Afghanistan TPS redesignation expands eligibility
Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix
Policy effect
DHS redesignates Afghanistan for TPS for the period 2023-11-21 through 2025-05-20, allowing additional eligible Afghan nationals, and persons without nationality who last habitually resided in Afghanistan, to obtain TPS. Applicants must have continuously resided in the United States since 2023-09-20, have been continuously physically present since 2023-11-21, and meet the other TPS eligibility and application requirements.
Conditions and exceptions
Validated condition or limit: DHS redesignates Afghanistan for TPS for the period 2023-11-21 through 2025-05-20, allowing additional eligible Afghan nationals, and persons without nationality who last habitually resided in Afghanistan, to obtain TPS.; Applicants must have continuously resided in the United States since 2023-09-20, have been continuously physically present since 2023-11-21, and meet the other TPS eligibility and application requirements.
Official source excerpt
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… of Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). ACTION: Notice of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) extension and redesignation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is extending the designation of Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, beginning on November 21, 2023, and ending on May 20, 2025. This extension … allows existing TPS beneficiaries to retain TPS through May 20, 2025, so long as they otherwise continue to meet the eligibility requirements for TPS. Existing TPS beneficiaries who wish to extend their status through May 20, 2025, must re-register during the 60-day re-registration period described in this notice. The Secretary is also redesignating Afghanistan for TPS. The redesignation of Afghanistan allows additional Afghan nationals (and individuals having no nationality who last habitually resided in Afghanistan) who have been continuously residing in the United States since September 20, … 2023, to apply for TPS for the first time during the initial registration period described under the redesignation information in this notice. In addition to demonstrating continuous residence in the United States since September 20, 2023, and meeting other eligibility criteria, initial applicants for TPS under this designation must demonstrate that they have been continuously physically present in the United States since November 21, 2023, the effective date of this redesignation of Afghanistan for TPS. DATES: Extension of Designation of Afghanistan for TPS: The 18-month designation of Afghanistan …
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