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The pages on this site are general information about public rules for South Africans in the U.S. refugee programme. They are not legal advice, not tax advice, and not advice about your own case. Refugee status, travel, a green card and citizenship can turn on facts this site does not know.

Nothing here creates a lawyer-client relationship. Before you travel, file a form, pay anyone, or rely on a deadline, speak to an immigration attorney or an accredited representative, and confirm the point on the official page linked beside it. Your resettlement agency can explain the services it actually provides. It is not your lawyer.

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