Q: us citizen but my child father is give me a tough time n it is not safe here. I hv no money to fight. Can I seek asylum

A: I have never heard of Canada granting asylum to a US citizen.

Asylum and refugee status are special legal protections available to people who have left their home country for their own safety and are afraid to return to any place within that country. (If you can relocate and live safely within your home country, you will not be able to demonstrate that you have a well-founded fear of persecution and you will not be granted asylum in the U.S.)

What's the difference between asylum and refugee status under U.S. immigration laws--that is, who should seek asylum status, and who should seek refugee status? It's simply a matter of where you are when you apply. People outside of the U.S. must apply for refugee status. People who have already made it to the U.S. border or the interior (perhaps by using a visa or by entering illegally) can apply for asylum status.

Once granted, both statuses allow you to stay in the United States indefinitely. Asylees and refugees are given permission to work and are allowed to apply for a green card (within one year of either entering the United States as a refugee or being approved for asylum).

But not everyone qualifies for asylum or refugee status. You must meet some strict requirements, as described in this article. In particular, you must show two things:

You are unable or unwilling to return to your home country because you have been persecuted there in the past or have a well-founded fear that you will be persecuted if you go back.

The reason you have been (or will be) persecuted is connected to one of five things: your race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or your political opinion.