Article: To give yourself the best chance of winning asylum, you should meet with an attorney. An experienced immigration lawyer will know how to put together the strongest case. You will be best served by winning your asylum case on the first try. To find an experienced immigration lawyer, see Find an Immigration Lawyer for advice. USCIS also maintains a list of attorneys who will provide low-cost or free legal services. You can get this list by calling 1-800-870-3676. You can also seek assistance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees by calling 202-296-5191. Corroborating evidence that supports your assertions that you would face persecution in your home country is absolutely critical to winning your asylum case. Although the asylum officer will consider your own testimony, independent evidence is more persuasive and therefore crucial. Evidence can take many forms: newspaper articles, affidavits from witnesses or experts, photographs, or periodicals that show that persecution against your group is happening in your country. Other forms of evidence can include doctors' statements, journals, official documents, or personal statements or live testimony of witnesses. You should contact a lawyer as soon as possible so that you can begin to gather corroborating evidence to bolster your case. You might, for example, need to contact academics who are experts in your country's political situation. They could support your assertion that certain groups are being persecuted. If you are including relatives in your asylum application, you will need documentary evidence that establishes your relationship to them. For a spouse you will need three copies of your marriage certificate and three copies of proof of any prior marriages. For a child you will need three copies of the birth certificate. If, for some reason, you can't gain access to the marriage or birth certificates, you will need to rely on secondary evidence. This can take the form of religious, school, or medical records. You may also get affidavits signed by people who know you. The affiants must state how they know you and how they know that you are married or that the child in question is yours. You must also submit a passport-sized photo of yourself and each family member included in the application. You must have taken these photographs within 30 days of the date you file the application. On the back of each photograph, you should print each person's complete name and their A-Number (alien registration number) if applicable. You should also make three copies of all passports and other travel documents.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Meet with a lawyer. Gather proof of persecution in your home country. Get proof of kinship for your family members. Gather other relevant documents.
Article: It's important to keep your burn wound clean, whether or not it's infected. If it does become infected, however, you should closely follow your doctor's advice on how to care for and clean the wound. This may or may not include washing or soaking the wound with water. If your wound is infected and open, your doctor may ask you to soak it in warm salt water for 20 minutes, two to three times per day. You might also press a warm, wet cloth on the wound. Use warm salt water with 2 tablespoons (29.6ml) of salt per quart of water. If you use a washcloth on an infected wound, be sure that it is sterilized before and after. Alternatively, you can use a sterile disposable cloth. Hydrotherapy is sometimes used in rehabilitation to treat wounds that are already healed, or a bit further along in healing. Your doctor might not advise using this treatment, though, as it's controversial. It may also be risky due to pathogens in the water that could worsen any infection. Honey may be able to provide relief by speeding up the healing of the wound, killing bacteria, and reducing swelling. Ask your doctor if you can use honey in addition to your medical treatments. If you were given a prescription for your infection, apply it to the infection according to the label's instructions. Unless approved by your doctor, avoid using over-the-counter antibiotic creams. Any antibiotics that you use on the infection must be specific to the bacteria infecting your wound. Depending on the severity and location of the burn, your activities may be limited. Avoid any activities that cause the burn to hurt or that might apply pressure to the wound. For example, if the infected burn is on your hand, avoid activities that use that hand, such as typing or grabbing objects. Use your other hand instead. If the infected area hurts, you can use an over-the-counter painkiller such as acetaminophen. For severe pain, your doctor may prescribe you a stronger prescription medication. Do not use nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDS), such as ibuprofen, as these might slow healing of the infection.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Keep the wound clean. Apply honey to the wound. Use prescription ointment only. Avoid activities that irritate the wound. Take a painkiller.
Article: Learning what type of car you are going to drive is important. If you are taking a trip where you'll be driving on the left-hand side of the road, then you will most likely be hiring a car. Call the car hire company prior to going on holiday, and find out if they have both manual and automatic cars available. Even if you are used to driving manual cars, considering hiring an automatic to make the adjustment easier. If you are only familiar with one method, it's best to try and stick to that so you are only learning one new thing at a time. Also consider finding out about, if possible, what specific kind of car you will be driving (it's make and model), to help you get a feel for it. Many countries that drive on the left-hand side tend to have more manual cars than automatics, so you may find it more expensive to hire an automatic car. If you are learning to adjust to driving on the left-hand side of the road, you are most likely in a foreign country. Learning this new way of driving in a city with heavy traffic can add to the stress of the situation, so it is helpful whenever possible to pick up your car in a quieter location. You may have to pick a different rental company, or see if they will deliver the car to your location. The benefit of this is that you will have more open roads to get used to, rather than densely packed cities with tight streets. If you can't pick it up outside the city, see if you can pick it up close to the outskirts rather than in the centre, so that way you can head out of the city immediately. Once you are in the driver's seat, you should take some time to get acquainted with the setup and functions of the car. The gearstick is going to be on your left side now instead of on the right. The indicators, windscreen wipers, and headlight controls may be on the opposite side of the steering wheel as they were before you went away. Testing these controls before you drive is essential for both the safety of yourself and other road users. Even in cars with the steering wheel on the right-hand side, the clutch, brake and accelerator are still in the same position as left-hand side vehicles. Still, your right leg will be against the door rather than against the middle console or in the open. Get used to the feel of having your right leg against the door.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Find out about the car. Pick up the car in a rural or quiet location. Get a feel for the car.