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Effective Oct. 1, 2024, USCIS will implement the second phase of a phased-in transaction charge increase for SAVE verification cases that streamlined billing to a single charge per verification case. This increase is necessary as part of a phased approach through 2028 to more fully recover program costs as required by law and Federal agency guidance.

President Biden has issued a memorandum extending Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for certain Liberians through June 30, 2026. The president has also directed the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide such individuals continued employment authorization through the same date.

Effective Aug. 28, DHS is establishing a new C40 category on Form I-766, Employment Authorization Document (EAD). The C40 category is for individuals with a pending Form I-914, Application for T Nonimmigrant Status, whose application is determined to be bona fide and meets the prima facie standard, and who apply and are approved for employment authorization. T nonimmigrant status is for certain noncitizens who are or have been victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons.

SAVE staff are contacting browser users by phone and email to let them know their SAVE account could be locked if they don’t take steps to prepare for the transition to Login.gov.

A recent legislative extension in the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (USSAA) provides that Ukrainian citizens and nationals, as well as certain non-Ukrainians who last habitually resided in Ukraine, who were paroled into the United States between Feb. 24, 2022 and Sept. 30, 2024 “shall be eligible for resettlement assistance, entitlement programs, and other benefits available to refugees admitted under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. § 1157) to the same extent as such refugees” unless parole has been terminated by the Secretary of Homeland Security. Previously, eligibility was limited to individuals who were paroled between Feb. 24, 2022, and Sept. 30, 2023, under the Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (AUSAA).

The Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024 (CFAA) expanded the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 (PRWORA) definition of “qualified aliens” to include citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. These nations are collectively known as the Freely Associated States (FAS).

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas extended and redesignated Somalia for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from Sept. 18, 2024, through March 17, 2026. Given the time frames for processing TPS re-registration applications, USCIS has automatically extended through Sept. 17, 2025, the validity of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) with a Card Expires date of Sept. 17, 2024, or March 17, 2023, issued under the TPS designation for Somalia.

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas extended and redesignated Yemen for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from Sept. 4, 2024, through March 3, 2026. Given the time frames for processing TPS re-registration applications, USCIS has automatically extended through Sept. 3, 2025, the validity of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) with a Card Expires date of Sept. 3, 2024, or March 3, 2023, issued under the prior TPS designation of Yemen.