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SAVE is temporarily not available due to technical difficulties. While SAVE is unavailable, agencies and applicants will not be able to access their SAVE accounts or check their case status using SAVE CaseCheck.  We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience. 

President Biden issued a memorandum extending and expanding eligibility for Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for certain Hong Kong residents. The president also directed the secretary of homeland security to provide eligible Hong Kong residents continued employment authorization through Feb. 5, 2025. Eligible Hong Kong residents are employment authorized incident to DED. In addition, USCIS has automatically extended through Feb. 5, 2025, the validity of DED-related Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) with a Card Expires date of Feb. 5, 2023, and a Category of A-11.  SAVE can verify DED and this employment authorization extension using information from the benefit applicant's EAD or other immigration documentation, even if it is expired on its face. In some instances, the benefit-granting agency may need to institute additional verification.

SAVE service has been restored. Benefit-granting agencies are once again able to fully access their SAVE accounts and process cases.

SAVE is temporarily not available due to technical difficulties. While SAVE is unavailable, agencies and applicants will not be able to access their SAVE accounts or check their case status using SAVE CaseCheck.  We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience. 

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas extended and redesignated Somalia for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from March 18, 2023, through Sept. 17, 2024.  

This announcement provides information about documentation and the SAVE verification process for individuals paroled into the United States under the Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans, which permits nationals of these countries and their immediate family members to be paroled on a case-by-case basis for up to two years.

On Jan. 30, USCIS announced new designs for tamper-resistant Form I-551, Permanent Resident Cards (also known as Green Cards), and Form I-766, Employment Authorization Documents (EADs). USCIS began issuing the redesigned cards on Jan. 30, 2023. Some Permanent Resident Cards and EADs issued after Jan. 30, 2023, may still display the previous design format. The introduction of new card designs does not mean that previously issued cards are invalid. Cards remain valid until their expiration date (unless otherwise noted, such as through an automatic extension of the validity period of the Permanent Resident Card or EAD as indicated on a Form I-797, Notice of Action, or in a Federal Register notice). Also, some older Permanent Resident Cards do not have an expiration date. These older Permanent Resident Cards without an expiration date remain valid.

On Jan. 26, 2023, President Biden issued a memorandum extending and expanding eligibility for Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for certain Hong Kong residents. The president also directed the secretary of homeland security to provide certain Hong Kong residents continued work authorization through Feb. 5, 2025. For this reason, certain Hong Kong residents are employment authorized incident to DED. In addition, USCIS has automatically extended through Feb. 5, 2025, DED-related Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) with a Card Expires date of Feb. 5, 2023.