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SPECIAL CALL-IN REGISTRATION PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN NONIMMIGRANTS

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(Call-In Group 3, Federal Register Notice – December 18, 2002)

THIS NOTICE IS FOR YOU

  • If you are a national or citizen of Pakistan or Saudi Arabia 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 January 13, 1987, and  

  • If you did not have an application for asylum pending on December 18, 2002, 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 February 21, 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 January 13, 2003 and February 21, 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 January 20, 2003, you would report back between January 10 and January 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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Last Updated: December 30, 2002