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See our homepage www.drewpllc.com or www.immigrationblog.us for additional stories.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04688310748512930168noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394605733001282046.post-25848697800882347012018-01-19T08:07:00.000-08:002018-01-19T09:04:21.388-08:00Haitians to re-register for TPS between Jan. 18, 2018, and March 19, 2018.<br />
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<em>Employment Authorization for Haitians with TPS Automatically Extended Until <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204);">July 21, 2018</span></em><br />
<strong>WASHINGTON</strong>—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that current beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under Haiti’s designation who want to maintain that status through the program’s termination date of <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204);">July 22, 2019</span>, must re-register between Jan. 18, 2018, and <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204);">March 19, 2018</span>. Re-registration procedures, including how to renew employment authorization documentation, have been published in the <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTgwMTE5LjgzOTYwNzUxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE4MDExOS44Mzk2MDc1MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NDg0ODY4JmVtYWlsaWQ9cmFuZGFsbEBkcmV3cGxsYy5jb20mdXNlcmlkPXJhbmRhbGxAZHJld3BsbGMuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&100&&&https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/01/18/2018-00886/termination-of-the-designation-of-haiti-for-temporary-protected-status" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Federal Register</a> and on <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTgwMTE5LjgzOTYwNzUxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE4MDExOS44Mzk2MDc1MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NDg0ODY4JmVtYWlsaWQ9cmFuZGFsbEBkcmV3cGxsYy5jb20mdXNlcmlkPXJhbmRhbGxAZHJld3BsbGMuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&101&&&http://uscis.gov/tps" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">uscis.gov/tps</a>.<br />
All applicants must submit <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTgwMTE5LjgzOTYwNzUxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE4MDExOS44Mzk2MDc1MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NDg0ODY4JmVtYWlsaWQ9cmFuZGFsbEBkcmV3cGxsYy5jb20mdXNlcmlkPXJhbmRhbGxAZHJld3BsbGMuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&102&&&https://www.uscis.gov/i-821" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Form I-821</a>, Application for Temporary Protected Status. Applicants may also request an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) by submitting a completed <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTgwMTE5LjgzOTYwNzUxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE4MDExOS44Mzk2MDc1MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NDg0ODY4JmVtYWlsaWQ9cmFuZGFsbEBkcmV3cGxsYy5jb20mdXNlcmlkPXJhbmRhbGxAZHJld3BsbGMuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&103&&&https://www.uscis.gov/i-765" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Form I-765</a>, Application for Employment Authorization, at the time of filing Form I-821, or separately at a later date. Both forms are free for download on USCIS’ website at <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTgwMTE5LjgzOTYwNzUxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE4MDExOS44Mzk2MDc1MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NDg0ODY4JmVtYWlsaWQ9cmFuZGFsbEBkcmV3cGxsYy5jb20mdXNlcmlkPXJhbmRhbGxAZHJld3BsbGMuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&104&&&https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">uscis.gov/tps</a>.<br />
USCIS will issue new EADs with a <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204);">July 22, 2019</span>, expiration date to eligible Haitian TPS beneficiaries who timely re-register and apply for EADs. Given the timeframes involved with processing TPS re-registration applications, however, USCIS is automatically extending the validity of EADs that show an expiration date of <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204);">Jan. 22, 2018</span>, for 180 days through <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204);">July 21, 2018</span>. Additionally, individuals who have EADs with an expiration date of July 22, 2017, and who applied for a new EAD during the last re-registration period but have not yet received their new EADs are also covered by this automatic extension. These individuals may show their EAD indicating a July 22, 2017, expiration date and their EAD application receipt (Notice of Action, Form I-797C) that notes the application was received on or after May 24, 2017, along with this statement, to employers as proof of continued employment authorization through <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204);">July 21, 2018</span>. <br />
On Nov. 20, 2017, former Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke determined that disaster-related conditions in Haiti, upon which the country’s original designation was based, no longer supported its designation for TPS and announced the termination of the status. The Acting Secretary made her decision to terminate TPS for Haiti after reviewing country conditions and consulting with appropriate U.S. government agencies. She also delayed the effective date of the termination for 18 months from the current expiration date of <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204);">Jan. 22, 2018</span>, to allow time for an orderly transition. As a result of the delayed effective date, Haiti’s TPS designation will end on <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204);">July 22, 2019</span>. </div>
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Until further notice, and unless otherwise provided in this guidance, the DACA policy will be operated on the terms in place before it was rescinded on Sept. 5, 2017. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">Individuals who were previously granted deferred action under DACA may request renewal by filing <a data-file-counter="1" href="https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/i-821d.pdf?download=1" style="color: #990066; text-decoration-line: none;">Form I-821D (PDF)</a>, <a data-file-counter="2" href="https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/i-765.pdf?download=1" style="color: #990066; text-decoration-line: none;">Form I-765 (PDF)</a>, and <a data-file-counter="3" href="https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/i-765ws.pdf?download=1" style="color: #990066; text-decoration-line: none;">Form I-765 Worksheet (PDF)</a>, with the appropriate fee or approved fee exemption request, at the <a href="https://www.uscis.gov/i-821d-addresses" style="color: #990066; text-decoration-line: none;">USCIS designated filing location</a>, and in accordance with the instructions to the <a data-file-counter="4" href="https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/i-821dinstr.pdf?download=1" style="color: #990066; text-decoration-line: none;">Form I-821D (PDF)</a> and <a data-file-counter="5" href="https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/i-765instr.pdf?download=1" style="color: #990066; text-decoration-line: none;">Form I-765 (PDF)</a>. USCIS is not accepting requests from individuals who have never before been granted deferred action under DACA. USCIS will not accept or approve advance parole requests from DACA recipients. