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I-821, Application For Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
Use this form to apply or re-register for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) if you are an eligible
national of a designated country. Review our website for more information on countries designated
for TPS and registration dates.
Concurrent filing available
We will present Form I-765 for you to complete if you request an Employment Authorization
Document (EAD) when completing Form I-821. This will allow you to submit both forms at the same
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I-821, Application For Temporary
Protected Status (TPS)
If you are an eligible national of certain countries that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary)
has designated for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or a person without nationality who last
habitually resided in the designated country, then you may apply for TPS by filing Form I-821,
Application for Temporary Protected Status. This form is also used if you have TPS and are filing for
TPS re-registration.
Do not use Form I-821 to request Consideration Of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
Form I-821D must be used to request DACA.
Review our website for more information on countries currently designated for TPS and registration
dates.
Before You Start Your Application
Eligibility
To be eligible for TPS, you must be admissible to the United States as an immigrant
under the applicable grounds in INA section 212(a), with certain exceptions.
We may grant discretionary waivers of certain inadmissibility grounds for humanitarian
purposes, to assure family unity, or because it is otherwise in the public interest.
However, we cannot waive some inadmissibility grounds, by law, including certain
criminal grounds in INA sections 212(a)(2)(A-C) and national security, terrorism-related,
and persecution grounds in INA sections 212(a)(3)(A-C, E). If you are inadmissible on
grounds that can be waived, you may be able to obtain a discretionary waiver. If you are
re-registering for TPS and you were already granted a waiver of a ground of
inadmissibility in conjunction with your prior TPS application, you do not need to seek
another waiver for the same action, incident, or circumstance. For example, if on a prior
TPS application, USCIS previously granted you a waiver of the health ground of
inadmissibility because you had tuberculosis that was treated, you do not need to apply
for another waiver for that same health incident. However, you will need to file for a
waiver if you have contracted another communicable disease for which a waiver is
necessary.
Each person seeking TPS must apply for themselves on a separate Form I-821. There is
no derivative TPS status, meaning that your spouse, children or parents cannot obtain
TPS as a result of your approval for TPS. They must each qualify for TPS individually.
However, we may accept late initial TPS applications from certain individuals who had a
qualifying relationship to a spouse or child during the initial registration period for the
TPS-designated country and that relative is also currently eligible for TPS. Even where
such a relationship exists, the applicant must still meet all other TPS eligibility
requirements before we may grant TPS.
You may submit this form with Form I-765 online if you also want to request an
Employment Authorization Document (EAD). If you request an EAD in Form I-821, we will
add Form I-765 for you to complete a er you sign your Form I-821.
Note: If you were ever convicted of or ever committed a “particularly serious crime” that
constitutes a “danger to the community of the United States,” or there are serious
reasons for believing that you have committed “serious nonpolitical crimes” outside of
the United States before your arrival in this country, you cannot be granted TPS. We will
make the determination as to whether your crimes fall into either of these categories.
You must, however, provide information and, if available, any supporting documentation
on all crimes which you have committed or were convicted of in the United States or
outside of this country so that we can make an appropriate decision. If you believe that
any of your arrests or convictions were politically motivated, describe why in your
supplemental statements.
Fee
We will automatically calculate the cost for you before you submit your application. For
specific information about fees applicable to this form, see Form G-1055.
Refund policy: USCIS does not refund fees, regardless of any action we take on your
application, petition or request, or how long USCIS takes to reach a decision. By
continuing this transaction, you acknowledge that you must submit fees in the exact
amount and that you are paying the fees for a government service.
Please refer to the instructions for the form(s) you are filing for additional information or
you may call the USCIS Contact Center at 800-375-5283. For TTY (deaf or hard of hearing)
800-767-1833.
Documents you may need
We will automatically determine which documents you should provide us as you fill out
your application. At the time of filing, you must submit all evidence and supporting
documentation listed.
