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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) extended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Burma (Myanmar) for an additional 18 months, from May 26, 2024, to November 25, 2025, due to extraordinary and temporary conditions in Burma that prevent individuals from safely...

Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas has extended and redesignated Cameroon for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months on October 6, 2023. Cameroon TPS has been extended from December 8, 202 through June 7, 2025. This is due to the...

The Biden administration announced on September 20, 2023, it will offer Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to an estimated 472,000 Venezuelans who arrived in the United States as of July 31, 2023. This means that Venezuelans who were in the U.S....

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended TPS for Ukraine for 18 months and redesigned the program to allow more Ukrainians to benefit. The new designation also includes a Special Student Relief program for Ukrainian F-1 students. Current beneficiaries...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it is reinstating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua. TPS is a humanitarian program that allows nationals of certain countries to temporarily remain in...

Some immigrants are in the United States when armed conflict or a natural disaster strikes their home country making it dangerous to return. For immigrants in this position, they may apply for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). This is a nonimmigrant...

The Biden administration is extending protections to thousands of Ukrainians who left their homeland when the war with Russia began. USCIS issued new guidance on March 13, 2022, informing Ukrainian beneficiaries there is a 1-year extension for many Ukrainians who...

President Biden's announcement to extend Temporary Protect Status for Haitian migrants means that 110,000 Haitians in the United States could gain permission to stay for at least 18 months, and others who already are in the U.S. and have TPS...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Ethiopia has been designated for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months on October 21, 2022. According to the release, only Ethiopians already residing in the United States as of October 20, 2022,...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) extended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Burma for an additional 18 months, from November 26, 2022, through May 25, 2024. due to extraordinary and temporary conditions in Burma that prevent individuals from safely returning....