On Feb. 20, 2025, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem partially vacated the July 1, 2024, notice that extended and redesignated Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). This new notice amends the period of extension and redesignation of Haiti for TPS from 18 months to 12 months and provides an amended end date of Aug. 3, 2025. EADs with a Category Code of A12 or C19 and a Card Expires date of Feb. 3, 2026, now expire on Aug. 3, 2025.
On Jan. 15, 2025, President Biden issued a memorandum extending eligibility for Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for certain Hong Kong residents. The president also directed the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to provide certain Hong Kong residents continued work authorization through Feb. 5, 2027. Individuals covered by DED Hong Kong have been extended through Feb. 5, 2027, and are not subject to removal. At this time, DED-related Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) provided to certain Hong Kong residents have not been extended.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) now provides a Verification of Release (VOR) card to some unaccompanied alien children. The VOR card is a new wallet-sized, plastic version of the VOR form, which will continue to be issued.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem decided on Feb. 1, 2025, to terminate the 2023 designation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). TPS and related benefits associated with this designation will end on April 7, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. This termination decision does not apply to the 2021 designation of Venezuela for TPS, which remains in effect until Sept. 10, 2025, or to individuals who are registered for TPS under the 2021 designation.
The Department of Homeland Security extended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ukraine for 18 months, from April 20, 2025, through Oct. 19, 2026. Given the time frames for processing TPS re-registration applications, USCIS has automatically extended through April 19, 2026, the validity of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) with a Card Expires date of April 19, 2025, or Oct. 19, 2023, issued under the prior TPS designation of Ukraine.
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