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">If you previously received DACA and your DACA expired on or after Sept. 5, 2016, you may still file your DACA request as a renewal request. Please list the date your prior DACA ended in the appropriate box on Part 1 of the Form I-821D.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">If you previously received DACA and your DACA expired before Sept. 5, 2016, or your DACA was previously terminated at any time, you cannot request DACA as a renewal (because renewal requests typically must be submitted within one year of the expiration date of your last period of deferred action approved under DACA), but may nonetheless file a new initial DACA request in accordance with the Form I-821D and Form I-765 instructions. To assist USCIS with reviewing your DACA request for acceptance, if you are filing a new initial DACA request because your DACA expired before Sept. 5, 2016, or because it was terminated at any time, please list the date your prior DACA expired or was terminated on Part 1 of the Form I-821D, if available.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">Deferred action is a discretionary determination to defer a removal action of an individual as an act of prosecutorial discretion. Further, deferred action under DACA does not confer legal status upon an individual and may be terminated at any time, with or without a Notice of Intent to Terminate, at DHS’s discretion. DACA requests will be adjudicated under the guidelines set forth in the <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/s1-exercising-prosecutorial-discretion-individuals-who-came-to-us-as-children.pdf" style="color: #990066; text-decoration-line: none;">June 15, 2012 DACA memo (PDF)</a>. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">Additional information will be forthcoming.</div></div><aside id="associated-links" style="background-color: white; font-family: source_sans_pro_regular, "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.125rem;"><ul style="list-style: none outside none; margin: 2px 5px 10px 25px; padding: 0px;"></ul></aside><div id="last-updated-date" style="background-color: white; font-family: source_sans_pro_regular, "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.125rem; margin-top: 3em; text-align: right;">Last Reviewed/Updated: <time>01/13/2018</time></div> Drew Law Office, PLLC -- Immigration Lawyers Metro Manchester NH <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bolder;">WASHINGTON</span>— Current beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under Honduras’ designation who want to maintain that status through the current expiration date of July 5, 2018, must re-register between Dec. 15, 2017 and Feb. 13, 2018. Re-registration procedures, including how to renew employment authorization documentation, have been published in the <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/12/15/2017-27140/extension-of-the-designation-of-honduras-for-temporary-protected-status" style="color: #990066; text-decoration-line: none;">Federal Register</a> and on <a href="http://www.uscis.gov/tps" style="color: #990066; text-decoration-line: none;">t</a>he <a href="https://www.uscis.gov/node/41422" style="color: #990066; text-decoration-line: none;">USCIS website</a>.</div>
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All applicants must submit <a href="http://www.usics.gov/i-821" style="color: #990066; text-decoration-line: none;">Form I-821</a>, Application for Temporary Protected Status. Applicants may also request an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) by submitting a completed <a href="http://www.usics.gov/i-765" style="color: #990066; text-decoration-line: none;">Form I-765</a>, Application for Employment Authorization, at the time of filing Form I-821, or separately at a later date. Both forms are free on USCIS’ website.</div>
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USCIS will issue Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) with a July 5, 2018 expiration date to eligible Honduran TPS beneficiaries who timely re-register and apply for EADs under this extension in accordance with the TPS Honduras Federal Register Notice. Given the timeframes involved with processing TPS re-registration applications, however, DHS recognizes that not all re-registrants will receive new EADs before their current EADs expire on Jan. 5, 2018. Accordingly, DHS has automatically extended the validity of EADs issued under the TPS designation of Honduras for 180 days, through July 4, 2018. </div>
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In November, former Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke announced that she was not making a <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/11/06/acting-secretary-elaine-duke-announcement-temporary-protected-status-nicaragua-and" style="color: #990066; text-decoration-line: none;">determination</a> on Honduras’ TPS designation at that time. By operation of the TPS statute, this postponement automatically extended the current TPS designation for Honduras for six months – through July 5, 2018. Duke concluded that additional time and information was necessary to make a determination on extension, redesignation, or termination of Honduras’ TPS designation.</div>
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During this six-month extension, individuals with TPS are encouraged to prepare for their return to Honduras in the event Honduras’ designation is not extended again, including requesting updated travel documents from the government of Honduras. </div>
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At least 60 days before July 5, 2018, the Secretary will assess the country conditions in Honduras to determine whether to extend, redesignate, or terminate TPS for Honduras. Hondurans with TPS may wish to consult with qualified immigration attorneys or practitioners about their eligibility for another immigration status or benefit, or whether there is any other action they may want to take regarding their individual immigration circumstances.</div>
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Drew Law Office, PLLC -- Immigration Lawyers Metro Manchester NH (603) 644-3739 or www.immigrationNH.com<div class="blogger-post-footer">News and opinions expressed here are not the immigration legal opinions or advice of Drew Law Office, PLLC -- www.drewpllc.com -- this blog is for general information purposes only and does not form an attorney/client relationship.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04688310748512930168noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394605733001282046.post-49865693333031732722017-03-07T12:10:00.001-08:002017-03-07T14:36:39.981-08:00USCIS Automatic Employment Authorization Document (EAD) Extension | USCIS<a href="https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/automatic-employment-authorization-document-ead-extension#.WL8TK6CV_SY.blogger">Automatic Employment Authorization Document (EAD) Extension | USCIS</a>: Starting Jan. 17, 2017, USCIS is automatically extending certain expiring EADs for up to 180 days for applicants who:Properly filed for a renewal EAD before their current EAD expired, and Are otherwise <span style="background-color: white; font-family: source_sans_pro_regular, "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.5px;">eligible for a renewal, which means that:</span><br /><br />
