Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) Distributed at Safe Havens
On a call Friday afternoon, USCCB learned of a shift in procedure for the distribution of EADs for Afghan parolees. Previously, EADs were mailed to the International Organization of Migration and then sent on to the appropriate Resettlement Agency. Moving forward, EADs will be distributed at Safe Havens and will be with Afghans as they arrive at your agencies. There will still be some EADs arriving by mail as each Safe Haven makes this transition over the next few weeks. See below for the timeline that was shared with USCCB.
Last week - Ft. Bliss and Quantico
This week - Holloman Air Force Base and Atterbury
In the next few weeks – Ft. Dix and Ft. McCoy
New Procedure for Employment Authorization Document (EAD) Corrections
PRM has provided instructions for requesting a correction to an EAD for Afghans, which includes a special USCIS mailbox set up to receive and expedite these requests. Please see these instructions available in English, Dari and Pashto.
Receiving an EAD or SSN in Error
If your office receives an EAD or SSN card that doesn’t belong to any of your arrivals (completely wrong card), please email IOM at afgovdocsRA@iom.int to report it and please return the cards (via priority mail) to IOM at the address below. IOM will send it to the correct office.
International Organization for Migration
1625 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
Lost Baggage Information:
Communication With States About Resettling Medically Fragile Individuals (MFIs)
The communication found here was sent to state health providers and is being shared so that affiliates are aware of this effort, with the goal of coordinating care with affiliates for the MFIs they will be assisting. Note that Refugee State Health Coordinators can help coordinate care with specialty providers, expediting Medicaid enrollments, etc.
