implementing DED for Hong Kong through February 5, 2023

Policy effect

implementing DED for Hong Kong through February 5, 2023

Conditions and exceptions

Recorded validated scope: Deferred Enforced Departure and employment authorization.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

Authorization for Individuals Covered by Deferred Enforced Departure for Hong Kong AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: On August 5, 2021, President Joseph Biden issued a memorandum to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) directing the Secretary to take appropriate measures to defer for 18 months, through February 5, 2023, the removal of certain Hong Kong residents present in the United States. This Notice provides information about Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for certain eligible Hong Kong residents and provides information on how eligible individuals may apply for DED-related Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) with USCIS. For the purposes of this Notice, a Hong Kong resident is defined as an individual of any nationality, or without nationality, who has met the requirements for, and been granted, a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Passport, a British National Overseas Passport, a British Overseas Citizen Passport, a Hong Kong Permanent Identity card, or a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Document of Identity for Visa Purposes. DATES: DED and employment authorization for noncitizens covered under DED for Hong Kong is effective from August 5, 2021 through February 5, 2023. The procedures for employment authorization in this Notice apply only to noncitizens who are Hong Kong residents, who are present in the United States as of August 5, 2021, and who meet other eligibility criteria for DED described below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Andria Strano, Acting Division Chief, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration … for-certain-hong-kong-residents/</a>. Ur M. Jaddou, Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Eligibility and Employment Authorization for DED How will I know if I am eligible for employment authorization under the DED Presidential Memorandum for Hong Kong? The procedures for employment authorization in this Notice apply only to non-U.S. citizens who are Hong Kong residents (regardless of their country of birth), who are present in the United States as of August 5, 2021, except for noncitizens: <bullet> Who have voluntarily returned to Hong Kong or the People's Republic of China (PRC …

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

Other United States changes operative in 2021

• 2021-01-19DHS and DOJ finalize third-country transit asylum bar
• 2021-01-20Memorandum on Reinstating Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians
• 2021-01-30Suspension of Entry for Travelers from Republic of South Africa
• 2021-03-012008 civics test restored with a transition for recent applicants
• 2021-03-09DHS removes 2019 public charge regulatory text after vacatur
• 2021-03-22DHS extends temporary asylum interview interpreter rule
• 2021-04-16President revises FY2021 refugee admissions allocations
• 2021-04-27Deference restored for qualifying petition-extension decisions
• 2021-05-03President raises FY2021 refugee admissions ceiling to 62,500
• 2021-05-14President revokes immigrant health-insurance entry restriction
• 2021-05-19regulatory text restored to appear as it did before the October 2020 IFR
• 2021-06-09Initial and renewal work permits for adjustment applicants extended to two years
• 2021-06-14Bona fide review introduced for work authorization while U petitions are pending
• 2021-06-16Attorney General Vacatur of Matter of A-B- and Matter of L-E-A-
• 2021-07-15Attorney General Overruling of Matter of Castro-Tum and Restoration of Administrative Closure (Matter of Cruz-Valdez)
• 2021-07-20Repeated status-maintenance applications removed during eligible F-1 requests
• 2021-07-26Attorney General Vacatur of Matter of A-C-A-A- I (Matter of A-C-A-A- II)
• 2021-07-30Military civil-surgeon designation expanded for certain Afghan visa applicants
• 2021-08-03New 2021 Haiti TPS designation expands eligibility
• 2021-08-04Extension of Initial TPS Registration Periods for Venezuela, Syria, and Burma
• 2021-08-05Legal-parent recognition expanded for children born abroad
• 2021-08-122019 discretionary work-authorization guidance for parolees rescinded
• 2021-08-12Temporary four-year validity allowed for qualifying medical reports
• 2021-09-20DHS further extends asylum interview interpreter rule
• 2021-10-01COVID-19 vaccination required for immigration medical exams, with waivers
• 2021-10-01President sets FY2022 refugee admissions ceiling at 125,000
• 2021-10-20T derivative family relationships assessed at favorable adjudication
• 2021-11-08COVID-19 geographic entry restrictions ended
• 2021-11-08COVID-19 vaccination condition for nonimmigrant air entry
• 2021-11-12Any qualifying service period may support wartime military naturalization
• 2021-11-12Automatic EAD renewal extension extended to qualifying H-4, E and L spouses
• 2021-11-12E and L dependent spouses recognized as work-authorized by status
• 2021-11-29Suspension of Entry for Noncitizens Present in Southern African Countries
• 2021-12-09Medical-report signature timing rule temporarily waived
• 2021-12-13Temporary interview waivers for qualifying repeat immigrant-visa applicants
• 2021-12-31Southern Africa COVID-19 entry restriction ended