Temporary Protected Status Designated Country: Nepal
ALERT: The Department of Homeland Security is extending the re-registration periods for the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations of El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan.

The 18-month re-registration period under the TPS designation of:


Nepal now runs through June 24, 2025;


We will publish a Federal Register notice for this re-registration extension soon.

ALERT: On June 21, 2023, DHS published Federal Register notices (FRNs) announcing the rescission of the 2017 and 2018 terminations of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations of Nepal effective June 9, 2023, and extend the TPS designations of:


Nepal for 18 months, from Dec. 25, 2023, through June 24, 2025 (60-day re-registration period from Oct. 24, 2023, through Dec. 23, 2023); and


Existing TPS beneficiaries who wish to extend their status must re-register during the 60-day re-registration period for their country’s designation. Please do not re-register for TPS until the re-registration period for your country begins. USCIS cannot adjudicate your application before the effective date of the extension.

For additional information, please see the news release.

ALERT: As required by the court order staying proceedings in Bhattarai v. Nielsen, No. 19-cv-731 (N.D. Cal), USCIS is continuing the TPS and extending appropriate TPS-related documentation (Forms I-765, Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); Forms I-797, Notice of Action; and Forms I-94, Arrival/Departure Record) for eligible beneficiaries of TPS Honduras and TPS Nepal, as we have done for the TPS beneficiaries in Ramos, et al. v. Nielsen et al., 336 F.Supp.3d 1075(N.D. Cal., Oct. 3, 2018), vacated on appeal, but reh’g requested 975 F.3d 872(9th Cir., Sept. 14, 2020)(“Ramos”).


TPS Continues Through:
June 24, 2025

Additionally, as long as the preliminary injunction ordered by the court in Ramos et al. v. Nielsen et al., 336 F.Supp.3d 1075 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 3, 2018) and the stay of proceedings ordered in Bhattarai, et al. v. Nielsen, et al., No. 19-cv-731 (N.D. Cal. March 12, 2019) remain in effect, or by other order of the court.

Registration Period for People Who Already Have TPS:
Oct. 24, 2023, through June 24, 2025, for those re-registering for TPS under the designation extension announced in the June 21, 2023 FRN 88 FR 40317.

Employment Authorization Document (EAD) Auto-Extended Through: June 30, 2024, for current beneficiaries under the June 24, 2015 TPS designation for Nepal whose documents, as specified, have been automatically extended by the Nov. 2022 FRN.

Continuous Residence Date in U.S. Since: June 24, 2015

Continuous Physical Presence in U.S. Since: June 24, 2015

TPS Designation Date: June 24, 2015


When to File for TPS

To maintain TPS, you must re-register during the 60-day re-registration period that runs from Oct. 24, 2023 through Dec. 23, 2023. We encourage you to re-register for TPS as soon as possible within the 60-day re-registration period.

Where to File

If you are applying for TPS Nepal, you may file Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status, online. When filing an initial TPS application or re-registering for TPS, you can also request an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) by submitting a completed Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, online with your Form I-821.

File Online

If you are filing a paper application for a replacement EAD for already granted TPS, send your TPS package to the appropriate address in the table IN THE LINK below: