On September 5, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a prepublication version of the Federal Register Notice officially terminating the 2021 Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Venezuela. The final publication is scheduled for Monday, September 8, 2025, with the termination taking effect 60 days later on November
Continue Reading Final Countdown: 2021 Venezuela TPS Work Authorization Now Ends in November
In an anticipated move, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has updated its Temporary Protected Status (TPS) webpages to reflect the termination of TPS designations for Nepal, Honduras, and Nicaragua, a development that carries significant implications for employers and their workforce planning.
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Continue Reading TPS Terminations: Key Employer Takeaways for Nepal, Honduras & Nicaragua
No action is required just yet, but employers and stakeholders should be aware of a significant development in the ongoing litigation surrounding Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua. We expect an update from US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) shortly, notifying employers of a shortened expiration date
Continue Reading TPS for Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua: Another Shift in the Legal Winds
In a summer of sweeping immigration updates, the Big Beautiful Bill appear to now reshape how employers manage Form I-9 compliance for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries. On July 22, 2025, the Federal Register published a rule implementing provisions from the HR 1 reconciliation bill, shortening the validity of TPS-related
Continue Reading TPS EADs: The New One-Year Limit & What Employers Need to Know After the Big Beautiful BillIn a major legal development, a federal judge in the Northern District of California has postponed the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua. This decision, issued on July 31, 2025, blocks the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from ending TPS for these countries
Continue Reading TPS for Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua Extended: The Ride Rolls OnUS Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) initially deployed the Status Change Report on June 20, 2025, to help certain employers identify whether any E-Verify cases were created using an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) that has since been revoked by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Continue Reading E-Verify Revocation Lists for CHNV Updated: Employers Have to Add One More Thing to Their To-Do ListsIn a significant development for employers and Haitian nationals under Temporary Protected Status (TPS), the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has updated its guidance to reflect a court-ordered automatic extension of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for TPS Haiti beneficiaries. This update confirms that certain EADs are now valid through
Continue Reading TPS Haiti Work Authorization Extended to February 2026, Employers need to Make I-9 Updates.After reaching out to both U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of Justice’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) for clarification, we learned that USCIS issued an update to its guidance regarding application of the 540-day automatic extension for certain TPS Venezuela recipients under the 2023 designation
Continue Reading Update: USCIS Expands Eligibility for 540-Day EAD ExtensionBy: Dawn Lurie and Alex Madrak
On June 20, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued updated guidance to E-Verify employers regarding the revocation of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for individuals who entered under the CHNV (Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela) Humanitarian Parole program. This guidance comes as the
Continue Reading CHNV Fallout: USCIS Issues Compliance Guidance for EmployersLate Friday evening, June 6, 2025 – right after we posted TPS Twist: Court Halts DHS Action on Certain Venezuelan Work Authorization-For Now – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated its website with a significant clarification regarding the status of individuals who received Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under Venezuela’s
Continue Reading Venezuela TPS: USCIS Confirms Termination of 2023 Designation – But Some Work Permits Still Valid