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U.S. Department of Justice
Application for Cancellation of Removal and Adjustment
Executive Office for Immigration Review
of Status for Certain Nonpermanent Residents
4. REQUIRED BIOMETRIC AND BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.
Each applicant 14 years of age or older must also comply with the requirement to supply biometric and biographic infor-
mation. You will be given instructions on how to complete this requirement. You will be notified in writing of the loca-
tion of the Application Support Center (ASC) or the designated Law Enforcement Agency where you must go to provide
biometric and biographic information. You will also be given a date and time for the appointment. It is important to fur-
nish all the required information. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in a delay in your application or in
your application being deemed abandoned and dismissed by the Immigration Court.
5. TRANSLATIONS.
Any document in a foreign language must be accompanied by an English language translation and a certificate signed by
the translator stating that he/she is competent to translate the document and that the translation is true and accurate to the
best of the translator's abilities. Such certification must be printed legibly or typed.
6. PHOTOGRAPHS.
Unless you are incarcerated or detained in a facility which prevents your compliance with this instruction, you must sub-
mit two glossy, unretouched, color photographs of yourself taken within 30 days of the date of this application. These
photos must have a white background and must not be mounted. The dimension of your facial image in the photograph
should be about one (1) inch from the chin to the top of your hair and you should be shown in full frontal/passport-style
view with your eyes open. Using a pencil or felt pen, you should lightly print your name and alien registration number
on the back of each photograph.
7. FEES.
Before you file your Form EOIR-42B with the Immigration Court, you must pay the required $100 filing fee and the
biometrics fee to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Evidence of payment of these fees in the form of a copy
of the DHS, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) ASC notice of fee receipt and biometrics appointment
instructions must accompany your Form EOIR-42B. These fees will not be refunded, regardless of the action taken on
your application. Therefore, it is important that you read the advice, instructions, and application carefully before
responding. If you are unable to pay the filing fee, you may ask the Immigration Judge to permit you to file your
Form EOIR-42B without fee (fee waiver).
All fees must be submitted in the exact amount. Remittance may be made by personal check,
DO NOT SEND CASH.
cashier's check, certified bank check, bank international money order, or foreign draft drawn on a financial institution in
the United States and payable to the "Department of Homeland Security'' in United States currency. If the applicant
resides in the Virgin Islands, the check or money order must be payable to the "Commissioner of Finance of the Virgin
Islands." If the applicant resides in Guam, the check or money order must be made payable to the "Treasurer, Guam."
Personal checks are accepted subject to collectibility. An uncollectible check will render the application and any docu-
ments issued pursuant thereto invalid. A charge of $30.00 will be imposed if a check in payment of a fee is not honored
by the bank on which it is drawn. When the check is drawn on an account of a person other than the applicant, the name
and alien registration number of the applicant must be entered on the face of the check. All checks must be drawn on a
bank located in the United States.
8. SERVING & FILING YOUR APPLICATION.
A.
You must first comply with the DHS instructions for providing biometric and biographic information to
USCIS, which involves sending a copy of the application to the appropriate USCIS Service Center. The
DHS instructions also address payment of the application fees.
B.
You must then serve the following documents on the Assistant Chief Counsel for DHS, U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE):
Form EOIR-42B
Revised July 2014