FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONTACTED ME REQUESTING CLARIFICATION OF THE
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, PLEASE SEE THE INFORMATION BELOW:

The settlement affects the rights of the following two groups of immigrants
who are entitled to object to the proposed settlement: 

        A. All persons who believed they had a valid amnesty case (i.e. were
residing in the USA ILLEGALLY -NOT LEGALLY- before January 1, 1982) and
attempted to file a completed application and application fee with the
Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS"), or a Qualified Designated
Entity ("QDE"), between May 5, 1987, and May 4, 1988, but had the
application and fee refused because they had traveled outside of the United
States and returned with a visitor's visa, student visa, or any other type
of visa or travel document. 

        B. All persons who visited an INS or QDE office between May 5, 1987,
to May 4, 1988, to apply for legalization without a complete application and
fee but were informed by an INS officer or QDE employee that they were
ineligible for legalization because they had traveled outside of the United
States and returned with a visitor's visa, student visa, or any other type
of visa or travel document, or were refused by the INS or its QDEs
legalization forms on account of that travel, and for whom such information,
or inability to obtain the required application forms, was a substantial
cause of their failure to timely file or complete a written application. 

The settlement allows members of the two groups described above a period of
one year to apply for legalization under the 1986 IRCA.  The original
deadline was May 23, 2005.  This has now been extended to December 31, 2005.
Applicants who appear to be eligible for legalization will also be entitled
to temporary employment authorization. APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONFIDENTIAL AND
WILL NOT BE USED TO DEPORT APPLICANTS WHO ARE DENIED LEGALIZATION. 

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