1. Virgina & Ambinder LLP
2. Cullen and Dykman LLP
3. Mark & Suzanne Colodny
1. Michael J. Holland, Esq. and Patricia Holland
2. Cuti Hecker Wang LLP
3. Levy Ratner, P.C.
4. Pechman Law Group PLLC
5. Cohen, Weiss and Simon LLP
Our 4th Annual Sunset Reception is scheduled for Thursday, June 21, at the Pierrepont House in Brooklyn. Fill out the form below to reserve your ticket.
4th Annual Sunset
A Reception with Catholic Migration Services
to benefit Catholic Migration Services and further its mission
honoring
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.
Pierrepont House
55 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn NY 11201
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Contact:
Lauren McCormack
(718) 965-7375 ext. 1628
LMccormack@catholicmigration.org
Catholic Migration Services is deeply troubled and saddened by the Trump administration’s lack of commitment to immigrant youth. On September 5th 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Trump administration was rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). DACA was a program put in place by President Obama to protect young people from deportation if they had been brought to the U.S. as children, and to enable them to lawfully work. An estimated 800,000 children and young adults across the country applied for, and were granted DACA status. These DACA recipients have been able to finish school and obtain jobs, contribute to our economy and communities, and live without the constant fear of deportation.
For more information on the government’s termination of the DACA program and what it means to current DACA recipients, see our fact sheets in English and Spanish. For advice or assistance with DACA renewal applications, please call us at (718) 236-3000 (Brooklyn) or (347) 472-3500 (Queens).
TPS is a temporary legal status granted to Haitian nationals. Temporary Protected Status also offers Haitian nationals the opportunity to apply for work authorization, which permits them to work legally in the United States.
TPS must be renewed every 18 months. Haitian nationals must renew their TPS NO LATER than July 24, 2017. Upon renewal, TPS will be extended until July 22, 2018.
This renewal period is open ONLY to Haitian nationals who currently have TPS. With rare exceptions, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is NOT accepting new TPS registrations.
The basic eligibility requirements to renew Haitian TPS are:
– Applicant must be a Haitian national
– Applicant must have entered the U.S. prior to January 12, 2011
– Applicant must have resided in the U.S. continuously before or since January 12, 2011
– Applicant must have been approved for TPS previously (either in 2010, and timely re-registered in 2011 OR in 2011)
– Male applicants 18 years or older must be registered with Selective Service
The USCIS fees for Haitian TPS renewal are:
– $465, for applicant 14 years or older applying for employment authorization
– $85, for applicant 14 years or older not applying for employment authorization
– $380, for applicant under 14 years applying for employment authorization
– $0, for applicant under 14 years not applying for employment authorization
Fee waivers are available under certain circumstances.
Catholic Migration Services provides legal representation before USCIS to all Haitian TPS applicants we serve.
If you would like more information, or if you are a Haitian national and need to re-register your TPS, please call our Brooklyn office at 718-236-3000 or our Queens office at 347-472-3500 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Click here for information about Haitian TPS in Kreyòl Ayisyen.
Article written by Deacon Paul Dorsinville, Health Education Coordinator and Kimberley Kearns, Public Ally/Capacity Building Specialist
Special thanks to the Legal Aid Society’s Immigration Law Unit for information.
RSVP NOW for the 2016 Shining Star Award Dinner and celebrate the 45th Anniversary of Catholic Migration Services!
Dinner 1 will be held Friday, October 14, 2016, and will honor Shining Stars from the following ministries: Czech/Slovak, Korean, Vietnamese, Ghanaian, Indonesian, Nigerian, Irish, Mexican, Colombian, West Indian, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Ecuador and Cuban. The dinner will start at 6:30 and will be held at Gargiulo’s on Coney Island.
Dinner 2 will be held Friday, October 21, 2016, and will honor Shining Stars from the following ministries: Polish, Ukranian, Russian, Croatian, Italian, Chinese, Indian Latin Rite, Lithuanian, Filipino, Pakistani, Brazilian, Guatemala, Haitian and African-American. The dinner will start at 6:30 and will be held at Gargiulo’s on Coney Island.