<ul style="background-color: white; font-family: source_sans_pro_regular, "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 6px;"><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 6px;">Your EAD renewal is under a category that is eligible for an automatic 180-day extension (see the list of categories below); and</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 6px;">The Category on your current EAD matches the “Class Requested” listed on this Notice of Action. (Note: If you are a TPS beneficiary or pending applicant, your EAD and this Notice must contain either the A12 or C19 category, but the categories do not need to match each other).</li>
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<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); padding: 0.4375rem 0.4375rem 0.375rem; vertical-align: top; width: 145px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">(a)(12) </div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); padding: 0.4375rem 0.4375rem 0.375rem; vertical-align: top; width: 481px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Granted</div></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); padding: 0.4375rem 0.4375rem 0.375rem; vertical-align: top; width: 145px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">(c)(8) </div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); padding: 0.4375rem 0.4375rem 0.375rem; vertical-align: top; width: 481px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">Asylum Application Pending</div></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); padding: 0.4375rem 0.4375rem 0.375rem; vertical-align: top; width: 145px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">(c)(9) </div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); padding: 0.4375rem 0.4375rem 0.375rem; vertical-align: top; width: 481px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">Pending Adjustment of Status under Section 245 of the Act</div></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); padding: 0.4375rem 0.4375rem 0.375rem; vertical-align: top; width: 145px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">(c)(10) </div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); padding: 0.4375rem 0.4375rem 0.375rem; vertical-align: top; width: 481px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">Suspension of Deportation Applicants (filed before April 1, 1997)<br />Cancellation of Removal Applicants<br />Special Rule Cancellation of Removal Applicants Under NACARA</div></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); padding: 0.4375rem 0.4375rem 0.375rem; vertical-align: top; width: 145px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">(c)(16) </div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); padding: 0.4375rem 0.4375rem 0.375rem; vertical-align: top; width: 481px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">Creation of Record (Adjustment Based on Continuous Residence Since January 1, 1972)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); padding: 0.4375rem 0.4375rem 0.375rem; vertical-align: top; width: 145px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">(c)(19) </div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); padding: 0.4375rem 0.4375rem 0.375rem; vertical-align: top; width: 481px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">Pending initial application for TPS where USCIS determines applicant is <em>prima facie</em> eligible for TPS and can receive an EAD as a “temporary treatment benefit”. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); padding: 0.4375rem 0.4375rem 0.375rem; vertical-align: top; width: 145px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">(c)(20) </div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); padding: 0.4375rem 0.4375rem 0.375rem; vertical-align: top; width: 481px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">Section 210 Legalization (pending I-700)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); padding: 0.4375rem 0.4375rem 0.375rem; vertical-align: top; width: 145px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">(c)(22) </div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); padding: 0.4375rem 0.4375rem 0.375rem; vertical-align: top; width: 481px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">Section 245A Legalization (pending I-687)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); padding: 0.4375rem 0.4375rem 0.375rem; vertical-align: top; width: 145px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">(c)(24) </div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); padding: 0.4375rem 0.4375rem 0.375rem; vertical-align: top; width: 481px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">LIFE Legalization</div></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); padding: 0.4375rem 0.4375rem 0.375rem; vertical-align: top; width: 145px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">(c)(31)</div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); padding: 0.4375rem 0.4375rem 0.375rem; vertical-align: top; width: 481px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">VAWA Self-Petitioners</div></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: source_sans_pro_regular, "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.5px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: source_sans_pro_regular, "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.5px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 0.8em;">NOTE: TPS individuals may receive an <a href="https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status#Automatic%20Employment%20Authorization%20Document%20(EAD)%20Extension" style="color: #990066; text-decoration: none;">automatic extension of their employment authorization</a>:</div><ol style="background-color: white; font-family: source_sans_pro_regular, "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 6px;">Through publication of a <em>Federal Register</em> notice extending the TPS designation of the individual’s country, <em>provided that </em>the <em>Federal Register </em>notice also authorizes an automatic extension of covered individuals’ existing EADs; and/or</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 6px;">Through this 180-day automatic extension. </li>
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...<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem;">But President Trump has decided to get tough on many of the 60,000 Central American children who arrive at our border each year begging for safety after fleeing some of the most dangerous places on earth. His executive orders, and memos from the Department of Homeland Security on how to interpret them, could strip this special treatment from the roughly 60 percent of unaccompanied children who have a parent already living in the United States. If Kendra and Roberto were just entering the United States now, they would fall into this group; instead they kept their protections and were eventually united with their mother, a house painter in Los Angeles.</span><br /><br />
