Useful links
Official services, Belarusian registries and contacts that come up most often. Every link goes straight to the primary source.
01 Check your case
The most common confusion: USCIS and the immigration court (EOIR) are two different systems with separate databases. Once your case moves to court, USCIS will no longer show it. Check wherever your case is now.
- USCIS case status (opens in a new tab)
If your case is with USCIS — an affirmative asylum filing, for example — check the status here using your receipt number (three letters followed by digits).
- USCIS online account (opens in a new tab)
Notices, messages and documents for your cases in one place. Worth creating even if you filed on paper.
- Immigration court case status (opens in a new tab)
Once your case is in court: status, hearing date and location — by A-number. The same information by phone: 1-800-898-7180.
- ICE detainee locator (opens in a new tab)
Two ways to search: by A-number, or by first name, last name and country of birth. A person does not appear in the database immediately after detention — keep checking.
- Change of address with USCIS (AR-11) (opens in a new tab)
You must report a move within 10 days. A missed USCIS notice is a common reason cases go wrong.
- Change of address in court (Form EOIR-33) (opens in a new tab)
This is a separate step: an address changed with USCIS does not reach the court automatically. If a hearing notice goes to your old address, the case can be decided without you.
02 Belarusian registries: check yourself and your family
An entry in the Belarusian “extremist” lists or the wanted database is not only a risk if you return — it is also direct evidence of persecution for your case. Check yourself, your relatives, and the media you follow.
- Full list of Belarusian “extremists” — searchable (opens in a new tab)
A convenient search across the lists of “extremist formations” and individuals. The resource is hosted in the EU.
- Official list of extremist materials (opens in a new tab)
Channels, media, books and symbols designated “extremist”. Helps show what exactly draws persecution in Belarus — including subscribing to a channel.
- Wanted database: almost 6,000 Belarusians (opens in a new tab)
Check yourself and your family against the ministry’s wanted database. It is updated over time.
- Viasna Human Rights Centre (opens in a new tab)
Chronicle of repression, lists of political prisoners and legal aid — the main Belarusian source on the facts of persecution.
03 Contacts in the US
- Find your representative (opens in a new tab)
A district map: enter your ZIP and get your representative and their office contacts. A congressional inquiry through that office is a real instrument, especially in detention cases.
- Senators for your state (opens in a new tab)
Every state has two senators. Their offices also take up immigration casework.