Deadlines Approaching For Re-Registration Under "Call-In" Special Registration Program

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DEADLINES APPROACHING FOR RE-REGISTRATION UNDER "CALL-IN" SPECIAL REGISTRATION PROGRAM
Immigrants' Rights Update, Vol. 17, No. 6, October 21, 2003

The "call-in" special registration program required certain male citizens or nationals of 25 countries who were inspected and admitted to the United States as nonimmigrants before Sept. 30, 2002, to report in person to an office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service during a specified period of time (for more details, see "DOJ Expands 'Call-In' Special Registration, Grants Extensions of the Registration Periods for All Groups," IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS UPDATE, Feb. 21, 2003).

The program also requires that these individuals re-register in person at an immigration office within 10 days of the yearly anniversary of their original registration. For example, an individual who registered on Nov. 25, 2002, would have to re-register between Nov. 15 and Dec. 5, 2003. Individuals subject to special registration are also required to register at a port of entry at the time they depart the U.S. The one-year re-registration requirement is now approaching for individuals who registered in Group I (certain nationals of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, and Syria, who were required to register between Nov. 15 and Dec. 16, 2002, or during an extension between Jan. 27 and Feb. 7, 2003) and Group II (certain nationals of Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Eritrea, Lebanon, Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Qatar, Somalia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen, who were required to register between Dec. 2, 2002, and Jan. 10, 2003, or during an extension between Jan. 27 and Feb. 7, 2003). Because the deadline for each individual subject to the program depends upon the date he or she registered, each person is subject to his or her own deadline.