Instructions For Form I-881, Application For Suspension Of Deportation Or Special Rule Cancellation Of Removal printable pdf download

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Department of Homeland Security

I-881, Application for Suspension of Deportation or

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Special Rule Cancellation of Removal

Department of Justice

(Pursuant to Section 203 of Public Law 105-100, NACARA)

U.S. Executive Office for Immigration Review

Instructions

Read these instructions carefully to properly complete this form. If you need more space to complete an answer, use a separate

sheet of paper. Write your name and Alien Registration Number (A-Number), if any, at the top of each sheet of paper and

indicate the section and number of the item to which the answer refers.

These instructions are presented in eight parts:

What Is the Purpose of This Form?

Part I explains who is eligible to apply for suspension of

This form is to be used by any alien eligible to apply for

deportation or special rule cancellation of removal under

suspension of deportation or special rule cancellation of

section 203 of NACARA.

removal under section 203 of Public Law 105-100, the

Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act

Part II explains eligibility in order to be granted

(NACARA 203).

NACARA relief.

Part III explains how to complete this application.

You may use this form only if:

Part IV explains how to apply before the U.S.

You are a national of El Salvador or Guatemala; or

Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S.

Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

On December 31, 1991, you were a national of the Soviet

Union, Russia, any Republic of the former Soviet Union

Part V explains how to apply before the Immigration

(including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,

Court.

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan,

Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan), Latvia, Estonia,

Part VI contains information regarding the types of

Lithuania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hungary,

supporting documents you must submit with your

Bulgaria, Albania, East Germany (German Democratic

application to show that you are eligible for NACARA

Republic), Yugoslavia, or any former state of Yugoslavia

relief.

(including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo,

Part VII contains information about employment

Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, and Serbia); or

authorization.

You are the spouse, child, or unmarried son or unmarried

Part VIII contains information about change of address

daughter of one of the above described nationals. In

notification requirements.

addition, you must meet the other requirements

explained in these instructions. Certain individuals who

Read these instructions carefully. The instructions will help

have been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty, or

you complete your application and understand how it will be

whose child has been battered or subjected to extreme

processed.

cruelty, may also use this form if they meet the criteria

outlined in Part I of these instructions.

WARNING: Applicants who are in the United States

illegally are subject to deportation or removal if their

If you are in immigration proceedings before the Executive

suspension of deportation or special rule cancellation of

Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) and are not eligible

removal claims are not granted by a asylum officer or an

to apply for suspension of deportation or special rule

immigration judge. Any information provided in completing

cancellation of removal under section 203 of NACARA,

this application may be used as a basis for the institution of,

you must use Form EOIR-40, Application for Suspension

or as evidence in, deportation or removal proceedings, even

of Deportation (if you are in deportation proceedings), or

if the application is later withdrawn. If you have any

Form EOIR-42B, Application for Cancellation of Removal

concerns about this, you must consult with an attorney or

and Adjustment of Status for Certain Nonpermanent

representative before you submit this application to USCIS

Residents (if you are in removal proceedings).

or EOIR.

Form I-881 Instructions 03/21/17 Y Page 1

Instructions For Form I-881, Application For Suspension Of Deportation Or Special Rule Cancellation Of Removal

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