USCIS Rescinds Termination of Nepal’s TPS Designation and Extends TPS Nepal for 18 Months
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas rescinded the termination of the designation of Nepal for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and extended TPS for Nepal for 18 months, from Dec. 25, 2023, through June 24, 2025.
DHS previously extended through June 30, 2024, the validity of certain TPS-related Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) issued under Nepal’s ongoing TPS designation. See the November 2022 Federal Register notice for more details.
Completing Form I-9
To complete or update Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, for TPS Nepal beneficiaries who present an EAD with a Category Code of A12 or C19 and a Card Expires date of June 24, 2025, enter June 24, 2025, on Form I-9. You must reverify these employees before they start work on June 25, 2025.
Find more details about this extension on the TPS Nepal page and instructions for completing Form I-9 on the I-9 Central TPS page.