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On December 16, 2020, by the rule titled Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal (RIN 1125-AA93) the Department of Justice (Department) amended the regulations governing the adjudication of asylum and withholding of removal applications before EOIR, including requirements for filing a complete application and consequences for filing an incomplete application, a new 15 day filing deadline for noncitizens applying for asylum in asylum-and-withholding-only proceedings, a 180-day asylum adjudication clock, and amendments regarding the information an immigration judge may consider when adjudicating applications for asylum and related relief or protection. To revise the regulations related to adjudicatory procedures for asylum and withholding of removal, the Department initially consider two separate rulemakingsto require asylum evidentiary hearings before adjudicating such applications (RIN 1125-AB22) and to reconsider the provisions that focus on the filing and adjudication of asylum application (RIN 1125-AB15). After determining that these regulatory actions both focus on the procedure for adjudicating asylum application, the Department has decided to combine into a single rulemaking to rescind or modify the regulatory revisions made by Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal (RIN 1125-AA93) under this RIN.