This module provides information on how Orders of Protection can result in negative immigration consequences for defendants.
Order of Protection Registry
The Process for Immigration Referrals
- US Citizen and Immigration Services may seek access to the NYS Order of Protection Registry.
- USCIS can gather Family Court Orders of Protection because their databases are connected to the NYS Order of Protection Registry.
- Immigration authorities use this information to determine if a person should be removed from the United States.
How Does Immigration Know?
- After a Criminal Court, Supreme Court or Family Court issues a temporary or permanent Order of Protection, the information is shared with the NY Order of Protection Registry which is then shared with the FBI Database.
- Federal immigration authorities (including ICE and USCIS) can access this FBI database.
Fingerprint Collection
- Any time immigration authorities fingerprint an individual, they gain access to information in the NY Order of Protection Registry.
Immigrants are Fingerprinted During:
- Applications for immigration benefits
- Applications for relief from deportation
- Deportation proceedings
- International travel
Immigration authorities use this information to determine if a person should be removed from the U.S., granted an immigration benefit or relief from deportation, or allowed to reenter the U.S. after travel abroad.