<div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="236" data-total-count="1998" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 75px; max-width: none; width: 570px;">Parents like her, the argument goes, are exploiting benefits established to help children who really are alone here. The administration has threatened to deport parents who send for their children or prosecute them for hiring smugglers.</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="348" data-total-count="2346" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 75px; max-width: none; width: 570px;">Last week Mr. Trump’s press secretary said the president’s intention was to prioritize the deportation of immigrants who “represent a threat to public safety.” Supporters say he’s upholding the law. But these children are not threats, and there are many ways to preserve the integrity of our immigration laws while treating them humanely.</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="296" data-total-count="2642" id="story-continues-3" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 75px; max-width: none; width: 570px;">D.H.S. hasn’t fully explained how it will deal with children reclassified as “accompanied” if a parent steps forward to claim them. “There is a range of how bad this might be,” says Michelle Brané, director of the Migrant Rights and Justice Program at the Women’s Refugee Commission.</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="396" data-total-count="3038" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 75px; max-width: none; width: 570px;">But it could be pretty bad. In recent years, up to 90 percent of unaccompanied Central American kids have willingly turned themselves over to Border Patrol agents, knowing they would be cared for. Now they will go to great lengths to avoid detection, walking through deserts for days, risking dehydration, or traveling stuffed into hidden compartments in cars or trucks, where they can suffocate.</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="389" data-total-count="3427" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 75px; max-width: none; width: 570px;">Smuggling fees will escalate. When that happens, smugglers often collect half in the home country and require children to work off the other half as indentured servants. Experts expect to see more cases like the one in 2014, when federal agents rescued eight Guatemalan teenagers from a trailer park in Ohio, where they’d been held captive by smugglers and forced to work at an egg farm.</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="462" data-total-count="3889" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 75px; max-width: none; width: 570px;">Children will be afraid to admit they have parents here, as they were in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the government often told parents to retrieve apprehended children, only to deport the whole family when they showed up. </div><br /><br />
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Drew Law Office, PLLC -- Immigration Lawyers Metro Manchester NH (603) 644-3739 or www.immigrationNH.com<div class="blogger-post-footer">News and opinions expressed here are not the immigration legal opinions or advice of Drew Law Office, PLLC -- www.drewpllc.com -- this blog is for general information purposes only and does not form an attorney/client relationship.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04688310748512930168noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394605733001282046.post-1789235850344182012017-01-17T07:29:00.001-08:002017-01-17T07:29:30.226-08:00Mexico or America? A Couple, One of Them Undocumented, Weigh the Risks of Where to Live - The New York Times<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/16/us/politics/mexico-or-america-a-couple-one-of-them-undocumented-weigh-the-risks-of-where-to-live.html?emc=edit_tnt_20170116">Mexico or America? A Couple, One of Them Undocumented, Weigh the Risks of Where to Live - The New York Times</a><br /><br />
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<div class="byline-dateline" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-right: 45px;"><span class="byline" itemprop="author creator" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" style="font-family: nyt-cheltenham-sh, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 0.6875rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: 0.75rem; margin-right: 12px;">By <span class="byline-author" data-byline-name="CAITLIN DICKERSON" itemprop="name" style="white-space: nowrap;">CAITLIN DICKERSON</span></span><time class="dateline" content="2017-01-17T09:49:55-05:00" datetime="2017-01-17T09:49:55-05:00" itemprop="dateModified" style="color: black; font-family: nyt-cheltenham-sh, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 0.6875rem; line-height: 0.75rem; margin-left: 0px; white-space: nowrap;">JAN. 16, 2017</time></div><div class="byline-dateline" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-right: 45px;"><time class="dateline" content="2017-01-17T09:49:55-05:00" datetime="2017-01-17T09:49:55-05:00" itemprop="dateModified" style="color: black; font-family: nyt-cheltenham-sh, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 0.6875rem; line-height: 0.75rem; margin-left: 0px; white-space: nowrap;"><br /></time></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-right: 45px;"></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><time class="dateline" content="2017-01-17T09:49:55-05:00" datetime="2017-01-17T09:49:55-05:00" itemprop="dateModified" style="color: black; font-family: nyt-cheltenham-sh, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; line-height: 0.75rem; margin-left: 0px; white-space: nowrap;">Click on the link to view an article that reads pretty true to me. This is a tough situation </time></span><br /><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><time class="dateline" content="2017-01-17T09:49:55-05:00" datetime="2017-01-17T09:49:55-05:00" itemprop="dateModified" style="color: black; font-family: nyt-cheltenham-sh, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; line-height: 0.75rem; margin-left: 0px; white-space: nowrap;">to be in, when one parent and the </time></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><time class="dateline" content="2017-01-17T09:49:55-05:00" datetime="2017-01-17T09:49:55-05:00" itemprop="dateModified" style="color: black; font-family: nyt-cheltenham-sh, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; line-height: 0.75rem; margin-left: 0px; white-space: nowrap;">kids are legal and one parent is not. It is tough for </time></span><br /><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><time class="dateline" content="2017-01-17T09:49:55-05:00" datetime="2017-01-17T09:49:55-05:00" itemprop="dateModified" style="color: black; font-family: nyt-cheltenham-sh, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; line-height: 0.75rem; margin-left: 0px; white-space: nowrap;">the lawyer too, feeling that there should be a way to resolve the matter </time></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><time class="dateline" content="2017-01-17T09:49:55-05:00" datetime="2017-01-17T09:49:55-05:00" itemprop="dateModified" style="color: black; font-family: nyt-cheltenham-sh, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; line-height: 0.75rem; margin-left: 0px; white-space: nowrap;">for them but </time></span><br /><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><time class="dateline" content="2017-01-17T09:49:55-05:00" datetime="2017-01-17T09:49:55-05:00" itemprop="dateModified" style="color: black; font-family: nyt-cheltenham-sh, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; line-height: 0.75rem; margin-left: 0px; white-space: nowrap;">knowing that in many circumstances -- there just is no way to fix it.</time></span><br /><br />
