Temporary Protected Status Extension and Redesignation for Venezuela
Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, 2-3 p.m. Eastern
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites you to participate in an engagement on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuela on Wednesday, Oct. 11, from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern.
On Sept. 20, 2023, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas announced the extension of TPS for Venezuela for 18 months, from March 11, 2024, to Sept. 10, 2025. Existing beneficiaries of TPS for Venezuela seeking to avoid gaps in their employment authorization may re-register during the 60-day re-registration period that runs from Jan. 10, 2024, through March 10, 2024.
Secretary Mayorkas also announced a separate redesignation of Venezuela for TPS for 18 months, from Oct. 3, 2023, through April 2, 2025. The redesignation allows Venezuelan nationals (and individuals having no nationality who last habitually resided in Venezuela) who have continuously resided in the United States since July 31, 2023, and been continuously physically present in the United States since Oct. 3, 2023, to file initial applications for TPS, if they are otherwise eligible.
During this engagement, USCIS will provide an overview of the extension and redesignation of Venezuela for TPS. We will then hold a question-and-answer session. We will not address case-specific questions, questions outside the scope of the engagement, or issues under active litigation.
Participation Link
Registration is not required. Please use Microsoft Teams to join the engagement. We recommend using Microsoft Edge, Chrome, or Firefox as your web browser. You may also view the engagement from a mobile device with the Microsoft Teams application.
If you have any questions, please email us at public.engagement@uscis.dhs.gov.
To request a disability accommodation to participate in this engagement, email us at public.engagement@uscis.dhs.gov by 4 p.m. Eastern on Friday, Oct. 6. We look forward to your participation.