nagarik mitra,  I know you practice law so i believe you, and thanks for correcting me, i am just a curious learner and i do not practice law or have done any serious research either. however, most asylees i have known, their cases are approved in the court rather than with immigration officer. i thought burdern or proof is all up to asylees because they are proving their life is danger in their home country. is there anywhere in the lawbook of immigration it is stated that asylee have so much burden with immigration officer, or at court as you have described ? or is that from your personal calculation? if you're suggesting that cases are hard to prove in court compare to immigration officers then it's totally up to your luck and rating of the immigration officer or the judge as they do have ratings, some are easy while some are picky, hoina ra?