Immigration

Good News for Haitians living in the US with TPS - The Department of Homeland Security just added an 18-months extension to the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for all Haitians living in the United States, The extended designation is effective Jan. 23, 2016, through July 22, 2017...

Breaking News -- The Dominican Republic is carrying out Mass deportations in the middle of the night... At Midnight Wednesday, 21 Haitians were dropped off at the Jimani-Malepasse border, 5 men, 8 women, 8 children including 4 newborn babies born in the Dominican Republic...

Haiti-Dominican Repatriation Update -- Reports are coming in from every corner of the Haiti-Dominican frontier about Haitians who were living in Dominican Republic returning home, many voluntarily, others are forced to leave...

As of Monday, some 3,500 people from Haiti and Zimbabwe who have been rejected as refugees lose all status in Canada... About 500 people marched Sunday afternoon in Montreal in support of people facing deportation to Haiti and Zimbabwe.

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..."