MAY 2025: Asylum officer questions, of a Shan activist from Burma:

   Who helped you do Form I-589? can you repeat page 1, without looking at it?

How did you get visa to enter USA? what written questions were asked on Form DS-160? did that form ask if you had ever been arrested? How long you planned to be in USA for?

At US embassy, what oral questions did they ask you? what lies did you tell? why did you tell lies?

Ever suffer physical harm? 

Were you ever threatened in your country? how many times? when was the first time? Second time?

What did the bad guy say? What words did he say, and in what language?

What is the "three Bs" policy? Your ethnic group: how is it treated? villages get bombed? have to pay extra bribes to get documents? denied government employment? slurs and insults in the media?

Your ethnic group is Karen? did the officer ever say the word "Karen"? Why do you think he was interested in your ethnic group or not?

How did he know you were a Karen? How is your physical appearance different from the Bamar?

When the Karen speak Burmese, do they have a special accent? Do the Karen wear special clothes?

What is a Household Registration List? At 11 00 pm, what did you hear? what did you see? what words did the officers say? what thoughts went through your mind at that time? After they left, how did you feel?

What threats did they make?

Do Karen people suffer more harm than the Bamar? In what way?

How many times have you visited USA? why not seek asylum then?

Tell me all of your international travels: what was your immigration status in each one? why not apply for asylum there? 

Return To Dangerous Country [RTDC]. How many times did you RTDC? why do you return, if it is so dangerous?

what would happen if you return to your country tomorrow? Why would you be arrested? how would they know if you protested in USA? Do you fear being drafted or conscripted into Burmese military?

When  you protested in front of the Embassy, did you see anyone with cameras? were there Infiltrators/Spies/Informers [ISI} dalan ??

Is there something about you, that the government does not like? How would they know your political opinion? your ethnic group? your religion?

Recently, did the government ask neihbors about you?

You suffered in the city of Yangon? OK, so why not go live in the city of Mandalay?

You suffered harm a long time ago. Is the government still interested in you?

What makes you think they would harm you, if you return?

is there anything else? Yes? what?     Is there anything else?