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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 98 / Friday, May 20, 2022 "Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is designating Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS...

USCIS, May 19, 2022 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted for public inspection a Federal Register notice on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghanistan. This notice provides information about how to register for TPS under Afghanistan’s...

State Department, Mar. 17, 2022 "If you are a U.S. citizen who is physically present overseas with your Afghan, Ethiopian, or Ukrainian immediate family members and have not yet filed an immigrant visa petition with USCIS, you may request to locally...

DHS, Mar. 16, 2022 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced the designation of Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months. Only individuals who are already residing in the United States as of March 15, 2022...

DHS, Aug. 23, 2021 - Guidance for the Immigration Processing or Afghan Citizens During Operation Allies Refuge

Rebecca Morin, USA Today, Aug. 26, 2021 " Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law at Cornell Law School , said the United States is going to see a lot of Afghans try to come to the United States and the Biden administration will likely...

DHS, Aug. 23, 2021 - Guidance for the Immigration Processing of Afghan Citizens During Operation Allies Refuge [I don't have a URL for the official PDF, but when I do, I will post.]

DOS, Aug. 24, 2021 "The consular section at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul is closed. Nonimmigrant visa appointments remain unavailable and all immigrant visa appointments, including Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs), at the Embassy have been cancelled...

Here is the Fact Sheet dated Aug. 2, 2021 and here is a transcript of an Aug. 2, 2021 briefing with senior State Department officials

This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 07/29/2021 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUBJECT: Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the...

Aamer Madhani, Darlene Superville, Associated Press, July 14, 2021 "The Biden administration said Wednesday that it is prepared to begin evacuation flights for Afghan interpreters and translators who aided the U.S. military effort in the nearly...

Margaret Stock says the White House, the Defense Department, the State Department and DHS need to coordinate and execute a plan to rescue Afghan interpreters and their families without delay. ( Watch beginning at minute 30:30 .) "Without quick...

Randy Evans, June 16, 2021 "Zalmay Niazy, now in his 30s, is not just another of the countless foreign-born people who dream of living, working and raising families in the United States. He is a native of Afghanistan and served our nation during...

Joel Rose, Morning Edition, NPR, Mar. 27, 2017 - "As an economist, Hussein Mahrammi helped U.S. development authorities in Kabul, Afghanistan rebuild his war-torn country. He planned to stay in Afghanistan. Then, one by one, his colleagues were assaulted...

Hilary Brueck, Forbes, June 29, 2017 - "Their robot may have permission to travel, but six teenage Afghan inventors are staying put this summer. They've been rejected for a one-week travel visa to escort their robot to the inaugural FIRST...