# Temporary Protected Status Designated Country: Nepal

**ALERT:** On Dec. 28, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed *Ramos v. Nielsen*, 18-cv-01554 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 28, 2023). *Bhattarai v. Nielsen*, 19-cv-731 (N.D. Cal. March 12, 2019) was consolidated with *Ramos* in August 2023.  The Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations of El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan remain effective. Current TPS beneficiaries who wish to extend their TPS must re-register during the re-registration period for their country’s designation. The validity of Employment Authorization Documents and other TPS-related documentation that DHS automatically extended in this Federal Register notice continues through June 30, 2024.

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

The re-registration period under the TPS designation of:
                      - El Salvador is currently open and runs through March 9, 2025;
                      - Haiti is currently open and runs through Aug. 3, 2024;
                      - Honduras is currently open and runs  through July 5, 2025;
                      - Nepal is currently open and runs through June 24, 2025;
                      - Nicaragua is currently open and runs through July 5, 2025; and
                      - Sudan is currently open and runs through April 19, 2025.

For more information, please see the Federal Register notice.

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.

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 initial TPS application or re-registering for TPS, or if you are filing for a replacement EAD for TPS you were already granted, send your TPS package to the appropriate address in the table below.

We are automatically extending through June 30, 2024, the validity of EADs with the category codes “A-12” or “C-19” and the expiration dates shown below that we issued under the TPS designation for Nepal to beneficiaries who continue to maintain TPS eligibility:

TPS Nepal beneficiaries who applied for a new EAD but have not yet received it are also covered by this automatic extension, as long as the EAD that you have contains 1 of the expiration dates noted in the chart above. When you present an automatically extended EAD to your employer, you may refer them to this Federal Register Notice that shows that we have extended your EAD and employment authorization through June 30, 2024.

In addition to EADs, we are automatically extending through June 30, 2024, the validity periods of the following Forms I-94, Arrival and Departure Records, and Forms I-797, Notice of Action (Approval Notice), previously issued to eligible beneficiaries under the TPS designation for Nepal:

1 Your Forms I-94 and I-797 may show a different beginning date of validity than those listed here if you were a late initial filer (LIF) at the time because the forms would have the date of approval of your LIF application for TPS. As long as they bear an end date of validity listed in this chart, then they are automatically extended by this Notice.

The extension of the validity periods above applies only if you properly filed for TPS re-registration during at least 1 of the most recent re-registration periods, which ran from May 22 through July 23, 2018, or from Oct. 26 through Dec. 27, 2016, or have a re-registration application that remains pending. In addition, the extension does not apply if we have finally withdrawn or denied your TPS.

For more information on TPS eligibility requirements, what to file, and step-by-step instructions on submitting a re-registration or initial TPS application package, go to the TPS page. You can find the filing fees for TPS related forms on our Fee Schedule page.

**Information for TPS Beneficiaries Granted under the 2015 Nepal TPS Designation Regarding Re-registration**

If you were granted TPS under the 2015 Nepal designation which is the subject of the Ramos litigation, TPS currently continues through June 30, 2024 or as long as the Ramos injunction remains in effect.  However, if you wish to remain eligible for TPS, you may re-register under the new extension of Nepal.  To do so, you must file Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status, so that USCIS may determine your continued TPS eligibility.

For more information, see:
                    - INA section 244(c)(3)(C) (TPS beneficiary’s failure to register without good cause in form and manner specified by DHS is grounds for TPS withdrawal);
                    - 8 CFR 244.17(b); and
                    - Instructions to Form I–821 (PDF, 363.07 KB) .

You might be eligible for other immigration options listed on the Explore My Options page.

To apply for a lawful permanent status (Green Card), you must be eligible under one of the categories listed on the Green Card Eligibility Categories page. Once you find the category that may fit your situation, click on the link provided to get information on eligibility requirements, how to apply, and whether your family members can also apply with you.

**Note on Seeking Asylum:** Being granted and maintaining TPS until a reasonable period before the filing of the asylum application is considered an extraordinary circumstance for the purposes of the one year filing deadline. In other words, having TPS “stops the clock” on the requirement to file for asylum within one year of arriving in the United States, if the one-year clock has not already expired. See 8 CFR 208.4(a)(5)(iv).

Please be aware that some unauthorized practitioners may try to take advantage of you by claiming they can file TPS forms. These same individuals may ask that you pay them to file such forms. We want to ensure that all potential TPS applicants know how to obtain legitimate, accurate legal advice and assistance. A list of accredited representatives and free or low-cost legal providers is available on the USCIS website on the finding legal advice web page.

We do not want you to become a victim of an immigration scam. If you need legal advice on immigration matters, make sure the person helping you is authorized to give legal advice. Only an attorney or an accredited representative working for a Department of Justice (DOJ) recognized organization can give you legal advice. Visit the Avoid Scams page for information and resources.

**Forms**
                    - Form I-912, Request for Fee Waiver
                    - Form I-131, Application for Travel Document
                    - Form I-601, Application for Waiver of Ground of Inadmissibility
                    - Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status
                    - Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization

**Tools**
                    - Fee Waiver Guidance

**Other USCIS Links**
                    - Working in the U.S.

**Non-USCIS Links**
                    - Department of Justice, Immigrant and Employee Rights Section

04/01/2024

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