The Department of Homeland Security has extended and redesignated Somalia for Temporary Protected status. The extension is for 18 months, from September 18, 2021 to March 17, 2023.
Khadija DerrickJuly 26, 2021
DED gives temporary protection to individuals who cannot return home due to country-wide risk. DED is generally less expensive than TPS.
Khadija DerrickApril 1, 2021
Dependents must independently qualify for TPS by meeting the nationality, continuous residence, and continuous physical presence requirements.
Khadija DerrickMarch 18, 2021
It is possible to have both TPS and nonimmigrant status, but important to comply with the requirements of each, including as they relate to work authorization.
Khadija DerrickMarch 17, 2021
To maintain TPS status, the individual must comply with strict travel restrictions, like securing travel authorization using advance parole before traveling.
Khadija DerrickMarch 17, 2021
The Department of Homeland Security has announced that Venezuela has been designed for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from March 9, 2021 through September 9, 2022. TPS is granted to certain groups of people in the wake of…
Jenny ZhanMarch 9, 2021
What impact will this election have on immigration? What are some of the changes we expect to occur under a Biden-Harris administration? The past four years have seen dramatic changes in U.S. immigration policy under the Trump administration. The arrival…
Jenny ZhanNovember 9, 2020
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals have ruled that the Department of Homeland Security may proceed with terminating Temporary Protected Status for four countries, El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan. The decision also impacts the TPS designations for Nepal and…
Jenny ZhanSeptember 17, 2020
USCIS has announced in a policy memorandum on August 31 that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries who travel abroad using a Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-issued travel document under Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 244(f)(3) generally will retain the…
Jenny ZhanSeptember 1, 2020
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Yemeni nationals have been extended for 18 months, from March 4, 2020 to September 3, 2021. Current Beneficiaries will have until May 1, 2020 to request the extension and maintain their status through September 3,…
Jenny ZhanMarch 10, 2020
The Department of Homeland Security will continue to extend Temporary Protected Stats (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan to comply with court challenges against DHS’s decision to terminate TPS for these countries. TPS is granted…
Jenny ZhanNovember 21, 2019
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syrian nationals have been extended for 18 months from September 30, 2019 to March 31, 2021. Current beneficiaries will have until November 22, 2019 to request the extension of status and work authorization. This extension…
Jenny ZhanOctober 4, 2019
On August 1, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security announced that temporary protected status (TPS) for Syrian nationals will be extended to March 31, 2021. Syrian nationals will be required to re-register to extend their work and travel benefits, the…
Jenny ZhanAugust 7, 2019
On May 28, 2019, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act. This Act would provide a path to permanent residence and citizenship for current recipients of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Action for…
Jenny ZhanJune 7, 2019
The Department of Homeland Security announced on March 13, 2019 that is will temporarily halt its plans to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Nepal and Honduras. TPS for Nepal was originally set to be terminated on June 24, 2019…
Jenny ZhanMarch 22, 2019
On March 8, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security announced that temporary protected status (TPS) for South Sudan nationals will be extended to November 2, 2020. South Sudan nationals will be required to re-register to extend their work and travel…
Jenny ZhanMarch 8, 2019
On March 1, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security published a Federal Register Notice that Temporary Protected Status for nationals of El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan has been temporarily preserved. TPS is granted to certain groups of people in…
Jenny ZhanMarch 4, 2019
In response to the temporary preliminary injunction issued against the termination of temporary protected status (TPS) for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan nationals issued last month by Judge Edward Chen, USCIS have filed court documents on Tuesday outlining plans…
Jenny ZhanOctober 25, 2018
U.S. District Judge Edward Chen issued a preliminary injunction in a suite brought by a number of residents on Temporary Protection Status (TPS) against the implementation of a plan to end TPS for nationals of El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and…
Jenny ZhanOctober 4, 2018
The Department of Homeland Security has announced that current Somalia Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries will have until October 26, 2018 to re-register in order to maintain status through the program’s extended date of March 17, 2020. Employment authorization documents…
Jenny ZhanAugust 27, 2018
The Department of Homeland Security has announced that current Yemen Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries will have until October 15, 2018 to re-register in order to maintain status through the program’s extended date of March 3, 2020. Employment authorization documents…
Jenny ZhanAugust 15, 2018
On July 19, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security announced that temporary protected status (TPS) for Somalia nationals will be extended to March 17, 2020. Somalia nationals will be required to re-register to extend their benefits, DHS has not yet…
Jenny ZhanJuly 20, 2018
On July 5, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security announced that temporary protected status (TPS) for Yemen nationals will be extended to March 3, 2020. Yemen nationals will be required to re-register to extend their benefits, DHS has not yet…
Jenny ZhanJuly 5, 2018
The Department of Homeland Security has announced that starting June 5, 2018, current Honduras Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries will have 60 days, or until August 4, 2018, to re-register for the final time in order to maintain status through…
Jenny ZhanJune 5, 2018
