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TPS Update (As of 9/22/2025)

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The Trump Administration has acted to terminate TPS status for several countries. Of course, litigation has followed each notice of termination.  However, if the Trump Administration continues to follow the law, these terminations will be upheld because the Secretary of Homeland Security has vast discretion to terminate TPS status and courts do not have authority to review the exercise of that discretion.  The following table provides the work authorization expiration dates and TPS status expiration dates. Notably, a person may lose work authorization but still have TPS status. 

Country

EAD Auto-Extended Through:

Status Designated Through:

Burma (Myanmar)*

May 25, 2025

November 25, 2025

El Salvador

March 9, 2026

September 9, 2026

Ethiopia* 

June 12, 2025

December 12, 2025

Haiti#

February 3, 2026 

February 3, 2026

Lebanon*

N/A

May 27, 2026

Somalia*

September 17, 2025

March 17, 2026

South Sudan

November 3, 2025

November 3, 2025

Sudan

April 19, 2026

October 19, 2026 

Syria*

March 31, 2025

September 30, 2025

Ukraine

April 19, 2026

October 19, 2026

Venezuela 2021!

November 7, 2025 (see below)

November 7, 2025 (see below)

Venezuela 2023^

April 2, 2026 (see below)

October 2, 2026 (see below)

Yemen*

September 3, 2025

March 3, 2026

*Employees from these countries may not have work authorization unless they have completed registration and application requirements by certain deadlines. 

Visit www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status for more information.

#A federal district court ruled that TPS status and work authorization for Haitians continues through February 3, 2026.  The Trump administration is determining next steps.

! The Venezuela 2021 Designation applies to Venezuela 2021 beneficiaries who did not re-register under the January 17, 2025, extension notice on or before September 10, 2025.  Venezuela 2021 beneficiaries who re-registered under the January 17, 2025, notice on or before September 10, 2025, are treated as Venezuela 2023 beneficiaries.

^ Because of ongoing litigation, Venezuela 2023 beneficiaries, including Venezuela 2021 beneficiaries who registered under the January 17, 2025, notice on or before September 10, 2025, have TPS status through October 2, 2026, and an automatic extension of work authorization through April 2, 2026. On September 19, 2025, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to permit the termination of TPS status for those treated as Venezuela 2023 beneficiaries. We await a decision.

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