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USCIS Extends Registration Period for Haitian TPS
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that eligible Haitian nationals have an additional 6 months to apply for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The new registration period ends on January 18, 2011.
Since January 19, 2010, the day Haitian nationals were authorized to pursue TPS, DHS officials have heard from Haitian community leaders and their supporters that Haitians needed additional time to pursue their TPS applications. Many have [...]
Registration Period for Haitian TPS Ends Soon
The Orlando Sentinel reported today that to date, the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) had received more than 50,000 applications from Haitian nationals who registered for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The registration period ends on July 20, 2010 and is open only to undocumented Haitians who were already residing in the U.S. on January 12, 2010, the day the earthquake ravaged that [...]
Haitian Earthquake Survivors are Caught in an Immigration Legal Limbo
The Orlando Sentinel reported today that earlier this month Mackenson Luberice and James Dorinville, survivors of the January 12th earthquake that ravaged their native Haiti and were brought to the U.S. as part of a rescue mission, were released from U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (USICE) custody.
In the days following the earthquake, the U.S. government announced a stop on all deportations to Haiti until such [...]
USCIS Calling on Haitians to Come Forward and Apply for TPS
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) continues to call on eligible Haitians to submit their applications for Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
As a reminder to eligible Haitians, applications must be submitted before July 20, 2010.
The USCIS reported that as of April 9, 2010 about 44,500 applications have been received, but about 5,000 of them have been returned to the applicants because of non-payment [...]
More Haitians Need to Come Forward and Apply for TPS
The New York Times reported that according to officials from the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), about 34,000 of the estimated 100,000 to 200,000 undocumented Haitians who were in the United States before the January 12, 2010 earthquake that ravaged that country have come forward and applied for Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
Immigrant advocate groups have said that Haitians have been [...]
