Designation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status
Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix
Policy effect
Designated Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, providing protection from deportation/removal and employment authorization to eligible Haitian nationals continuously residing in the US since January 12, 2010.
Conditions and exceptions
Validated condition or limit: Designated Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, providing protection from deportation/removal and employment authorization to eligible Haitian nationals continuously residing in the US since January 12, 2010.
Official source excerpt
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Under this designation, Haitian nationals (and aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Haiti) who have continuously resided in the United States since January 12, 2010, and who remain in continual physical presence in the United States from the effective date of the notice, may apply for TPS within the 180-day registration period that begins on the date of publication of the notice. These nationals also may apply for employment authorization documents and for permission to depart from and return to the United States.
Review method
Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews
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Other United States changes operative in 2010
- 2010-01-04HIV-based inadmissibility and required immigration HIV testing removed
- 2010-01-08USCIS Guidance on Determining Employer-Employee Relationship in H-1B Petitions
- 2010-03-15Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Aliens in the United States
- 2010-03-31Deferred Enforced Departure and Employment Authorization Extension for Liberians
- 2010-04-05incorporates the exemption for facilities in Guam, the CNMI, and the Virgin Islands from certain cost reporting criteria necessary for H-1C eligibility under sec.
- 2010-07-06Extension of the Designation of Nicaragua for Temporary Protected Status and Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documentation
- 2010-08-13Border Security Supplemental H-1B Nonimmigrant Fee Surcharge
- 2010-08-13Border Security Supplemental L-1 Nonimmigrant Fee Surcharge
- 2010-11-23Humanitarian parole applications made eligible for hardship fee waivers
- 2010-11-23Military members and veterans exempted from citizenship certificate application fees
- 2010-11-23Refugee travel-document application fees reduced under the 2010 USCIS fee schedule
- 2010-11-30International Adoption Simplification Act of 2010