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President-elect Donald Trump says he will move immediately to deport or imprison two million, maybe three million, unauthorized-immigrant criminals. “What we are going to do is get the people that are criminal and have criminal records, gang members, drug dealers,” he said on Sunday on “60 Minutes.”<br />
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Like many of his proposals, this one sounds tough and straightforward, but makes no sense under scrutiny and is frightening to think about.<br />
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Start with the fact that the target number is made up. There simply aren’t as many criminal immigrants as he imagines. According to rough estimates by the Migration Policy Institute, of the country’s 11 million unauthorized immigrants, about 820,000 have criminal records. About 300,000 of those have felony convictions and are presumably the bad people Mr. Trump is talking about. If he deports those and only those, it will be a remarkable display of law-enforcement discretion, since he said that there were lots of “terrific people” among the unauthorized who might be allowed to stay, “after the border is secured and after everything gets normalized.”<br />
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click the link to read the rest of the Editorial at NYT<br />
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Release Date: <time>August 01, 2016</time></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bolder;">WASHINGTON</span>—Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson has redesignated Syria for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and extended the existing TPS designation for the country from Oct. 1, 2016, through March 31, 2018. This allows eligible nationals of Syria (or persons without nationality who last habitually resided in Syria) to register or re-register for TPS in accordance with the <a href="https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-08-01/html/2016-17933.htm" style="color: #990066; text-decoration: none;">Federal Register notice</a> published today.</div>
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Who is Eligible</div>
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Current TPS Status</div>
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When to File</div>
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Current TPS beneficiaries from Syria</div>
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Have TPS</div>
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To extend your TPS, you must re-register during the 60-day re-registration period that runs from Aug. 1, 2016, through Sept. 30, 2016.</div>
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Syrian nationals and persons without nationality who last habitually resided in Syria, who have:</div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 6px;">Continuously resided in the United States since Aug. 1, 2016, and</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 6px;">Been continuously physically present in the United States since Oct. 1, 2016.</li>
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Do not have TPS</div>
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To obtain TPS, you may apply for TPS during the 180-day initial registration period that runs from Aug. 1, 2016, through Jan. 30, 2017.</div>
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Individuals re-registering for TPS:</h2>
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Current beneficiaries under Syria’s TPS designation seeking to extend their TPS status must re-register during a 60-day period that runs from Aug. 1, 2016, through Sept. 30, 2016. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) encourages beneficiaries to re-register as soon as possible.</div>
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The 18-month extension also allows TPS re-registrants to apply for a new Employment Authorization Document (EAD). Eligible Syria TPS beneficiaries who re-register during the 60-day period and request a new EAD will receive one with an expiration date of March 31, 2018. USCIS recognizes that some re-registrants may not receive their new EADs until after their current work permits expire. Therefore, USCIS is automatically extending current TPS Syria EADs with a Sept. 30, 2016, expiration date for an additional six months. These existing EADs are now valid through March 31, 2017.</div>
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To re-register, current TPS beneficiaries must submit:</div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 6px;"><a href="https://www.uscis.gov/i-821" style="color: #990066; text-decoration: none;">Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status</a> (re-registrants do not need to pay the Form I-821 application fee);</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 6px;"><a href="https://www.uscis.gov/i-765" style="color: #990066; text-decoration: none;">Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization</a>, regardless of whether they want an EAD;</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 6px;">The Form I-765 application fee (or a fee-waiver request) only if they want an EAD. If the re-registrant does not want an EAD, no application fee is required; and</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 6px;">The biometric services fee (or a fee-waiver request) if they are age 14 or older.</li>
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Individuals applying for TPS for the first time:</h2>
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For Syrian nationals (and persons having no nationality who last habitually resided in Syria) who do not currently have TPS, the TPS redesignation may allow them to apply for TPS if they have continuously resided in the United States since Aug. 1, 2016, and have been continuously physically present in the United States since Oct. 1, 2016. Applicants must meet all other TPS eligibility and filing requirements.</div>
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To apply for the first time, individuals must submit:</div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 6px;"><a href="https://www.uscis.gov/i-821" style="color: #990066; text-decoration: none;">Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status</a>;</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 6px;">The Form I-821 application fee;</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 6px;"><a href="https://www.uscis.gov/i-765" style="color: #990066; text-decoration: none;">Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization</a>, regardless of whether they want an EAD;</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 6px;">The Form I-765 application fee, but only if they want an EAD and are 14 to 65 years old (those under 14 or 66 and older do not need to pay the Form I-765 fee with their initial TPS application); and</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 6px;">The biometric services fee if they are age 14 or older.</li>
