By the time the commission stopped accepting amnesty applications two weeks ago, it had received more than 8,000 requests.

He thinks that in the city there may be 25,000 amnesty applications.

But officials have already said they do not expect to be able to finish dealing with amnesty applications by then.

When he asked the President to extend the time for amnesty applications to the truth commission last year, it was done.

The amnesty applications are only one side of the Truth Commission.

With more hope than confidence, he filed his amnesty application under the historic program that ends Wednesday.

About half of the 17,000 amnesty applications received by the deadline dealt with personal income taxes.

But the commission has done little yet on amnesty applications.

Aliens have a year, starting 18 months after the amnesty application was filed, to apply for permanent resident status.

The commission would not name the individuals who had filed amnesty applications or even say how many were involved in what crimes.