Executive Office for Immigration Review: Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act; aliens filing abbreviated motion to reopen cases; deportation suspension and removal cancellation,

[Federal Register: July 26, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 142)]

[Notices]

[Page 40389-40390]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Executive Office for Immigration Review

[AG Order No. 2234-99]

RIN 1125-AA23

Motion To Reopen: Suspension of Deportation and Cancellation of Removal

AGENCY: Executive Office for Immigration Review, Justice.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice relates to certain aliens who filedan abbreviated motion to reopen their cases, on or before September 11, 1998, in order to apply for benefits under section 203(c) of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA). A deadline to complete the motion to reopen has been set. The 150-day period for the submission of an application of suspension of deportation or cancellation of removal began June 21, 1999, and ends (150 days from the June 21, 1999, effective date of INS Rule No. 1915-98, RIN 1115-AF14).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For matters relating to the Executive Office for Immigration Review--Charles Adkins-Blanch, Acting General Counsel, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Suite 2400, 5107 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Virginia 22041, telephone (703) 305-0470. For matters relating to the Immigration and Naturalization Service-- Mary Giovagnolia, Associate General Counsel, Immigration and Naturalization Service, 425 I Street, NW, Washington, DC 20536, telephone (202) 514-2895.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

To Whom Does This Notice Apply?

This notice applies to those aliens who filedan abbreviated NACARA motion to reopen by September 11, 1998, as provided in 63 FR 31890 (June 11, 1998).

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What Does This Notice Do?

This notice clarifies the deadline to submit an application for suspension of deportation or special rule cancellation of removal and supporting documentation to complete a NACARA motion to reopen. Initially, the Department established a February 8, 1999, deadline for eligible aliens to submit the application for suspension of deportation or special rule cancellation of removal and all the accompanying documentation in support of the NACARA motion to reopen. See 63 FR 31890, 31895 (June 11, 1998). In the final NACARA motion to reopen rule, the Department extended the deadline to complete a NACARA motion to reopen to 150 days after the rule implementing section 203 of NACARA becomes effective. See 64 FR 13663 (March 22, 1999). The rule implementing section 203 of NACARA was published on May 21, 1999, and the effective date is June 21, 1999. This notice will alert those eligible aliens that the 150-day period to complete the NACARA motion to reopen has started to run.

When Is the Deadline to Complete a NACARA Motion To Reopen?

The final motion to reopen rule requires an applicant to submit his or her application and accompanying documentation no later than 150 days after the rule implementing section 203 of NACARA becomes effective. The rule implementing section 203 of NACARA became effective June 21, 1999. Accordingly, all suspension of deportation and special rule cancellation of removal applications and accompanying documentation needed to complete a properly filedNACARA motion to reopen must be filedby (150 days from the June 21, 1999, effective date of INS Rule No. 1915-98, RIN 1115-AF14).

Dated: July 15, 1999. Janey Reno, Attorney General.

[FR Doc. 99-18930Filed7-23-99; 8:45 am]

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