South Sudan TPS redesignation expands eligibility

Policy effect

DHS redesignates South Sudan for TPS for the period 2013-05-03 through 2014-11-02, allowing additional eligible South Sudanese nationals, and persons without nationality who last habitually resided in South Sudan, to obtain TPS. Applicants must have continuously resided in the United States since 2013-01-09, have been continuously physically present since 2013-05-03, and meet the other TPS eligibility and application requirements.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: DHS redesignates South Sudan for TPS for the period 2013-05-03 through 2014-11-02, allowing additional eligible South Sudanese nationals, and persons without nationality who last habitually resided in South Sudan, to obtain TPS.; Applicants must have continuously resided in the United States since 2013-01-09, have been continuously physically present since 2013-05-03, and meet the other TPS eligibility and application requirements.

Official source excerpt

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South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This Notice announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is both extending the existing designation of South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months from May 3, 2013 through November 2, 2014, and redesignating South Sudan for TPS for 18 months, effective May 3, 2013 through November 2, 2014. The extension allows currently eligible TPS beneficiaries to retain TPS through November 2, 2014. The redesignation of South Sudan allows additional individuals who have been continuously residing in the United States since January 9, 2013, to obtain TPS, if eligible. The Secretary has determined that an extension and redesignation are warranted because the conditions in South Sudan that prompted the TPS designation not only continue to be met but have deteriorated. There continues to be a substantial, but temporary, disruption of living conditions in South Sudan based upon ongoing armed conflict and extraordinary and temporary conditions in that country that prevent South Sudanese who now have TPS from returning in safety. This Notice also sets forth procedures necessary for nationals of South Sudan (or aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in South Sudan) to either: (1) Re-register under the extension if they already have TPS and to apply for renewal of their Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) or (2) submit an initial registration application under the redesignation and apply for an EAD. For individuals who have already been granted TPS under the South … persons without nationality who last habitually resided in the designated country. <bullet> During the TPS designation period, TPS beneficiaries are eligible to remain in the United States and may obtain work authorization, so long as they continue to meet the requirements of TPS status. <bullet> TPS beneficiaries may also be granted travel authorization as a matter of discretion. <bullet> The granting of TPS does not lead to permanent resident status. <bullet> When the Secretary terminates a country's TPS designation, beneficiaries return to the same immigration status they maintained before …

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

Other United States changes operative in 2013

• 2013-03-04Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain Immediate Relatives
• 2013-05-30Comprehensive EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Adjudications Guidance
• 2013-06-26Extension of Immigration and Naturalization Benefits to Same-Sex Spouses
• 2013-10-01United States expands Syria TPS eligibility through redesignation