Extension of the Designation of Sudan for Temporary Protected Status

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryUnited States

Operative dateApril 20, 2025

CategoryAsylum and protection / residence

Policy toolTemporary protected status (tps)

Affected groupProtection seekers / existing tps beneficiaries

Policy effect

Extends the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Sudan for 18 months from April 20, 2025, through October 19, 2026, and provides an automatic extension of certain expiring Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) through April 19, 2026.

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… designation or extension, the secretary, after consultation with appropriate government agencies, must review the conditions in the foreign state to determine whether conditions for the TPS designation continue to be met. After this required review, the Department of Homeland Security extended TPS for Sudan for 18 months, from April 20, 2025, through Oct. 19, 2026. Individuals with a pending or approved TPS application may qualify for certain public benefits and REAL ID driver’s licenses and identification cards. When applying for a federal, state, or local government benefit, individuals will need to show a document proving they applied for or are beneficiaries of TPS for Sudan. They may provide a TPS Employment Authorization Document (EAD) with a category code of A12 or C19, or a copy of their Form I-797, Notice of Action, for a current Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status. Given the time frames for processing TPS re-registration applications, USCIS has automatically extended through April 19, 2026, the validity of EADs with a Card Expires date of April 19, 2025; June 30, 2024; Dec. 31, 2022; Oct. 4, 2021; Jan. 4, 2021; Jan. 2, 2020; April 2, 2019; Nov. 2, 2018; or Nov. 2, 2017, issued under a prior TPS designation of Sudan. TPS Sudan applicants or beneficiaries presenting an EAD referenced in this Federal Register notice do not need to show any other document, such as a Form I-797 or I-797C, Notice of Action, to prove that they qualify for this automatic EAD extension. SAVE will be able to verify an individual’s TPS or pending TPS application (and any employment authorization) using information from any documents noted above. In some instances, the benefit-granting agency may need to institute additional verification to do so. For more information regarding …

Federal Register / U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services90 Fed. Reg. 5945 (Jan. 17, 2025)Open official source

Retrieved from https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/17/2025-00772/extension-of-the-designation-of-sudan-for-temporary-protected-status

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Extension of the Designation of Sudan for Temporary Protected Status

Policy effect

Official source excerpt

Review method

Other United States changes operative in 2025