Biometric services appointment
USCIS may require that you appear for an interview or provide fingerprints, photograph,
and/or signature at any time to verify your identity, obtain additional information, and
conduct background and security checks, including a check of criminal history records
maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), before making a decision on
your application, petition, or request. A er USCIS receives your application and ensures
it is complete, we will inform you in writing or by email notice if you e-file your
application, if you need to attend a biometric services appointment. If an appointment is
necessary, the notice will provide you the location of your local or designated USCIS
Application Support Center (ASC) and the date and time of your appointment or, if you
are currently overseas, instruct you to contact a U.S. Embassy, U.S. Consulate, or USCIS
office outside the United States to set up an appointment.
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Track your case online
A er you submit your form, you can track its status through your USCIS account. Sign in
to your account o en to check your case status and read any important messages from
USCIS.
Respond to requests for information
If we need more information from you, we will send you a Request for Evidence (RFE) or
Request for Information (RFI). You can respond to our request and upload your
documents through your USCIS account.
Receive your decision
The decision on Form I-821 involves a determination of whether you have established
eligibility for the immigration benefit you are seeking. USCIS will notify you of the
decision in writing.
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Filing online
Submitting your application online is the same as mailing in a completed paper form.
They both gather the same information and cost the same.
Complete the Getting Started section first
You should answer all questions in the Getting Started section first so we can best
customize the rest of your online form experience.
Provide as many responses as you can
You should provide as many responses as you can. Incomplete fields or sections and
missing information can slow down the process a er you submit your form.
We will automatically save your responses
We will automatically save your information when you select next to go to a new page or
navigate to another section of the form. We will save your information for 30 days from
today, or from the last time you worked on the form.
How to continue filling out your form
A er you start your form, you can sign in to your account to continue your form.
DHS Privacy Notice
AUTHORITIES: The information requested on this application, and the associated evidence,
is collected under INA sections 101 and 244.
PURPOSE: The primary purpose for obtaining the requested information on this application
is to determine whether you have established eligibility for TPS, if you have not yet been
granted TPS. DHS will use the information you provide to grant or deny the benefit you are
seeking.
DISCLOSURE: The information you provide is voluntary. However, failure to provide the
requested information, including your Social Security number (if applicable), and any
requested evidence, may delay a final decision or result in denial of your application.
ROUTINE USES: DHS may, where allowable under relevant confidentiality provisions, share
the information you provide on this application and any additional requested evidence with
other Federal, state, local, and foreign government agencies and authorized organizations.
DHS follows approved routine uses described in the associated published system of records
notices [DHS/USCIS-001 - Alien File, Index, and National File Tracking System, DHS/USCIS-007
- Benefits Information System, and DHS/USCIS-018 Immigration Biometric and Background
Check System] and the published privacy impact assessment [DHS/USCIS/PIA-056 USCIS
Electronic Immigration System] which you can find at www.dhs.gov/privacy. DHS may also
share the information, as appropriate, for law enforcement purposes or in the interest of
national security.
Paperwork Reduction Act
An agency may not conduct or sponsor an information collection, and a person is not
required to respond to a collection of information, unless it displays a currently valid Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The public reporting burden for this
collection of information is estimated at 2.227 hours per response, including the time for
reviewing instructions, gathering the required documentation and information, completing
the application, attaching necessary documentation, and submitting the application. The
collection of biometrics, where required, is estimated to require 1 hour and 10 minutes. Send
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of
information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Office of Policy and Strategy, Regulatory Coordination Division
5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Mail Stop #2140
Camp Springs, MD 20588-0009
Do not mail your completed Form I-821 to this address.
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Your contact information
When and where you were born
Describe yourself
Where you have lived
Your immigration
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Email address
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State
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Is your current mailing address the same as your
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you will not be able to alter your date of birth when filling out Form I-765.
Please ensure you enter accurate information before proceeding.
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When and where you were born
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List all countries where you are currently a citizen or national. If you are
stateless, choose “Stateless.”
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When and where you were born
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When did you last enter the United States?
