http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz...

Advice from the office of the Consulate General of Ireland in New Zealand ... Also exempt are persons in respect of whom a *declaration of refugee status *...


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deny your application for declaration of refugee status and travel document - the person will not be able to enter/travel to a third country until a permanent status is worked out and granted, if it is to be granted, and may be detained pending the determination of status


http://www.usvisa-law.com/immigration/asylum.htm

Application Procedures
The first step in *applying for asylum or refugee status* is to complete an INS Form. Asylees should complete INS Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal (Withholding of Removal is a remedy the applicant should apply for simultaneously and is discussed in the next section). And refugees should complete INS Form I-590. Visitors to this site may download Forms I-589 and I-590 from the INS Forms page.

Applicants for asylum should provide a short description of the reasons they seek asylum or withholding of deportation in Part C. 7. of the form. However, forms should be accompanied by *a detailed declaration recounting the specific instances of persecution the applicant suffered or fears will be suffered if the applicant returns home.* **The declaration* is the most important part of the application** and must be carefully prepared. It should detail the events constituting persecution chronologically.




http://www.consnewyork.esteri.it/NR/exeres/CB1DD2A6-65FD-43B...

18. I cannot get a national passport from my country of origin. Can I use the **"US Refugee Travel Document (Document de Voyage de refugee’)** to travel to Italy?

Yes, you can. Before applying check the expiration of the document. It should be valid at least 3 months upon conclusion of your trip. The use of a *Travel Document* might delay the issue of your visa.

http://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/arp/facts-03.html

AUSTRALIA'S REFUGEE PROGRAM
Facts + Stats
REFUGEE STATUS DETERMINATION
The process by which *an asylum seeker applies for refugee status* varies from country to country. In many developing countries, it is the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) that *makes the determination.* In most western countries, governments have set up structures, either administrative or judicial, for examining claims

Since 1993 Australia has had a two stage *administrative determination procedure:*

Primary Stage

An asylum seeker lodges an *application for refugee status* with the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC).



http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2005/08/...

KYRGYZSTAN-UZBEKISTAN: Court overturns *denial of refugee status* to Uzbeks
BISHKEK, 18 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - An appeal to overturn a decision by the Kyrgyz migration department to deny refugee status to Uzbeks who fled violence in southeastern Uzbekistan was granted by a city court in the capital, Bishkek, on Thursday