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<span style="font-weight: bolder;">Individuals who still have a pending initial TPS application under Syria’s designation</span> do not need to submit a new Form I-821. However, if they currently have a TPS-related EAD and want a new EAD, they should submit:</div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 6px;"><a href="https://www.uscis.gov/i-765" style="color: #990066; text-decoration: none;">Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization</a>;</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 6px;">The Form I-765 application fee, regardless of their age; and</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 6px;">A copy of the receipt notice for the initial Form I-821 that is still pending.</li>
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WASHINGTON — The assertion of presidential power was remarkable in scale. With the flick of a pen just before Thanksgiving in 2014, <a class="meta-per" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_obama/index.html?inline=nyt-per" style="color: #326891;" title="More articles about Barack Obama">President Obama</a> ordered that nearly five million illegal immigrants be allowed to “come out of the shadows” and work legally in the United States.</div>
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Standing at the same lectern where he had announced the death of Osama bin Laden three years earlier, Mr. Obama insisted in a speech to the nation that his plan for immigrants was a fully legal response to a Republican-controlled Congress that had refused his plea for an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws.</div>
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But on Thursday, the <a class="meta-org" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/s/supreme_court/index.html?inline=nyt-org" style="color: #326891;" title="More articles about the U.S. Supreme Court.">Supreme Court</a> disagreed. In a 4-to-4 decision, the justices let stand a lower court ruling that Mr. Obama had overstepped his authority. The decision freezes the president’s actions for the balance of his term, leaving the future of the program — and millions of undocumented workers — in limbo.</div>
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<i>Click the link above to read the full article....</i></div>
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My personal view is that this was a very cowardly decision on the part of the US Supreme Court -- as evidenced by the fact that none of them wanted to sign it and so it was published as a one sentence Per Curiam opinion.</div>
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I doubt this will surprise anyone, still it is a good read.<br /><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><strong><em>U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE and U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY</em></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">The United States is establishing an in-country refugee/parole program in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to provide a safe, legal, and orderly alternative to the dangerous journey that some children are currently undertaking to the United States. This program will allow certain parents who are lawfully present in the United States to request access to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program for their children still in one of these three countries. Children who are found ineligible for refugee admission but still at risk of harm may be considered for parole on a case-by-case basis. The refugee/parole program will not be a pathway for undocumented parents to bring their children to the United States, but instead, the program will provide certain vulnerable, at-risk children an opportunity to be reunited with parents lawfully resident in the United States.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">Applications for this program are initiated in the United States. Beginning in December 2014, a parent lawfully present in the United States will be able to file Department of State form DS-7699 requesting a refugee resettlement interview for unmarried children under 21 in El Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras. Under certain circumstances, if the second parent resides with the child in the home country and is currently married to the lawfully present parent in the United States, the second parent may be added to the child’s petition and considered for refugee status, and if denied refugee status, for parole. Form DS-7699 must be filed with the assistance of a designated resettlement agency that works with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration to help resettle refugees in the United States. The form will not be available on the Department of State website to the general public and cannot be completed without the assistance of a Department of State-funded resettlement agency. These resettlement agencies are located in more than 180 communities throughout the United States. When the program is launched, the Department of State will provide information on how to contact one of these agencies to initiate an application.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">Once a form DS-7699 has been filed, the child in his/her home country will be assisted through the program by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which manages the U.S. Resettlement Support Center (RSC) in Latin America. IOM personnel from the RSC will contact each child directly and in the order in which the forms filed by lawfully present parents have been received by the U.S. Department of State. IOM will invite the children to attend pre-screening interviews in their country of origin in order to prepare them for a refugee interview with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DNA relationship testing will be required to confirm the biological relationship between the parent in the United States and the in-country child. After the IOM pre-screening interview but before the DHS interview, the lawfully present parent in the United States will be notified by IOM via the resettlement agency about how to submit DNA evidence of the relationship with their claimed child(ren) in El Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras. If DNA relationship testing confirms the claimed relationship(s), IOM will schedule the DHS refugee interview.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">DHS will conduct interviews with each child to determine whether he or she is eligible for refugee status and admissible to the United States. All applicants must complete all required security checks and obtain a medical clearance before they are approved to travel as a refugee to the United States. IOM will arrange travel for the refugee(s) to the United States. The parent of the child will sign a promissory note agreeing to repay the cost of travel to the United States. Approved refugees will be eligible for the same support provided to all refugees resettled in the United States, including assignment to a resettlement agency that will assist with reception and placement, and assistance registering children in school.