For information on the above-mentioned subject, please refer to the attached letter prepared by the embassy of the United States and sent to the DIRB in Ottawa on 8 April 1994 as well as to the documents that the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) sent to the DIRB in Ottawa on 15 April 1994.

According to an information officer of the INS, the process to assess whether an applicant can reacquire permanent resident status in the United States could take several months (31 Mar. 1994). During this period, the applicant is not entitled to exercise any right conferred to a citizen or a permanent resident of the United States (ibid.).

For further information on the rights of permanent residents in the United States, please refer to Response to Information Request USA14251 of 26 May 1993.

This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), Washington, DC. 30 March 1994. Telephone interview with information officer.

Embassy of the United States of America, Ottawa. 8 April 1994. Letter sent to the DIRB, Ottawa.

United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). 15 April 1994. Information packaged faxed to the DIRB, Ottawa.