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Where did you last enter the United States?
Port of entry
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State
What was your immigration status when you last
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What is your Form I-94 Arrival-Departure Record
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What is your travel document number (if any)?
What country issued your most recent passport or
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What is the expiration date of your most recent
passport or travel document?
MM/DD/YYYY
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What type of proceedings were you in or are you
currently in? Select all that apply.
If your proceedings are ongoing, leave the “To” date blank. List any other
immigration proceedings in the “Additional Information” section. Include
the type of proceedings you were in, the dates, and the location.
Immigration court (before an immigration judge)
Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
I am no longer in Department of Justice (DOJ) or
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immigration
proceedings, but I am or was in Federal court
proceedings regarding immigration issues.
Where were your DOJ and/or DHS proceedings
held, or are currently being held (if applicable)?
When did the proceedings take place?
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currently in? Select all that apply.
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immigration proceedings in the “Additional Information” section. Include
the type of proceedings you were in, the dates, and the location.
Immigration court (before an immigration judge)
Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
I am no longer in Department of Justice (DOJ) or
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immigration
proceedings, but I am or was in Federal court
proceedings regarding immigration issues.
Where were your DOJ and/or DHS proceedings
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Where were your federal court proceedings
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currently being held (if applicable)?
When did the proceedings take place?
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the system will automatically add zero(s) a er the “A” and before the first
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Your Name
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When and where you were born
Describe yourself
Where you have lived
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What is your U.S. Social Security number?
I do not have or know my U.S. Social Security number.
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What is your USCIS Online Account Number?
Providing your unique USCIS Online Account Number (OAN) helps us
manage your account. You may already have an OAN if you previously filed
certain paper forms and received an Account Access Notice in the mail. You
can find the OAN at the top of the notice; it is not the same as an A-Number.
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What is your spouseʼs legal name?
Your spouseʼs legal name is the name on their birth certificate, unless it
changed a er birth by a legal action such as marriage or court order. Do not
provide a nickname here.
Marital status
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Given name (first name)
Your former spouses
Middle name
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What is your spouseʼs current mailing address?
My spouseʼs current mailing address is the same as my
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Street number and name
Address line 2
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City or town
State
ZIP code
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What is your spouseʼs A-Number?
My spouse does not have or know their A-Number.
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the system will automatically add zero(s) a er the “A” and before the first
digit so there is a total of 9 digits, for example: A-001234567.
What is your spouseʼs date of birth?
MM/DD/YYYY
On what date did you marry your spouse?
MM/DD/YYYY
Where were you and your spouse married?
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State/Province
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What is your former spouseʼs legal name?
Your children
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Your former spouseʼs legal name is the name on their birth certificate,
unless it changed a er birth by legal action such as marriage or court order.
Do not provide a nickname here.
Given name (first name)
Middle name
Family name (last name)
What are your former spouseʼs nationalities?
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What is your former spouseʼs A-Number?
My former spouse does not have or know their A-Number.
AProvide a 7, 8, or 9-digit number. If your A-Number is fewer than 9 digits,
the system will automatically add zero(s) a er the “A” and before the first
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What is your former spouseʼs date of birth?
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What is the date of your former spouseʼs death (if
deceased)?
MM/DD/YYYY
When were you married to your former spouse?
From (MM/DD/YYYY)
To (MM/DD/YYYY)
MM/DD/YYYY
MM/DD/YYYY
How did this marriage end?
Annulled
Divorced
Widowed
Other
Did your former spouse have TPS or do they
currently have TPS?
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No
I do not know
Is your former spouse currently applying for TPS
or re-registering for TPS?
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What is your childʼs current legal name?
Your children
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provide a nickname here.
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What is your childʼs date of birth?
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What is your childʼs current mailing address?
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State
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Number?
My child does not have or know their USCIS Online Account Number.
What is your childʼs A-Number?
My child does not have or know their A-Number.
