?  If it is so dangerous, why did you return to it?

5] have you ever been arrested? 

6] have you ever given money to a "terrorist organization"?

     What is a "terrorist organization" according to USA?

You don't know? OK, then how can you answer this question?

7] Did anyone assist you in filling out this application?

8] Let's talk about "chain of custody" of a letter. What does "chain of custody" mean?  It means, who possessed the letter, from the time it was written, until it was given to the asylum officer.

For example, Mr. Aung sits at his desk in Yangon, and writes a letter on a sheet of paper. He puts the letter in an envelope, and hands it to his wife. His wife goes to the tea shop, and hands the envelope to Mr. Zaw, who puts it into his suitcase. Zaw then flies airplane to JFK airport, and meets his wife. Zaw gives the envelope to his wife. His wife then gives envelope, and the letter to their lawyer, in his office, in Brooklyn. The lawyer then hands the letter to the asylum officer.

Another example: Mr. Aung hires a broker to get a passport. The broker walks into the passport office and makes a request. The office creates a passport for Mr. Aung.  The broker returns to the office later; the official hands Mr. Aung's passport to him. The broker goes to the home of Mr. Aung, walks in, and hands it to the wife of Mr. Aung. Later that day, Mr. Aung comes home, and the wife hands the passport to him. Mr. Aung puts the passport into his suitcase, flies airplane to JFK. Mr. Aung brings passport with him to the asylum office, and hands it to the officer.

Who had physical possession of the passport? Who had "custody" of it? What is the "chain of custody"?  In the passport example, first, the official in the passport office has the passport. He hands it to the broker. The broker hands it to the wife. The wife hands it to Mr. Aung. Mr. Aung hands it to the asylum officer.