Hias Explains Necessary Steps for Deported Aliens Seeking Re-entry to U.S.

The steps to be taken by aliens seeking readmission to the United States after deportation, under the new measure granting the Secretary of Labor discretion to permit applications for reentry on the part of aliens, are made known in a statement made public today by the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society.

Application for permission to reapply for admission into the United States cannot be made until one year from the time the alien was deported or left this country voluntarily under order of deportation, according to the Hias. After that year he must apply by an affidavit, stating that he was deported or ordered deported, the reason therefore and the date, to which country he has gone, where he has lived and what he has been doing, and if employed, in what capacity and by whom. Any special reasons why he believes the Secretary of Labor should grant him permission to reapply must be stated. It is well to attach to this affidavit other affidavits or letters from persons in this country or abroad testifying to his character, conduct, and qualifications and the reasons why he should return to the United States.

“After the Secretary of Labor has granted the permission to reapply, the applicant must go to the nearest American consul for a visa just as an ordinary alien who never came to America before,” says the statement.

Hias has instructed its offices and affiliated organizations to be of assistance to such deported aliens and to help them to prepare the necessary documents of which there should be two copies, one for the Secretary of Labor and the other for the Hias files. The Hias makes known that through its Washington bureau it will intervene on behalf of every alien entitled to receive permission to reapply.