AProvide a 7, 8, or 9-digit number. If your A-Number is fewer than 9 digits,
the system will automatically add zero(s) a er the “A” and before the first
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If your child had TPS or currently has TPS, enter
the dates of their TPS, if known.
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If any of the questions apply to you, please provide information about the
events, including the places and dates of occurrence. Provide a full
explanation of the circumstances related to the specific event. If you need
additional space to respond to a question, use the “Additional Information”
section.
Are you now the guardian of, and are you
accompanying, another individual who has been
found to be inadmissible and who has been
certified by a medical examiner to be helpless due
to sickness, physical or mental disability, or
infancy?
Yes
No
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Crime and offenses
Crime and offenses
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Do you now have a communicable disease of
public health significance?
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No
Do you now have or have you ever had a physical
or mental disorder and behavior (or a history of
behavior that is likely to recur) associated with the
disorder which has posed or may pose a threat to
the property, safety, or welfare of yourself or
others?
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If you have no nationality, enter the country where you last habitually
resided.
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What is your country of nationality?
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Affiliations page 3
Crime and offenses
Have you ever traveled to and entered a country
other than your country of nationality or last
habitual residence before you last entered the
United States?
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Immigration eligibility
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When were you in this country?
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MM/DD/YYYY
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if any?
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MM/DD/YYYY
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Have you ever been offered any immigration
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No
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immigration status you were offered, and the
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at any time a er you were deported or you
voluntarily departed?
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Has DHS reinstated your prior order of removal?
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Have you ever failed to attend or remain in
attendance at any immigration proceedings to
determine your admissibility or deportability?
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Has an immigration judge or the Board of
Immigration Appeals ever determined that you
filed a frivolous asylum application in the past?
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Have you ever, by fraud or willfully
misrepresenting a material fact, sought to obtain
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United States, or any other immigration benefit?
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Have you ever ordered, incited, assisted, or
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person on account of race, religion, nationality,
membership in a particular social group, or
political opinion?
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Have you ever ordered, incited, called for,
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participated in acts involving torture or genocide?
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Have you ever ordered, incited, called for,
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participated in killing any person?
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Have you ever ordered, incited, called for,
committed, helped with, or otherwise
participated in intentionally and severely injuring
any person?
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Have you ever or are you now engaged in terrorist
activities?
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Have you ever ordered, incited, called for,
committed, helped with, or otherwise
participated in any kind of sexual contact or
relations with any person who was being forced or
threatened?
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Have you ever ordered, incited, called for,
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any kind in which you or other persons used any
type of weapon against any person or threatened
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selling or providing weapons to any person who
to your knowledge used them against another
person, or in transporting weapons to any person
who to your knowledge used them against
another person?
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Have you ever received any type of military,
paramilitary, or weapons training?
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Have you ever recruited, enlisted, conscripted, or
used any person under 15 years of age to serve in
or help an armed force or group?
Yes
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Have you ever used any person under 15 years of
age to take part in hostilities or to help or provide
services to people in combat?
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Have you ever been responsible for or directly
carried out particularly severe violations of
religious freedom, as defined in section 3 of the
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22
U.S.C. section 6402) while serving as a foreign
government official?
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committed acts which constitute the essential
elements of a crime (other than a purely political
offense)?
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Have you ever been convicted of or have you ever
committed acts which constitute the essential
elements of a violation of any law relating to a
controlled substance as defined in section 102 of
the Controlled Substances Act?
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Have you ever been convicted of or have you ever
committed acts which constitute the essential
elements of a conspiracy to violate any law
relating to a controlled substance as defined in
section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act?
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Have you ever been convicted of two or more
criminal offenses (other than purely political
offenses) for which you received sentences to
confinement that, when combined, total five years
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Have you ever, whether in the United States or any
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Have you ever committed a serious criminal
offense in the United States and asserted
immunity from prosecution?
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Have you ever committed serious nonpolitical
crimes outside of the United States prior to your
arrival in the United States?
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to violate or evade any law prohibiting the export
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sensitive information?
