Designation of Guinea for Temporary Protected Status

Policy effect

DHS designated Guinea for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, allowing eligible nationals to remain temporarily in the United States, prevent removal, and apply for Employment Authorization Documents (EADs).

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: DHS designated Guinea for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, allowing eligible nationals to remain temporarily in the United States, prevent removal, and apply for Employment Authorization Documents (EADs).

Official source excerpt

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During the TPS designation period, TPS beneficiaries are eligible to remain in the United States, may not be removed, and are authorized to work and to obtain EADs, so long as they continue to meet the requirements of TPS. … This designation of Guinea for TPS is effective on November 21, 2014 and will remain in effect through May 21, 2016. … This designation allows eligible Guinean nationals (and aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Guinea) who have continuously resided in the United States since November 20, 2014 and been continuously physically present in the United States since November 21, 2014 to be granted TPS. … To register for TPS for Guinea, an applicant must submit each of the following two applications: 1. Application for Temporary Protected Status (Form I-821) with the form fee; and 2. Application for Employment Authorization (Form I-765). … The 180-day registration period for eligible individuals to submit TPS applications begins November 21, 2014, and will remain in effect through May 20, 2015.

Review method

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite extraction with independent Gemini 3.8 Flash verification

Other United States changes operative in 2014

• 2014-04-08State and DHS jointly decide armed-forces visa and passport waivers
• 2014-06-01Medical examination reports limited to one year from submission
• 2014-06-05The Department of State amends the immigrant visa classification table to add the IB5 symbol for an immigrant visa issued to a parent of a U.S.
• 2014-08-08An additional 1,000 Afghan Special Immigrant Visas authorized