 Currently, an asylee who has continuously resided in the US for more than one year in that status has an immediately available visa number.On April 29, 2019, President Trump ordered new restrictions on asylum seekers at the Mexican border — including application fees and work permit restraints — and directed that cases in the already clogged immigration courts be settled within 180 days.Once an asylum seeker enters the United States they have exactly one year to apply for asylum.