US Refugee Admission Programme is funded by the US Department of State/Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (DOS/PRM), being one of the largest continuing activities of IOM, currently operating in over 40 countries. IOM’s involvement in the USRAP is summarized through the processing steps set within the programme. Throughout the movement process IOM Baku arranges the transportation and provides facilitative assistance for the movement of migrants to the US. Beneficiaries of the USRAP are UNHCR refugees, as well as Jews, Evangelical Christians and other religious minorities who are joining immediate family in the US, and individuals going to reunify close family members. Each Principal Applicant (PA) must be eligible for the USRAP under one of the processing priorities and be interviewed, on a case by case basis, by an officer of U.S. Domestic and Homeland Security Department (DHS). IOM Baku provides the assistance during case processing, cultural orientation training, manage of loan collection system, arranges for tickets, transit assistance and transportation to the final destination, providing safe and organized arrival.
IOM also arranges for the employment of special contract personnel on the request of the US Government to provide a pre-embarkation assessment and identity authentication procedure - face control upon departure.
Main actors of the US Refugee programme are: IOM offices; UNHCR; US Embassy; Airlines; ICRC and government authorities.