End Of Temporary Protected Status For 2021 Venezuela Designation

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the 2021 Venezuela Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation, which was set to expire on September 10, 2025, will now terminate at 11:59 p.m. on November 7, 2025, 60 days after the official publication of the Federal Register notice (FRN). DHS will also extend, for 60 days after publication of the FRN, the EAD validities of these individuals, as long as they were endorsed with the A-12 or C-19 categories and list expiration dates of September 9, 2022, March 10, 2024, or September 10, 2025. As a result, these beneficiaries will remain work authorized through November 7, 2025.

For a current employee whose EAD has been automatically extended by the FRN, employers must provide updated information on Form I-9. They should enter "EAD EXT" and the EAD automatic extension date from the FRN in the Additional Information field in Section 2 — for example, "EAD EXT 11/07/2025." If the employee's original Form I-9 was