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</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" height="990"> <blockquote> <div align="left"> <div style="WIDTH: 687px; HEIGHT: 5139px"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p></o:p></span> <div class="story_item_info"> <div class="story_item_date"><strong></strong></div></div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><font size="2" face="Arial"> <h2 id="print-link-container">&nbsp;</h2> <h2 class="story_item" align="left"><img style="WIDTH: 164px; HEIGHT: 167px" border=0 hspace=0 src="images/Baldeo_pic_1_15.jpg" width=400 height=320><span class=date><font id="ecxrole_document" color="#000000" size=2><strong><u></h2> <div><strong><u></u></strong>&nbsp;</div> <div> <h1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><u><font face="Times New Roman">UNITED COMMUNITIES <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">ALLIANCE</st1:place></st1:city><o:p></o:p></font></u></span></h1><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><o:p></o:p></span> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal align=center><strong><font face="Times New Roman"><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:street w:st="on"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">106-11 LIBERTY AVENUE, Suite 202</span></st1:street><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">, <st1:city w:st="on">OZONE PARK</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">NY</st1:state><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span><st1:postalcode w:st="on">11417</st1:postalcode></span></st1:address><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></span></font></strong></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal align=center><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong><font face="Times New Roman">Telephone (718) 323-0791 <o:p></o:p></font></strong></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal align=center><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong><font face="Times New Roman">Fax (718) 848-6203<o:p></o:p></font></strong></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal align=center><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong><font face="Times New Roman">Email: AlBaldeo@aol.com<o:p></o:p></font></strong></span></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></o:p></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">For Immediate Release<span style="mso-tab-count: 5">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Contact: Albert Baldeo</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><st1:date w:st="on" Year="2010" Day="25" month="1">1/25/2010</st1:date><span style="mso-tab-count: 6">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>President &amp; Community Advocate<o:p></o:p></font></font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 135%" align=center><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><strong><u><font color="#4e4e4e" size=3></font></u></strong></span></o:p></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align=center><i><strong><u><font face="Times New Roman"><font size=4>Attorney at Law Albert Baldeo gives free legal assistance to Haitian victims<o:p></o:p></font></font></u></strong></i></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align=center><i><o:p><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><strong><u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></u></strong></span></o:p></i></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size=3></font>&nbsp;</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">In response to the hardship caused on January 12 this month by the terrible earthquake that devastated their homeland, Attorney at Law Albert Baldeo has been giving free legal assistance to all Haitians in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> at his Law Offices located at <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">106-11 Liberty Avenue</st1:address></st1:street>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Ozone</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Park</st1:placetype></st1:place> in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:state>. Principal among the assistance offered is petitioning the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on their behalf for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Baldeo said that this law "allows individuals from countries where an environmental disaster, armed conflict or other extraordinary and temporary conditions prevent a country's nationals from returning home. TPS allows nationals of affected countries to live and work here for up to 18 months. It can, and is often, extended beyond the initial 18 months." <br style="mso-special-character: line-break"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break"></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">"Only Haitians who can establish Haitian citizenship, and prove that they were in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> on January 12 this year will qualify. A Haitian birth certificate (translated into English) or a Haitian passport (even if expired), are the best proof. If applicants do not have any of these items, they can submit secondary evidence, which can include a government document issued to them while in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Haiti</st1:place></st1:country-region> and affidavits from individuals who knew them there," Baldeo said.<br><br>To establish that they were in the United States here on or before January 12, they can produce their passports with an entry stamp, an I-94 Arrival/Departure Record, employment records, pay stubs, W-2 Forms, IRS tax transcripts, letters from employers, bank or credit card statements, rent receipts, utility bills, school records for them or their children or medical records, letters from churches, unions or other organizations, birth certificates of children born here, dated bank transactions and wire transfers, letters, contracts, mortgages, and insurance polices.<br><br>However, Haitians convicted of two misdemeanors or one felony are not eligible for TPS. Some single misdemeanor convictions bar individuals from getting TPS, though sometimes the law allows DHS to waive those bars. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</span>The law also allows travel outside the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> while in TPS status, which will help some Haitians to visit their ravaged homeland and attend to family and business matters. Anyone requiring free legal assistance can call the Law Offices of Albert Baldeo at (718) 529-2300. </font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size=3>&nbsp;</font></o:p></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">He also offers free legal advice to anyone, apart from Haitians, in need of legal assistance.</font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align=center><o:p><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"></font></u></span></o:p></p></div> <div><strong><u></u></strong>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong><u><img border="0" hspace="0" src="images/haiti.jpg" width=640 height=695></u></strong></div> <div><strong><u></u></strong>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong><u></u></strong>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong><u></u></strong>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong><u>Links:</u></strong></div> <blockquote style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir="ltr"> <div> <div>&nbsp;<a href="pdf/haiti.pdf">The West Indian Newspaper</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a title=http://www.thewestindiannews.com/attorney-at-law-albert-baldeo-gives-free-legal-assistance-to-haitian-victims/ href="http://www.thewestindiannews.com/attorney-at-law-albert-baldeo-gives-free-legal-assistance-to-haitian-victims/" target=_blank><font color=#0068cf>http://www.thewestindiannews.com/attorney-at-law-albert-baldeo-gives-free-legal-assistance-to-haitian-victims/</font></a><br><br> <div class="ecxgmail_quote"><a title=http://www.camanabaytimes.com/attorney-at-law-albert-baldeo-gives-free-legal-assistance-to-haitian-victims/ href="http://www.camanabaytimes.com/attorney-at-law-albert-baldeo-gives-free-legal-assistance-to-haitian-victims/" target=_blank><font color=#0068cf>http://www.camanabaytimes.com/attorney-at-law-albert-baldeo-gives-free-legal-assistance-to-haitian-victims/</font></a></div> <div class="ecxgmail_quote"><font color="#0068cf"><br></font></div> <div class="ecxgmail_quote"><a title=http://www.caribbeananalysis.com/attorney-at-law-albert-baldeo-gives-free-legal-assistance-to-haitian-victims/ href="http://www.caribbeananalysis.com/attorney-at-law-albert-baldeo-gives-free-legal-assistance-to-haitian-victims/" target=_blank><font color=#0068cf>http://www.caribbeananalysis.com/attorney-at-law-albert-baldeo-gives-free-legal-assistance-to-haitian-victims/</font></a></div></div> </div></blockquote> </span></span></div></div></blockquote></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" height="990" width="100%"> <div align="left"></div></td> <td height="990" width="238">&nbsp; </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr> <td height="100%"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="780" height="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="63" background="images/bg_down.gif" width="780"> <div style="WIDTH: 780px; HEIGHT: 40px; PADDING-TOP: 13px" class=tah11 align=center><strong>&nbsp; <font style="COLOR: #bc8282">AlbertBaldeo.Com © 2005</font> </strong></div></td></tr> <tr> <td height="100%" width=780>&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></body></html>