

These employees may present their new I-797C receipt indicating either A-12 or C-19 as the Class Requested with their expiring or expired EAD with a Category Code of A-12 or C-19 as a List A document that is valid for up to 540 days. For Temporary Protected Status (TPS), USCIS either did not issue a Form I-797C receipt to some beneficiaries, or the notices issued did not include the up to 540-day EAD auto-extension period.These employees can present their new I-797C receipt with their expiring or expired EAD with a Category Code of C-08 as a List A document that is valid for up to 540 days. For pending asylum applicants, USCIS issued Form I-797C, Notice of Action (I-797 receipt), that did not include information about the up to 540-day Employment Authorization Document (EAD) auto-extension period for individuals that filed a Form I-765 to renew their employment authorization and EAD.USCIS issued new or corrected I-797, Notice of Action, receipt notices to certain individuals who did not initially receive information about the up to 540-day Employment Authorization Document (EAD) auto-extension period.

6, 2025.įind more details about this extension on the DED Covered Country – Certain Hong Kong Residents page and instructions for completing Form I-9 on the Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure page. You must reverify these employees on Form I-9 before they start work on Feb. Enter the EAD document number you entered on Form I-9, as well as the automatically extended date of Feb. Once a new employee has completed Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, create a case in E-Verify for this employee.

5, 2025, the validity of DED-related Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) bearing a Category of A-11 and a Card Expires date of Feb. 5, 2025, and automatically extending through Feb. Accordingly, DHS published a Federal Register notice extending and expanding DED and employment authorization for certain Hong Kong residents through Feb. 26, 2023, President Biden issued a memorandum directing the secretary of homeland security to extend and expand Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for certain Hong Kong residents, and to provide for continued employment authorization, through Feb.
