What Are Procedural Rights as Refugee Status Applicant?

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What Are Procedural Rights as Refugee Status Applicant?

• Right to assistance of an attorney
• Presence of a trusted individual
  - If you request, Refugee Status Determination (RSD) officers, may permit the presence of a trusted individual, to the extent that such presence does not obstruct the fairness of the interview.
  
• Interpretation
  - When you cannot fully express yourself in Korean, an interpreter, who meets the qualifications standard, will be provided to you to interpret during the course of your interviews.
  - If you request, an interpreter with the same gender as you will interpreter during the course of interviews.
  
• Confirmation of Refugee Interview Report
  - If you do not understand the written record of your interview, RSD officers shall allow you to confirm your interview record in a language that you understand by providing a translation or an interpretation after the completion of the interview.
  
• A right to access and copy relevant documents
  - You may request access to or a copy of your interview record. To do so, you must submit an Application for Perusal and/or Copying to an Immigration Officer in charge.
  - This right may be limited, if there is clear cause to believe that access to and/or copy of the materials would materially hinder the fairness of the determination procedure.