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ADC Update
Five More Countries Added to INS List
January 17, 2003
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The United States Department of Justice has announced another
expansion of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) special call-in
registration requirements to include five additional countries
(group4).
The new expansion increases the total number of countries covered by
special registration to 25; 24 of which are Arab or Muslim.
The new, group 4, countries include Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, and Kuwait. Men over the age of 16 (born on or before
February 24, 1987) who entered the United States on non-immigrant visas on or
before September 30, 2002 and who plan to remain in the United
States at least until March 28, 2003, are required to register with the INS
between February 24 and March 28, 2003. The following
information about group 4 requirements was provided by the INS:
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SPECIAL CALL-IN REGISTRATION PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN NONIMMIGRANTS
(Call-In Group 4, Federal Register Notice – January 16, 2003)
THIS NOTICE IS FOR YOU
If you are a national or citizen of Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, or Kuwait and were inspected by the Immigration and
Naturalization Service and last admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant on or before September 30, 2002; and
If you are a male, born on or before February 24, 1987, and If you
did
not have an application for asylum pending on January 16, 2003, or
if you are not otherwise exempt as described in the attached questions
and answers; and If you will be in the United States at least until
March 28, 2003.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
1. You must come to a designated INS office to be registered (photographed, fingerprinted, and interviewed under oath) between
February 24, 2003 and March 28, 2003.
2. If you remain in the United States for more than 1 additional
year, you must report back to a designated INS office within 10 days of
the anniversary of the date on which you first registered. For example,
if
you were registered March 20, 2003, you would report back between
March 10 and March 30, 2004.
3. If you change your address, employment, or educational
institution, you must notify the INS in writing within 10 days of the change,
using
Form AR-11 SR.
4. If you leave the United States, you must appear in person before
an INS inspecting officer at one of the designated ports and leave the
United States from that port on the same day.
IT IS VITAL THAT YOU COMPLY
If you do not follow these procedures, you may be considered to be
out of status and deportable. You may be subject to arrest, detention,
fines and/or removal from the United States. Any future application
for an immigration benefit from the United States may be adversely impacted. If you do not properly exit through a designated port, any
future attempts to reenter the United States may be impacted.
Decisions will be made on an individual basis, depending on the circumstances
of each case.
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