President Biden has extended Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for eligible Hong Kong residents present in the United States on January 15, 2025, for two years, through February 5, 2027, and has ordered related extended work authorization for the same period.
In a memorandum, President Biden said there are “compelling foreign policy reasons” to extend DED for an additional period for those residents of Hong Kong presently residing in the United States who were under a grant of DED until February 5, 2025, as well as to defer enforced departure for other Hong Kong residents who arrived in the United States after the initial grant of DED.
The order also directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to “consider suspending regulatory requirements with respect to F-1 nonimmigrant students who are Hong Kong residents.”