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TPS Application Drive in North Miami

Nick J — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:42:45 +0000

North Miami Mayor Andre D. Pierre, the North Miami Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) and The Haitian Lawyers Association, Inc. are hosting a FREE Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Application Drive for qualifying Haitian Nationals that live in the City of North Miami.

Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010
Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Location: Griffing Adult Center, 12220 Griffing Blvd North Miami, Florida

Haitian Lawyers Association members and volunteers will be available to help eligible Haitian Nationals seeking TPS to complete the required applications. To be granted TPS, the following requirements must be met:Be a national of Haiti- Arrived into the United States on or before January 12,10- Have continuously resided in the U.S. since arrival – Have not been convicted of any felony or two or more misdemeanors in the United States. For more information please call 305-895-9815 or 305-895-9818

Haiti Temporary Protected Status (TPS) applications

Nick J — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:37:54 +0000

The federal government will begin accepting Temporary Protected Status (TPS) applications on Thursday January 21, 2010, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas, whose agency will process the paperwork. Only Haitian nationals residing in the United States prior to the January 12, 2010 Earthquake will be approved. The USCIS will try to waive the near $500 application fee but there are no guarantees.

The proper forms needed to apply for TPS are:

* I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status
* I-765, Application for Employment Authorization

Both forms are required even if you don’t want the employment authorization. Lets get real here, who would be in a TPS qualified situation and be crazy not to file the employment authorization. Based on my experiences in the past, without the employment authorization, you can’t get a driver’s license.

Get your application in now. Application reviews will be put on the fast track and federal immigration officials are predicting that up to 200,000 Haitians could apply for Temporary Protected Status, which would keep them from being deported. Haitians approved will be allowed to stay in the United States for 18 months.

As with anything dealing with immigration, most Haitians who apply will likely be approved unless they’ve committed a serious crime.

TPS granted to illegal Haitians living in the U.S

Nick J — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:40:43 +0000

“The Obama administration extended a special immigration status on Friday to Haitians living illegally in the United States, protecting them from deportation for 18 months and allowing them to work here.” – The New York Times

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano estimated that there are 100,000 to 200,000 Haitian nationals currently in the country illegally. – ABC News

Haiti now joins El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Sudan on the list of countries whose citizens have temporary protected status in the U.S.