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Practitioner Resources

FAQs on Late Re-Registration for Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

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Frequently Asked Questions: TPS Eligibility and the Application Process

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For Current Somali TPS Holders: How To Deal With Issues or Problems With Your TPS at Work, the Department of Motor Vehicles, and Elsewhere

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For Current Haitian TPS Holders: How To Deal With Issues or Problems With Your TPS at Work, the Department of Motor Vehicles, and Elsewhere

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For Current Yemeni TPS Holders: How To Deal With Issues or Problems With Your TPS at Work, the Department of Motor Vehicles, and Elsewhere

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Frequently Asked Questions: TPS Terminations and the Ramos v. Mayorkas Litigation

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For Current Burmese TPS Holders: How To Deal With Issues or Problems With Your TPS at Work, the Department of Motor Vehicles, and Elsewhere

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Practice Advisory: Adjustment Options for TPS Beneficiaries

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Advising Clients in Light of EAD Processing Delays

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Frequently Asked Questions: New Relief Options for Ukrainians

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TPS Update: Roundup of Recent Developments

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For Current Somali TPS Holders: How To Deal With Issues or Problems With Your TPS at Work, The Department of Motor Vehicles, and Elsewhere

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For Current Yemeni TPS Holders: How To Deal With Issues or Problems With Your TPS at Work, The Department of Motor Vehicles, and Elsewhere

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TPS Burma – Initial Application Checklist

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TPS Venezuela - Initial Application Checklist

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Helping Venezuelan Clients Navigate TPS and DED: FAQs for Legal Practitioners

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TPS and DED for Venezuela

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For Current Syrian TPS Holders: How To Deal With Issues or Problems With Your TPS at Work, the Department of Motor Vehicles and Elsewhere

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For South Sudanese TPS Holders: How To Deal With Issues or Problems With Your TPS at Work, the Department of Motor Vehicles and Elsewhere

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Advising TPS Clients in Light of Recent Developments

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New Immigration Relief for Certain Liberians

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Template Letter to Employer Regarding TPS Auto-Extensions

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FAQs on Late Re-Registration for TPS

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Program Action Plan for TPS Decisions

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Re-Registering for TPS and Maintaining Employment Authorization

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Federal Register Notice Analysis

March 13, 2023: Federal Register Notice for Special Student Relief for Somalis

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March 13, 2023: Federal Register Notice for Somalia TPS 18-Month Extension and Redesignation Published

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Jan. 26, 2023: Federal Register Notice for Haiti TPS 18-Month Extension and Redesignation Published

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Jan. 26, 2023: Federal Register Notice for Special Student Relief for Haitians

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Jan. 3, 2023: Federal Register Notice for Yemen TPS 18-Month Extension and Redesignation Published

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Dec. 12, 2022: Federal Register Notice for Special Student Relief for Ethiopians

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December 12, 2022: Federal Register Notice Published for New 18-Month TPS Designation for Ethiopia

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Automatic Extension of TPS and Related Documentation for Beneficiaries from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras and Nepal

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September 27, 2022: Federal Register Notice for Burma TPS 18-Month Extension and Redesignation Published

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Sept. 8, 2022: Federal Register Notice for 18-Month Extension of TPS Designation for Venezuela Published

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June 7, 2022: Federal Register Notice for New 18-Month TPS Designation for Cameroon Published

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June 7, 2022: Federal Register Notice for Special Student Relief for Cameroonians

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May 20, 2022: Federal Register Notice for Special Student Relief for Afghans

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May 20, 2022: Federal Register Notice for New 18-Month TPS Designation for Afghanistan Published

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April 19, 2022: Federal Register Notice for New 18-Month TPS Designation for Sudan Published

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April 19, 2022: Federal Register Notice for New 18-Month TPS Designation for Ukraine Published

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March 3, 2022: Federal Register Notice for 18-Month Extension and Redesignation of TPS for South Sudan Published

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Sept. 9, 2021: USCIS publishes Federal Register Notice automatically extending TPS for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras and Nepal through Dec. 31, 2022

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Aug. 3, 2021: Federal Register Notice for New 18-Month Designation of TPS for Haiti Published

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July 9, 2021: Federal Register Notice for Yemen TPS 18-Month Extension and Redesignation Published

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July 22, 2021: Federal Register Notice for Somalia TPS 18-Month Extension and Redesignation Published

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March 25, 2021: Federal Register Notice for New 18-Month Designation of TPS for Burma Published

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March 19, 2021: Federal Register Notice for Syria TPS 18-Month Extension and Redesignation Published

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March 9, 2021: Federal Register Notice for New 18-Month TPS Designation for Venezuela and Implementation of Deferred Enforced Departure for Venezuela Published

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Feb. 16, 2021: Federal Register Notice for Liberia DED Reinstatement Published

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Nov. 2, 2020: Federal Register Notice for South Sudan TPS 18-Month Extension Published

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April 7, 2020: Federal Register Notice for postponement of Liberia DED termination date published

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March 11, 2020: Federal Register Notice for Somalia TPS 18-Month Extension Published

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March 2, 2020: Federal Register Notice for Yemen TPS 18-month extension published

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Sept. 23, 2019: Federal Register Notice for Syria TPS 18-Month Extension Published

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Outreach to the Administration

U.S. Catholic Groups Request the Extension and Redesignation of Temporary Protected Status for Haiti, Somalia, and Yemen, and Redesignation of Venezuela

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102 Organizations Submit Urgent Recommendations on Sanchez v. Mayorkas Implementation

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Request for 18-Month Extension and Redesignation of TPS for Yemen