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">Applicants found by DHS to be ineligible for refugee status in the United States will be considered on a case-by-case basis for parole, which is a mechanism to allow someone who is otherwise inadmissible to come to the United States for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit. An individual considered for parole may be eligible for parole if DHS finds that the individual is at risk of harm, he/she clears all background vetting, there is no serious derogatory information, and someone has committed to financially support the individual while he/she is in the United States. Those children and any eligible parent considered for parole will be responsible for obtaining and paying for a medical clearance. An individual authorized parole will not be eligible for a travel loan but must book and pay for the flight to the United States. Parole is temporary and does not confer any permanent legal immigration status or path to permanent legal immigration status in the United States. Parolees are not eligible for medical and other benefits upon arrival in the United States, but are eligible to attend school and/or apply for employment authorization. Individuals authorized parole under this program generally will be authorized parole for an initial period of two years and may request renewal.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">It is anticipated that a relatively small number of children from Central America will be admitted to the United States as refugees in FY 2015, given the anticipated December launch and the length of time it takes to be processed for U.S. refugee admission. Any child or parent admitted as a refugee will be included in the Latin America/Caribbean regional allocation of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, which is 4,000 for FY 2015. If needed, there is some flexibility within the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program to accommodate a higher than anticipated number from Latin America in FY 2015.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Designated Resettlement Agency in NH</b></div><br /><br />
<b>Ascentria Community Services, Inc.<br />
Address: 261 Sheep Davis Road, Suite A-1<br />
Concord, NH 03301<br />
Phone: 603-224-8111 Fax: 603-224-5473 </b><br /><br />
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Through this Notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) has designated Nepal for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for a period of 18 months, effective <i class="E-03">June 24, 2015</i> through December 24, 2016. Under section 244(b)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), <a class="usc external" href="http://api.fdsys.gov/link?collection=uscode&title=8&year=mostrecent&section=1254&type=usc&link-type=html" style="border: 0px; color: #015ba2; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.6000003814697px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">8 U.S.C. 1254</a>a(b)(1)(B), the Secretary is authorized to designate a foreign state (or any part thereof) for TPS upon finding that the foreign state has experienced an earthquake resulting in a substantial, but temporary, disruption of living conditions.</div>
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This designation allows eligible Nepalese nationals (and aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Nepal) who have continuously resided in the United States since June 24, 2015, and have been continuously physically present in the United States since <i class="E-03">June 24, 2015</i> to be granted TPS. This Notice also describes the other eligibility criteria applicants must meet.</div>
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Individuals who believe they may qualify for TPS under this designation may apply within the 180-day registration period that begins on <i class="E-03">June 24, 2015</i> and ends on December 21, 2015. They may also apply for Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) and for travel authorization. Through this Notice, DHS also sets forth the procedures for nationals of Nepal (or aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Nepal) to apply for TPS, EADs, and travel authorization with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).</div>
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<h1 class="title" style="background-color: white; color: #3f6281; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0.1em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0.2em 0px;"><div id="ct-title">Tips on Paying Your Immigrant Fee</div></h1><div class="clearfix" id="main-body" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;"><h2 style="color: #252525; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0.2em 0px;">Paying the Fee</h2><div style="margin-bottom: 15px;">If you are immigrating to the United States and will be admitted as a lawful permanent resident, you must pay a $165 USCIS Immigrant Fee. You must pay this fee online using the USCIS Electronic Immigration System (<a href="http://www.uscis.gov/node/42248" style="color: #990066; text-decoration: none;">USCIS ELIS</a>).</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px;">We strongly encourage you to pay this fee after you receive your immigrant visa packet from the U.S. embassy or consulate abroad (including Canada and Mexico) and before you depart for the United States. Paying before you depart for the United States will ensure that you receive your Permanent Resident Card (commonly referred to as a Green Card) without delay. However, you can also pay the USCIS Immigrant Fee after you immigrate to the United States. We will send your Green Card to you after you pay the fee.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px;">To pay the $165 fee in USCIS ELIS, you will need an online account. Once you have created your account, you can pay the fee by logging in to USCIS ELIS and selecting<strong>USCIS Immigrant Fee</strong> from the drop-down menu. You will need your Alien Number (A-Number) and Department of State (DOS) Case ID to pay the fee.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px;">You may pay for yourself and any family members who will live with you in the United States. Attorneys, accredited representatives and employers are not authorized to create a USCIS ELIS account on your behalf to pay the USCIS Immigrant Fee. Only you, as the immigrant, may open a USCIS ELIS account and pay the required fee to obtain your Green Card.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px;">You will receive an ADIT (Alien Documentation, Identification and Telecommunications) stamp (also known as a visa stamp) upon entering the United States. This stamp will serve as proof of your lawful permanent resident status for up to 1 year or until you receive your Green Card.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px;">To pay the USCIS Immigrant Fee through USCIS ELIS, you must provide the following:</div><ul style="list-style-position: outside; margin: 2px 5px 10px 25px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><li style="background: none; padding: 2px 0px;">Your A-Number and DOS Case ID (please visit <a href="http://www.uscis.gov/node/47276" style="color: #990066; text-decoration: none;">Tips on Finding Your A-Number and DOS Case ID</a> for more information);</li>
<li style="background: none; padding: 2px 0px;">The A-Numbers, DOS Case IDs and correct biographical information for each family member for whom you are paying the USCIS Immigrant Fee; and</li>
<li style="background: none; padding: 2px 0px;">Valid payment information. You must pay either with a valid credit or debit card or provide your bank routing and checking account numbers to have money taken directly from your U.S. bank account.</li>
