Immigration Benefits Sixteenth Report Required By The Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act Of 1998 PDF Download

As of September 30, 2001, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) had received a total of 35,946 HRIFA applications and had approved 5,072 of these applications. The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) had 130 applications filed and had approved 87 of them. Details on the categories of the applicants and approvals are provided in this report. This letter responds to certain requirements of the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (HRIFA) that authorized certain Haitian nationals and their dependents to apply to adjust their status to legal permanent residence. Section 902(k) of the act requires the Comptroller General to report every 6 months on the number of Haitian nationals who have applied and been approved to adjust their status to legal permanent residence. The reports are to contain a breakdown of the numbers who applied and the number who were approved as asylum applicants, parolees, children without parents, orphaned children, or abandoned children; or as the eligible dependents of these applicants, including spouses, children, and unmarried sons or daughters.