On Monday, September 26, the Department of Homeland Security announced the extension and redesignation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Burma for 18 months. The extension and redesignation will go into effect on November 26, 2022.
The extension of TPS for Burma allows approximately 970 current beneficiaries to re-register to retain their benefits, assuming they continue to meet the eligibility requirements. Additionally, it is estimated that another 2,290 Burmese nationals will be eligible for TPS under the redesignation of Burma.
The Federal Register notice will outline the re-registration process and renewal of an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) and how to submit an initial registration application under the designation and apply for an EAD.
What to Know
- The extension allows existing TPS beneficiaries to retain TPS through May 25, 2024, so long as they continue to meet the eligibility requirements for TPS. Current TPS beneficiaries who wish to extend their status through May 25, 2024, must re-register during the 60-day re-registration period, from September 27, 2022, through November 26, 2022.
- The redesignation of Burma allows Burmese nationals (and individuals having no nationality who last habitually resided in Burma) who have been continuously residing in the United States since September 25, 2022, to apply for TPS for the first time during the initial registration period.
- First-time applicants for TPS under the redesignation of Burma must submit Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status, during the initial registration period from September 27, 2022, through May 25, 2024. Burma TPS applicants may file Form I-821 and Form I-765 online.
- DHS recognizes that not all re-registrants may receive new EADs before their current EADs expire on November 25, 2022, and is automatically extending through November 25, 2023, the validity of EADs previously issued under the TPS designation of Burma.
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