

This guide explains how you can include your spouse and children on your SIV application. SummaryĪfghan SIV applicants can apply for themselves, their spouse, and unmarried children under 21 years old. If you are a refugee in an emergency, we recommend that you contact the UNHCR office in the country where you live. Always check for current requirements from the government or agency deciding your request. This information was revised in January 2023. No one affiliated with IRAP has the right to ask you for money or any other service.

This information was revised in November 2020. It is not meant as legal advice for individual applications.

This website provides general information about legal processes available to some refugees. IRAP does not decide to help people based on any other social or political or religious criteria. IRAP decides to help people based on their need and eligibility for immigration status. IRAP cannot provide financial help, find or pay for housing, or find jobs.IRAP cannot grant refugee status or visas or speed up cases.IRAP is not part of any government, IOM, or UNHCR.IRAP helps some people find services and prepare refugee and visa applications.The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) provides free legal help to some refugees and displaced people.
