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INS Registration Requirements
Who could be detained?
WILL I BE DETAINED IF I REPORT FOR SPECIAL REGISTRATION?
YOU MUST NOT REPORT FOR SPECIAL REGISTRATION WITHOUT FIRST SPEAKING TO A LAWYER.
If INS believes you have violated your nonimmigrant status or if a name check produces a “hit,” you are likely to be detained by INS and placed in removal [deportation] proceedings
YOU MAY BE DETAINED FOR ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS
IF YOU REPORT FOR SPECIAL REGISTRATION
• You have overstayed your non-immigrant visa;
• You have worked without INS authorization;
• You have failed to obtain permission from INS to change from one school to another;
• You have failed to report for special registration;
• You have had any KIND OF CONTACT WITH THE POLICE;
• You have been arrested for a crime;
• You have had a temporary restraining order [TRO] issued against you;
• You have failed to appear for an INS court hearing or interview at any time since you arrived in the US;
• You have failed to appear in any court;
• You have previously been deported or granted voluntary departure from the United States;
• You failed to attend school after being admitted as a nonimmigrant student;
• You failed to attend the school you were admitted to attend;
• You have changed employers without obtaining another H-1 visa;
• You are no longer working for your H-1 employer;
• You have been laid off from your H-1 job;
• Your H-1 employer has gone out of business, was sold to another company or merged with another company;
• Your parent company has gone out of business outside the country;
• You entered the US with K-1 visa but didn’t get married
WHO DOES NOT HAVE TO REGISTER?
If you are in one of the following categories, you do not need to register:
• Citizen of the United States;
• Lawful Permanent Resident of the United States;
• Female citizen or national of the designated countries;
• Born after December 3, 1986 or later;
• Entered the United States without being inspected;
• Applied for asylum prior on or before November 22, 2002;
• Received a grant of asylum;
• Admitted to the United States as a Refugee;
• Hold an “A” or “G” visa;
Will be leaving the U.S. before January 10, 2003.
Source: National Lawyers Guild
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