The Department of Homeland Security in a statement said that the new process is free of cost, and will provide qualified Afghan individuals with a two-year renewal of humanitarian parole visas.
The new program is aimed at helping those Afghans who entered the United Sated on humanitarian parle visas following the collapse of the former Afghan government by the Taliban
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Earlier the US government had announced that those Afghan parolees whose visas expire will face forceful deportation. However,
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the new scheme will buy them enough time to prepare well and apply for permanent status in the United States.
According to DHS, those Afghan nationals currently residing in the US are encouraged to pursue a permanent status in the United States for which they may be eligible.
"The renewal requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons and for a significant public benefit," the DHS said.