The former Fugees star revealed he received a telephone call telling him to leave the country.
The musician has put himself on the list of 30 potential candidates to become president of Haiti.
He had been due to find out whether his nomination was successful, allowing him to run in the November election.
But Haiti's electoral commission, known as the CEP, has postponed its announcement on who can run for the top position until Friday.
Haitian-born Jean said he did not know whether the commission would approve his candidacy but there had been questions about whether he met the residency requirements.
"We await the CEP decision but the laws of the Haitian Constitution must be respected," he said.
Later, Jean sent the Associated Press a one-word email: "Hope!"
There have been small protests throughout the capital Port-au-Prince over how the CEP is handling the situation.
During one peaceful march near its office, several dozen young men marched and sang in the rain.
Haiti's Constitution requires candidates to have lived in the country for the five consecutive years before the election.
Jean was brought up in the US but says his appointment as a roving ambassador by President Rene Preval in 2007 exempts him from the residency requirement.
Jean has been prominent in projects aimed at helping Haiti recover from this year's massive earthquake that killed around 300,000 people.
Haiti's president will preside over the spending of billions of pounds in foreign reconstruction aid.
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