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to violate any law of the United States relating to
espionage or sabotage?
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Have you ever engaged, or do you plan to engage,
solely, principally, or incidentally, in any activity in
which a purpose is to oppose, control, or
overthrow the Government of the United States
by force, violence, or other unlawful means,
including but not limited to participating in such
activities, giving support to others involved in
such activities, or being a member or
representative of a terrorist organization?
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Have you ever or are you now engaged in or plan
to engage in activities in the United States that
would have potentially serious adverse foreign
policy consequences for the United States?
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Have you ever or are you now engaged in
activities that could be reasonable grounds for
concluding that you are a danger to the security of
the United States?
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Within the previous five years, have you ever
obtained any financial or other benefit from the
unlawful activity of your spouse (including former
spouses) or parents, and you knew, or reasonably
should have known, that the financial or other
benefit was the product of such illicit activity?
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Have you ever, within the past 10 years, or are you
now engaged in prostitution or procurement of
prostitution?
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Have you ever, within the past 10 years (either
directly or indirectly) procured or attempted to
procure or import prostitutes or persons for the
purpose of prostitution?
Yes
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Have you ever, within the past 10 years, received,
in whole or in part, the proceeds of prostitution?
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Have you ever been or do you intend to be
involved in any other commercial vice?
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Are you now or have you ever been a drug abuser
or drug addict?
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citizen granted custody?
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Affiliations
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Have you ever committed or conspired to commit
human trafficking offenses, as defined in the
section 103 of the Victims of Trafficking and
Violence Protection Act of 2000, in the United
States or outside the United States?
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Have you ever knowingly aided, abetted, assisted,
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Within the previous five years, have you ever
obtained any financial or other benefit from the
human trafficking activity of your spouse
(including former spouses) or parents, and you
knew, or reasonably should have known, that the
financial or other benefit that you received
resulted from such human trafficking?
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Are you now or have you ever engaged in money
laundering as described in section 1956 or 1957 of
Title 18, United States Code?
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Are you now or have you ever been a knowing
aider, abettor, assister, conspirator, or colluder
with others in money laundering?
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Employment records (for example, pay stubs; Form W-2, Wage and Tax
Statement; certification of the filing of Federal income tax returns;
state verification of the filing of state income tax returns; letters from
employers; or, if you are self-employed, letters from banks and other
firms with which you have done business.)
NOTE: In all of these documents, your name and the name of the
employer or other interested organization must appear on the form or
letter, as well as relevant dates. Letters from employers must be in
affidavit form and the employer must also sign and attest to the
affidavit under penalty of perjury. Such letters must include:
Your address at the time of employment;
Exact periods of employment;
Periods of layoff; and
Duties with the company.
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explaining why you cannot obtain these records. Your employer must
sign and attest to the affidavit under penalty of perjury.
Rent receipts, utility bills (for example, gas, electric and phone), and
receipts or letters from companies showing the dates during which you
received service.
School records (for example, letters, and report cards) from the
schools that you or your children have attended in the United States,
showing the names of the schools and periods of school attendance.
Hospital or medical records concerning treatment or hospitalization of
you or your children, showing the name of the medical facility or
physician, and the dates of the treatment or hospitalization.
Attestations by churches, unions, or other organizations to your
residence, identifying you by name. The attestation must be signed by
an official (whose title is shown); show inclusive dates of membership;
state the address where you resided during membership periods;
include the seal of the organization impressed on the letter or the
letterhead of the organization, if the organization has letterhead
stationery; establish how the author knows you; and establish the
origin of the information being attested to.
Additional documents may include copies of money order receipts for
money sent in or out of the country; passport entries; birth certificates
of children born in the United States; dated bank transactions;
correspondence between you and another person or organization; U.S.
Social Security card; Selective Service card; automobile license
receipts, title, vehicle registration; deeds, mortgages, contracts to
which you have been a party; tax receipts; insurance policies; receipts;
and letters.
Any other relevant documents.
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