Asylum officer questions to an activist from Burma on February 16, 2026

Anyone help you with your Written Statement? how did he help you? How did you write it?

To get your tourist visa, did you tell lies in your written application? why? did you tell lies, in response to oral questions at the US Embassy? why?

Tell me about all of your international travel. Did any country offer you permanent residence? Why didn't  you apply for asylum in any of those countries?

Tell me about your immigration status in USA: did you miss the one-year deadline? why? why not apply for asylum sooner? why not depart from your country sooner?

Why did you apply for asylum, when you did? Why did you depart from your country?

Did you suffer harm in your country? how many times? who harmed you, and why?

Were you targeted? Are you special? The government has a specific interest in you? 

Tell me the name of your relative who gave you information

Who do you fear? why is your government angry at you? If they were angry at you, why weren't you arrested when you went to the airport, to depart?

How many threats did you get in 2021? in 2022? in 2023?

Were you a member of a party or an organization? Did that group write a letter of support for you? why not?

What is the platform of the NLD? what is its mission? when did you begin to support it? why? how did you hear about it? tell me the name of your friend who told you about it. Did the party have a reputation? did people have common knowledge about it? when was the last time you supported it? what kind of support did you give?

How did you participate in campaingns? what would a cell phone video show? Did you post on Facebook? did you print out any of your postings?

How did the government find out about your activities? what does dalan mean? what does ISI mean? [Informers/Spies/Infiltrators] How did the government get informatin about you? did anyone tell you, that the government had information about you?

What would happen if you return to your country? Your government has forgotten about you, haven't they? What were your activities in USA? when you stood in front of the Embassy, what did you do? Did anyone notice that you were there?

Where do you get information from? what channel? when was the last time you were active in USA? how did you find out there was going to be protest on Sunday afternoon?

How would government know about your activities? who told you that? How do you know the government has lots of spies? Do you know anyone who protested in USA, and then got arrested upon return to Burma? How do you know that? how would government know if you return to Burma?

Why didn't they kill you, when you were in Burma? Who says the government is still interested in you? Years have gone by, yes?

If you return, would you continue to be active in anti-government groups? what would you do? you had trouble in Yangon? OK, so why not go live in Mandalay?