[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16163-16164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7678]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Immigration and Naturalization Service
[INS No. 1689-95; AG Order No. 1959-95]
RIN 1115-AC30
Extension of Designation of Liberia Under Temporary Protected
Status Program
AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization Service, Justice.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice extends, until March 28, 1996, the Attorney
General's designation of Liberia under the Temporary Protected Status
program provided for in section 244A of the Immigration and Nationality
Act, as amended (``the Act''). Accordingly, eligible aliens who are
nationals of Liberia, or who have no nationality and who last
habitually resided in Liberia, may re-register for Temporary Protected
Status and extension of employment authorization. This re-registration
is limited to persons who already registered for the initial period of
Temporary Protected Status, which ended on March 27, 1992. In addition
during the extension period, some aliens may be eligible for late
initial registration pursuant to 8 CFR 240.2(f)(2).
EFFECTIVE DATES: This extension of designation is effective on March
29, [[Page 16164]] 1995, and will remain in effect until March 28,
1996. Re-registration procedures become effective on March 29, 1995,
and will remain in effect until April 27, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ronald Chirlin, Senior Immigration Examiner, Immigration and
Naturalization Service, Room 3214, 425 I Street, NW., Washington, DC
20536, telephone (202) 514-5014.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 244A of the Act, as amended by
section 302(a) of Public Law 101-649 and section 304(b) of Public Law
102-232 (8 U.S.C. 1254a), the Attorney General is authorized to grant
Temporary Protected Status in the United States to eligible aliens who
are nationals for a foreign state designated by the Attorney General,
or who have no nationality and who last habitually resided in that
state. The Attorney General may designate a state, or a part thereof,
upon finding that the state is experiencing ongoing armed conflict,
environmental disaster, or certain other extraordinary and temporary
conditions that prevent nationals or residents of the country from
returning in safety.
Effective on March 27, 1991, the Attorney General designated
Liberia for Temporary Protected Status for a period of 12 months, 56 FR
12746. The Attorney General extended the designation of Liberia under
the Temporary Protected Status program for additional 12-month periods
until March 28, 1995, 59 FR 9997.
This notice extends the designation of Liberia under the Temporary
Protected Status program for an additional 12 months, in accordance
with sections 244A(b)(3) (A) and (C) of the Act. This notice also
describes the procedures with which eligible aliens who are nationals
of Liberia, or who have no nationality and who last habitually resided
in Liberia, must comply in applying for continuation of Temporary
Protected Status
In addition to timely re-registrations and late re-registrations
authorized by this notice's extension of Liberia's Temporary Protected
Status designation, late initial registrations are possible for some
Liberians under 8 CFR 240.2(f)(2). Such late initial registrants must
have been ``continuously physically present'' in the United States
since March 27, 1991, and must have had a valid immigrant or non-
immigrant status during the original registration period. For each
Application for Temporary Protected Status, Form I-821, filed for late
initial registration, a fee of fifty dollars ($50) is charged. An
Application for Employment Authorization, Form I-765, must be filed
together with Form I-821 in all cases. However, the fee prescribed in 8
CFR 103.7(b)(1) for Form I-765, which is currently seventy dollars
($70), is only charged if the alien requests employment authorization.
The filing fee is required when Form I-765 is filed as part of
either a re-registration or as part of a late initial registration for
Temporary Protected Status. This filing fee must accompany Form I-765
unless a properly documented fee waiver requests is submitted to the
Immigration and Naturalization Service or the applicant does not
request employment authorization.
Notice of Extension of Designation of Liberia Under the Temporary
Protected Status Program
By the authority vested in me as Attorney General under section
244A of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, (8 U.S.C.
1254a, and pursuant to sections 244A(b)(3) (A) and (C) of the Act, I
have had consultations with the appropriate agencies of the Government
concerning (a) the conditions in Liberia; and (b) whether permitting
nationals of Liberia, and aliens having no nationality who last
habitually resided in Liberia, to remain temporarily in the United
States is contrary to the national interest of the United States. As a
result, I determine that the conditions for the original designation of
Temporary Protected Status for Liberia continue to be met. Accordingly,
it is ordered as follows:
(1) The designation of Liberia under section 244A(b) of the Act is
extended for an additional 12-month period from March 29, 1995, to
March 28, 1996.
(2) I estimate that there are approximately 4,000 nationals of
Liberia, and aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided
in Liberia, who have been granted Temporary Protected Status and who
are eligible for re-registration.
(3) A national of Liberia, or an alien having no nationality who
last habitually resided in Liberia, who received a grant of Temporary
Protected Status during the initial period of designation from March
27, 1991, to March 27, 1992, must comply with the re-registration
requirements contained in 8 CFR 240.17, which are described in
pertinent part in paragraphs (4) and (5) of this notice.
(4) A national of Liberia, or an alien having no nationality who
last habitually resided in Liberia, who previously has been granted
Temporary Protected Status, must re-register by filing a new
Application for Temporary Protected Status, Form I-821, together with
an Application for Employment Authorization, Form I-765, within the 30-
day period beginning on March 29, 1995, and ending on April 27, 1995,
in order to be eligible for Temporary Protected Status during the
period from March 29, 1995, until March 28, 1996. Late re-registration
applications will be allowed for ``good cause'' pursuant to 8 CFR
240.17(c).
(5) There is no fee for the Form I-821 filed as part of the re-
registration application. The fee prescribed in 8 CFR 103.7(b)(1) will
be charged for the Form I-765, filed by an alien requesting employment
authorization pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of this
notice. An alien who does not request employment authorization must
file Form I-821 together with Form I-765 for information purposes, but
in such cases both Form I-821 and Form I-765 may be submitted without
fee.
(6) Pursuant to section 244A(b)(3)(A) and (C) of the Act, the
Attorney General will review, at least 60 days before March 28, 1996,
the designation of Liberia under the Temporary Protected Status program
to determine whether the conditions for designation continue to be met.
Notice of that determination, including the basis for the
determination, will be published in the Federal Register.
(7) Information concerning the Temporary Protected Status program
for nationals of Liberia, and aliens having no nationality who last
habitually resided in Liberia, will be available at local Immigration
and Naturalization Service offices upon publication of this notice.
Dated: March 23, 1995.
Janet Reno,
Attorney General.
[FR Doc. 95-7678 Filed 3-28-95; 8:45 am]
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