Immigration

There is a big constitutional issue in Haiti over Nationality and I think some very smart people are confusing "Nationality" with "Citizenship"... QUESTION: Do Haitians loose their Nationality when they become a U.S. Citizens?

The Haitian boat people phenomenon has claimed 21 lives this week... 50 Haitians got on a boat in Borgne, Northern Haiti, hoping to get to Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. The wooden boat capsized, 21 people died and 17 others are missing...

Great news for Haitians waiting to bring family to the United States... Starting in 2015 The Department of Homeland Security will reduce the time it takes for Haitians who are already approved for a Green Card to join family members in the United States and become legal permanent residents...

Some good news for Haitians with TPS in the USA... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is extending the re-registration deadline from May 2, 2014 to July 22, 2014 for Haitian nationals who have already been granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and seek to maintain that status for an additional 18 months.

If you need a Haitian passport done between 21-25 Apr 2014 you are out of luck... There has been an interruption in Haitian passport production because Haiti's Department of Immigration and Emigration (DIE) is in the process of upgrading and modernizing their system in order to meet international standards...

Haiti is launching a new program to register Haitian immigrants who live without documentation in the Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos Island, and "other countries where Haitian immigrants live..."

Direktion general imigrasyon nan Sen Domeng (DGM) fè konnen ke yon pat depote pyes Haitien aprè sa kite pase nan Neyba-a.... Dapre otorite yo, 172 Haitiens te mande èd yo pou yo te retounen nan peyi yo, Haiti, volontairement...

As you are probably aware, officials from Haiti and the Dominican Republic met in Venezuela for talks regarding the Sept. 23 ruling by the Dominican Republic's Constitutional Court to strip Domincans of Haitian decent off their citizenship... So what came out of that meeting? Here's what I know...

Let me ask you a question: How simple (or complex) is it for an average Haitian citizen living in Haiti to apply for a Haitian Passport for the first time? What exactly do you need? How much does it cost? Some people seem to think it is not that simple... Is it???

There is an online petition to CARICOM Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque about the ruling to deny citizenship to thousands of children, women and men of Haitian origin in the Dominican Republic by Concerned Caribbean Citizens