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Warning: If filing with USCIS, unexcused failure to appear for an appointment to provide biometrics (such as fingerprints) and

other biographical information within the time allowed may interrupt eligibility for work authorization and result in a dismissal of

your application or a referral to an immigration judge. Applicants and eligible dependents in removal proceedings who fail to

provide DHS with their biometrics or other biographical information as required within the time allowed, except for good cause,

may have their applications found abandoned by the immigration judge.

Was not apprehended at the time of entry after

Table of Contents

December 19, 1990.

Part I.

Who Is Eligible to Apply for

You may apply with USCIS only if you have also applied

Suspension of Deportation or Special

for asylum on or before February 16, 1996, and USCIS

Rule Cancellation of Removal Under

has not issued a final decision on your asylum application.

Section 203 of NACARA?

....................................2

Even if you have been placed in deportation or removal

Part II.

Eligibility to Be Granted Relief

..........................3

proceedings, you may still be eligible to apply with

USCIS if those proceedings have been administratively

Part III.

How to Complete the Application

......................4

closed under the ABC settlement agreement.

General Instructions

......................................................4

Translation of Documents

............................................4

To make an initial application before the Immigration

What is the Fee?

............................................................4

Court, you must be in deportation or removal proceedings.

Biometric Services for Applicants'

If you are described in this category, check (a) in Part 2

Fingerprints, Photograph and Signature

.......................6

of the attached form.

Part IV.

How to Apply Before USCIS

...............................6

Are You Eligible to Apply Before USCIS?

..................6

A Guatemalan national who:

ABC Class Members Who Have

First entered the United States on or before October 1,

Received a Final Order of Deportation.........................6

1990;

What to Include with Your Application

.......................7

Where to File the Application

......................................7

Registered for benefits under the ABC settlement

Interview Process

..........................................................7

agreement (American Baptist Churches v. Thornburgh,

F. Decision Process and Admission

760 F. Supp. 796 (N.D. Cal. 1991)) on or before

of Deportability or Inadmissibility................................8

December 31, 1991; and

Part V.

How to Apply With

Was not apprehended at the time of entry after

the Immigration Court

........................................8

December 19, 1990.

Part VI.

Supporting Documents

........................................9

You may apply with USCIS only if you have also applied

for asylum on or before January 3, 1995, and USCIS has

Part VII.

Employment Authorization ..............................10

not issued a final decision on your asylum application.

Part VIII.

Address Notification Requirement...................10

Even if you have been placed in deportation or removal

proceedings, you may still be eligible to apply with

USCIS if those proceedings have been administratively

Part I. Who Is Eligible to Apply?

closed under the ABC settlement agreement.

If you have not been convicted of an aggravated felony and if

To make an initial application before the Immigration

you are described in one of the following five categories, you

Court, you must be in deportation or removal proceedings.

are eligible to apply for suspension of deportation or special

If you are described in this category, check (a) in Part 2

rule cancellation of removal under section 203 of NACARA.

of the attached form.

You must be described in one of these categories to use this

form:

A Guatemalan or Salvadoran national who filed an

application for asylum on or before April 1, 1990.

A Salvadoran national who:

You may apply with USCIS only if USCIS has not issued

First entered the United States on or before

a final decision on your asylum application.

September 19, 1990;

To make an initial application before the Immigration

Registered for benefits under the ABC settlement

Court, you must be in deportation or removal proceedings.

agreement (American Baptist Churches v.

Thornburgh, 760 F. Supp. 796 (N.D. Cal. 1991)) on

If you are described in this category, check (b) in Part 2

or before October 31, 1991 (either by submitting an

of the attached form.

ABC registration form or by applying for temporary

protected status - TPS); and

Form I-881 Instructions 03/21/17 Y Page 2

Instructions For Form I-881 - Application For Suspension Of Deportation Or Special Rule Cancellation Of Removal (Pursuant To Section 203 Of Public Law 105-100 (Nacara)) Page 2

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