DED for Certain Hong Kong Residents Extended and Expanded, EADs Extended through Feb. 5, 2025
On Jan. 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. 5, 2025. Accordingly, DHS published a Federal Register notice extending and expanding DED and employment authorization for certain Hong Kong residents through Feb. 5, 2025, and automatically extending through Feb. 5, 2025, the validity of DED-related Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) with an A-11 category code and an expiration date of Feb. 5, 2023.
Completing Form I-9
To complete or update Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, for an employee covered under DED Hong Kong who presents an EAD with a Category of A-11 and a Card Expires date of Feb. 5, 2023, you must enter Feb. 5, 2025, as the new expiration date of the automatically extended EAD on Form I-9. These employees may also present an unexpired EAD with a Category of A-11 and a Card Expires date of Feb. 5, 2025. You must reverify these employees on Form I-9 before they start work on Feb. 6, 2025.
Find 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.