Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuela Extended for 18 Months; Certain EADs Automatically Extended Through April 2, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security extended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuela for 18 months, from April 3, 2025, through Oct. 2, 2026.
Individuals with a pending or approved TPS application may qualify for certain public benefits and REAL ID driver’s licenses and identification cards. When applying for a federal, state, or local government benefit, individuals will need to show a document proving they applied for or are beneficiaries of TPS for Venezuela. They may provide a TPS Employment Authorization Document (EAD) with a category code of A12 or C19, or a copy of their Form I-797, Notice of Action, for a current Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status.
Given the time frames for processing TPS re-registration applications, USCIS has automatically extended through April 2, 2026, the validity of EADs with a Card Expires date of Sept. 10, 2025; April 2, 2025; March 10, 2024; or Sept. 9, 2022, issued under the prior TPS designations of Venezuela. TPS Venezuela applicants or beneficiaries presenting an EAD referenced in this Federal Register notice do not need to show any other document, such as a Form I-797 or I-797C, Notice of Action, to prove that they qualify for this automatic EAD extension.
SAVE will be able to verify an individual’s TPS or pending TPS application (and any employment authorization) using information from any documents noted above. In some instances, the benefit-granting agency may need to institute additional verification to do so.
For more information regarding Venezuela’s TPS extension, please refer to 90 FR 5961, dated Jan. 17, 2025.
For up-to-date information, please check uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status.