DHS Announces 18-Month Redesignation and Extension of Temporary Protected Status for South Sudan

Post date: Jan 26, 2016 3:2:2 PM

DHS Announces 18-Month Redesignation and Extension of Temporary Protected Status for South Sudan

Release Date: January 25, 2016

WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson has redesignated South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and extended the existing TPS designation for that country from May 3, 2016, through November 2, 2017, due to the ongoing armed conflict and extraordinary and temporary conditions in South Sudan that prevent its nationals from safely returning. These actions will allow eligible nationals of South Sudan (or persons without nationality who last habitually resided in South Sudan) to register or re-register for TPS in accordance with the notice published today in the Federal Register.