</ul><div style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Please keep a copy of your receipt for your records. (To have an electronic confirmation sent to you, please provide your email address in the spaces provided when making your payment.)<br /> </div><h2 style="color: #252525; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0.2em 0px;">Finding Your A-Number and DOS Case ID</h2><div style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Visit <a href="http://www.uscis.gov/node/47276" style="color: #990066; text-decoration: none;">Tips on Finding Your A-Number and DOS Case ID</a> for instructions on where to find this information.<br /> </div><h2 style="color: #252525; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0.2em 0px;"><strong>Unp</strong>aid Fees</h2><div style="margin-bottom: 15px;">USCIS will not issue you a Green Card until we receive your Immigrant Fee payment. If you fail to pay your fee within 45 days, USCIS will send you a notice requesting payment. If you do not pay the fee within the time specified in the notice, you will not receive your Green Card..</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px;">==============================================================================</div></div>I think this has to be one of the dumbest inventions yet by USCIS. Making the immigrant go online and pay a fee by credit card. Explicitly stating that the attorney or accredited representative cannot do it for them. Many immigrants are very technically savvy and many have means and credit. But what about older parents of US citizens who may not understand computers, what about people who don't have computers or credit cards? What about the fact that the USCIS ELIS website is written in English?<br /><br />
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This is too diabolically bad to even be a mistake -- shame on you USCIS for setting this up this way.<br /><br />
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Drew Law Office, PLLC -- Immigration Lawyers Metro Manchester NH (603) 644-3739 or www.immigrationNH.com<div class="blogger-post-footer">News and opinions expressed here are not the immigration legal opinions or advice of Drew Law Office, PLLC -- www.drewpllc.com -- this blog is for general information purposes only and does not form an attorney/client relationship.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04688310748512930168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394605733001282046.post-34121123671120396632015-04-27T07:29:00.001-07:002015-04-27T07:31:07.879-07:00Think of Undocumented Immigrants as Parents, Not Problems - NYTimes.com<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/27/opinion/parents-first-undocumented-second.html?emc=edit_tnt_20150427">Think of Undocumented Immigrants as Parents, Not Problems - NYTimes.com</a><br /><br />
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<div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="482" data-total-count="482" id="story-continues-1" itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4375rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 135px; max-width: 540px; width: 532px;">LOS ANGELES — SOMETHING happened while the immigration system in the United States got broken, something that should change the way we talk about fixing it. Years went by, and nature took its course. More than 11 million unauthorized immigrants settled into our communities; many formed families and had children. Now at least one of every 15 children living in the United States has an unauthorized parent, and nearly all of those children are native-born United States citizens.</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="292" data-total-count="774" itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4375rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 135px; max-width: 540px; width: 532px;">Think of that statistic, one in 15, the next time you drive by a school or a playground. Think of those children living with the knowledge that the federal government can take their parents away. Common sense tells you that the threat of a parent’s deportation will exact a terrible price.</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="413" data-total-count="1187" id="story-continues-2" itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4375rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 135px; max-width: 540px; width: 532px;">Now it’s possible to get some measure of how big the cost is. In a <a href="http://trpi.org/pdfs/research_report.pdf" style="color: #326891;">recent report</a>, we assessed more than 50 research studies of the children of unauthorized immigrants conducted by scholars in a variety of fields. This growing body of work shows that fear and uncertainty breed difficulties that manifest themselves in delayed <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19394914" style="color: #326891;">cognitive development</a>, <a href="http://hjb.sagepub.com/content/32/3/341.abstract" style="color: #326891;">lower educational performance</a> and <a href="http://www.undocuscholars.org/undocuscholars-report.html" style="color: #326891;">clinical levels of anxiety</a>.</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="413" data-total-count="1187" id="story-continues-2" itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4375rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 135px; max-width: 540px; width: 532px;"><br /></div>-----------<br /><br />
click the link above to see the rest of this opinion piece in the NYTimes online<br /><br />
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<div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"><span style="background-color: white;">While we are waiting for expanded DACA and DAPA to be released from the Injunction ordered by a Federal Judge in Texas -- it is important to note that persons already granted deferred action under the initial DACA program need to start the renewal process well in advance of their employment authorization expiration date. See below</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"><span style="background-color: white;">From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services [mailto:uscis@public.govdelivery.com]</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2015 6:39 PM</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"><span style="background-color: white;">To:</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Subject: USCIS Message: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Renewal</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Dear Stakeholder,</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Please help us spread this message in immigrant communities:</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"><span style="background-color: white;">U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reminds recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Arrivals (DACA) that their current period of DACA and employment authorization could expire if they wait</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"><span style="background-color: white;">too long to request renewal.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"><span style="background-color: white;">We strongly encourage you to submit your renewal request 150 to 120 days before your current period of</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"><span style="background-color: white;">DACA and employment authorization will expire. Timely filing will help ensure USCIS has sufficient time</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"><span style="background-color: white;">to consider your request.</span></div><br /><br />
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