[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR244.2]

[Page 480]
 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
      CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (IMMIGRATION AND 
                             NATURALIZATION)
 
PART 244_TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR NATIONALS OF DESIGNATED 
STATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  244.2  Eligibility.

    Except as provided in Sec. Sec.  244.3 and 244.4, an alien may in 
the discretion of the director be granted Temporary Protected Status if 
the alien establishes that he or she:
    (a) Is a national, as defined in section 101(a)(21) of the Act, of a 
foreign state designated under section 244(b) of the Act;
    (b) Has been continuously physically present in the United States 
since the effective date of the most recent designation of that foreign 
state;
    (c) Has continuously resided in the United States since such date as 
the Attorney General may designate;
    (d) Is admissible as an immigrant except as provided under Sec.  
244.3;
    (e) Is not ineligible under Sec.  244.4; and
    (f)(1) Registers for Temporary Protected Status during the initial 
registration period announced by public notice in the Federal Register, 
or
    (2) During any subsequent extension of such designation if at the 
time of the initial registration period:
    (i) The applicant is a nonimmigrant or has been granted voluntary 
departure status or any relief from removal;
    (ii) The applicant has an application for change of status, 
adjustment of status, asylum, voluntary departure, or any relief from 
removal which is pending or subject to further review or appeal;
    (iii) The applicant is a parolee or has a pending request for 
reparole; or
    (iv) The applicant is a spouse or child of an alien currently 
eligible to be a TPS registrant.
    (3) Eligibility for late initial registration in a currently 
designated foreign state shall also continue until January 15, 1999, for 
any applicant who would have been eligible to apply previously if 
paragraph (f)(2) of this section as revised had been in effect before 
November 16, 1998.
    (g) Has filed an application for late registration with the 
appropriate Service director within a 60-day period immediately 
following the expiration or termination of conditions described in 
paragraph (f)(2) of this section.

[63 FR 63595, Nov. 16, 1998]