Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuela

Updated September 12, 2025
If you have TPS for Venezuela, you can extend your TPS and work permit until October 2, 2026. To keep your benefits, you must re-register by September 13, 2025. A court case may change this again.
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Current status of TPS Venezuela

  • The TPS Venezuela re-registration portal must open the night of Friday, September 12, 2025, by order of a federal judge.
  • You must re-register by Saturday, September 13, 2025, before midnight EST (9 PM PST / 11 PM CST).
  • If you already have a re-registration application pending, you do not need to apply again.
  • If you first registered in 2021, you will lose TPS on November 7, 2025, if you do not re-register by the September 13 deadline.
  • A federal court order in National TPS Alliance v. Noem put back into effect the January 17, 2025, TPS extension for Venezuela.
  • This extension lets all Venezuelan TPS holders (from 2021 or 2023) extend their TPS and work permits through October 2, 2026—but only if you re-register.

Get updates on the status of TPS from the National TPS Alliance.

Changes to Venezuelan TPS

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) allows people from certain countries to stay and work in the U.S. if it is not safe for them to return home due to war, disasters, or other emergencies. TPS for Venezuela has been contested in the courts:

  • February 1, 2025: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its decision to end TPS for Venezuela.
  • March 31, 2025: A judge blocked the termination of the 2023 TPS designation through a process called an injunction.
  • May 19, 2025: The Supreme Court lifted the injunction and allowed the government to end the 2023 designation. However, the Supreme Court did not say whether the government’s decision to terminate the 2023 TPS designation for Venezuela was legal or not. 
  • August 29, 2025: A court decided the U.S. government could not end the 2021 designation early on September 10, 2025.
  • September 3, 2025: DHS announced it will end the 2021 designation of TPS Venezuela. It will end 60 days from the Federal Register date.
  • September 5, 2025: A judge ordered that the government’s decision to end the TPS designations for Venezuela was unlawful. This means both the 2021 and 2023 TPS designations for Venezuela are still in effect.
  • The US government will appeal this decision, so this is not the final ruling on whether the government’s decision to end the TPS designation for Venezuela was legal.

Work permit

Work permits are available to people with TPS and are known as an Employment Authorization Document (EAD). You can apply for work authorization by filing Form I-765 and paying the fee. It takes several months to get an EAD.

If you have TPS under the 2021 or 2023 designation, your work permit (EAD) is automatically extended until April 2, 2026, because of a court order.

Need help sharing that your work permit extension is valid? You can use this letter with your employer.

Travel permit

Travel permits are available to people with TPS. It is known as advanced parole. You can apply for a travel permit by filing Form I-131. 

Before traveling outside the USA, talk to a lawyer. Traveling outside the U.S. with a temporary status comes with risk and U.S. immigration rules may change who can enter the country.

What happens when TPS expires?

If you do not have another legal immigration status besides TPS, you will become undocumented and lose your work authorization. If you stay without legal status, you will risk being detained and deported.

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The information on this page comes from DHS, USCIS, ASAP, and other trusted sources. We aim to offer easy to understand information that is updated regularly. This information is not legal advice.

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