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119 Organizations Call for 18-month Extension and Redesignation of TPS for Somalia

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130 Organizations Deliver Key Recommendations on Haiti TPS Redesignation Implementation

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Comment on Identifying Barriers Across USCIS Benefits and Services Regarding TPS

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LRIF Strategy Group Recommendations to Biden Administration on LRIF Policy and Implementation

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138 Organizations Deliver Letter to Biden Admin to Address TPS and DED Implementation Issues

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314 Organizations Send Letter to President Biden and DHS Secretary Mayorkas Requesting TPS for 18 Countries

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TPS Working Group Transition Recommendations

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113 Organizations Call for 18-month Extension and Redesignation of TPS for Syria

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USCIS Response to Organizational Letter Requesting TPS and DED for Lebanon

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148 Organizations Send Letter to DHS Requesting TPS for Lebanon

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CLINIC Formal Submission to DHS Urging 18-Month Extension and Redesignation of TPS for South Sudan

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More Than 200 Interfaith Organizations and Leaders Call for 18-Month Extension and Redesignation of TPS for South Sudan

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69 Organizations Call on DHS and USCIS to Extend Re-Registration Period and Work Permits for Yemen and Somalia TPS Holders

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Why Expedited Processing is Insufficient for Successful Implementation of Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness

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Recommendations on Implementation of Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness

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140 Interfaith Organizations and Leaders Call for 18-Month Extension and Redesignation of TPS for Somalia

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More than 120 interfaith organizations and leaders call for 18-month extension and redesignation of TPS for Yemen

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CLINIC, CRS, CCUSA, and USCCB/COM Urge DHS to Extend Life-Saving Protections to People Seeking Safety in the U.S. in the Aftermath of Hurricane Dorian

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100+ Organizations Call on DHS to Designate Bahamas for TPS

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200 Faith Leaders and Organizations Call for 18-Month Extension and Redesignation of TPS for Syria

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USCIS Response to CLINIC Recommendations Regarding TPS Implementation Issues and Ramos v. Nielsen

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CLINIC Recommendations to USCIS Regarding Erroneously Rejected Work Authorization Applications Filed by DED Holders

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Nearly 300 faith leaders and faith-based organizations deliver letter urging administration to extend and redesignate TPS for Syria

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CLINIC recommendations to USCIS regarding TPS implementation issues and Ramos v. Nielsen

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Over 650 faith based organizations and leaders decry DHS’ harmful Remain in Mexico policy, request immediate termination

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DHS response to letter requesting TPS designation for Venezuela

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CLINIC letter to DHS and USCIS regarding persistent TPS Federal Register Notice Processing delays and concerns with DED Federal Register Notice

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215+ National, State, and Local Organizations Urge Administration to Designate Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status

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More than 300 faith organizations and leaders call on the administration to extend and redesignate TPS for South Sudan

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Letter from 70 law professors and scholars to USCIS and DHS regarding work permit extensions for TPS holders

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115+ national, state, and local organizations demand Congress support a DHS IG investigation on TPS

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CLINIC letter to USCIS Director regarding processing delays

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Over 300 national, state, and local organizations sign into letter supporting TPS for Guatemala

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Over 100 faith organizations and leaders call on administration to extend and redesignate TPS for Somalia

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More than 600 Interfaith Leaders and Organizations Fight Together for Honduran TPS Holders

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275 faith leaders and organizations call on the administration to extend TPS for Nepal

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Over 600 sign on to interfaith letter in support of continued Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberia

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Catholic partners urge 18-month extension of TPS for El Salvador

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Over 130 organizations urge the administration to publish official TPS decisions for Honduras, Nicaragua, and Haiti

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Letter to DHS urges extending TPS for Honduras and El Salvador

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121 organizations call on the administration to reconsider termination of TPS for Sudan

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Nearly 700 religious leaders and faith-based organizations urge the White House to Save TPS

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TPS Litigation Updates

Challenges to TPS and DED Terminations and Other TPS-Related Litigation

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USCIS publishes Federal Register Notice automatically extending TPS per court orders

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Policy Brief Analyzing DHS’s Response to TPS FOIA Request

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Current Issues Impacting TPS and DED Clients

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Bhattarai v. Nielsen: Stipulation to Stay Proceedings

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Advocacy Reports and Backgrounders

Pulling Back the Curtain-Analysis of New Government Data on Temporary Protected Status

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Supporting FOIA Data for "Pulling Back the Curtain" Report

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Backgrounder: TPS for Cameroon

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Temporary Protected Status for South Sudan

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How Many Could Executive Action Protect? Estimating the Scope of Protection Through TPS and DACA

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Conflict Transforms, Crisis Remains: The Continued Need for TPS for Syria

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Temporary Protected Status: Comprehensive Backgrounder

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Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador

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Rebuilding from Rubble: Why TPS is needed for Nepal

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Temporary Protected Status for Nepal

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Protecting Families, stabilizing the region: Why Temporary Protected Status is needed for Haiti

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Temporary Protected Status for Honduras

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Advocacy Tools

Policy Brief: How Many South Sudanese Nationals Would Potentially Benefit Under Redesignation of Temporary Protected Status?

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Lives in the Balance: Why TPS is Needed for Venezuela Now

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Lifeline: The Ongoing Need for Temporary Protected Status for Somalia

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USCIS Processing Delays and the Resulting Consequences to TPS Holders and their Families

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The Trump Administration’s Failure to Redesignate Countries for Temporary Protected Status

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The Human Impact of Terminating Temporary Protected Status for Nepal

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