United States
EOIR Immigration Courts & Federal Circuit practice
FRE 702 qualification, Daubert reliability, and trial-ready country conditions evidence for asylum, withholding, and CAT claims.
FRE 702 Qualification Requirements for Country Experts
US practitioners instruct country experts who can demonstrate specialized knowledge, reliable methodology, and helpfulness to the trier of fact. Affidavits address nexus, particular social group formulation, internal relocation, and State Department report rebuttal with transparent sourcing.
How to qualify a country expert witness in immigration court
- Curriculum vitae documenting field research and publications
- Prior testimony history without disclosing confidential identities
- Explicit statement of independence and scope limitations
- Contemporaneous source triangulation and ISO country coding