The New York Times  reported today that the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) received over 53,000 applications from Haitians seeking Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of which, the agency approved a majority of those applications. Tuesday, January 18, 2011 was the deadline for Haitians to apply for TPS.  The program granted benefits to certain Haitians that were in the U.S. on the day of the earthquake (January 12, [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported that today, January 12 is the one (1) year anniversary that a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that killed over 230,000 people and left about 1,000,000 homeless in Haiti, the western hemisphere’s poorest country. In an effort to help Haitian nationals both in the U.S. and in Haiti, President Obama and his administration acted quickly and extended benefits such as Humanitarian Parole  and Temporary Protected Status (TPS). TPS [...]

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reported earlier this week that it will implement the Help Haiti Act of 2010 that was signed by the President on December 9, 2010.  The law authorizes USCIS to grant lawful permanent resident (green card) status to certain Haitian children who are orphaned and were also paroled into the United States pursuant to the Haitian [...]

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reminds Haitian nationals that the deadline to register for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is January 18, 2011. Haitian nationals that have lived in the United States on or before January 12, 2010 and, who meet other eligibility requirements, are the only ones that are eligible to submit an application for TPS and must do so [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) officials and immigrant activists are surprised at the low number of applications for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), an immigration benefit that President Obama authorized for Haitian nationals in light of the earthquake that ravaged that country on January 12, 2010. So far, the USCIS has processed a little over [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported that the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services  (USCIS) will begin accepting applications for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) applications today for Haitian nationals due to the earthquake that ravaged that country last week. USCIS officials estimate that about 200,000 Haitian TPS applications will be received during the six (6) month registration period that was authorized by the [...]