FAQs on the Effect of Changes to Parole and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for SAVE Agencies

DHS implemented the CHNV parole programs, which permitted citizens or nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, and their immediate family members, with a confirmed U.S.-based supporter to request authorization to travel to the United States to be considered for parole into the United States for a temporary period of up to two years. Under these categorical parole programs, potentially eligible beneficiaries were granted advance authorization to travel to a U.S. port of entry (POE) in the interior of the country to seek a discretionary grant of parole.

These aliens were paroled into the United States for a period of up to 2 years based on their entry date between late 2022 through late 2024 or early 2025. 

CHNV parolees were assigned the following COAs:

• CHP – Cuban Humanitarian Parole
• HHP – Haitian Humanitarian Parole
• NHP – Nicaraguan Humanitarian Parole
• VHP – Venezuelan Humanitarian Parole

Aliens paroled into the United States under the CHNV parole programs were eligible to apply for employment authorization and, if granted, were issued a category C11 Form I-766, Employment Authorization Document (EAD).

Yes. On March 25, 2025, DHS announced by Federal Register notice that it terminated the CHNV parole programs effective March 25, 2025, and its intention to terminate the temporary parole periods of aliens paroled under the CHNV parole programs on April 24, if not already expired by that date. DHS also announced its intention to revoke employment authorization for these aliens based on their parole under the C11 category, effective April 24, 2025.

On April 14, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a Preliminary Injunction Order staying parts of the March 25, 2025, Federal Register notice titled, “Termination of Parole Process for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV).” See Svitlana Doe, et al., v. Noem, et. al., No. 25-cv-10495 (D. Mass. Apr. 14, 2025). 

Update: On May 30, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an order lifting the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts’s April 14, 2025, Preliminary Injunction that stayed parts of the March 25, 2025, Federal Register notice titled, “Termination of Parole Process for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV).” See Noem v. Svitlana Doe, 605 U.S. ___ (2025).

With this decision, DHS is terminating parole granted under the CHNV parole programs and revoking employment authorization based on being paroled under the CHNV parole programs.

No new requests for CHNV parole will be processed. 

While the court order is in effect, parolees maintain their original periods of parole and employment authorization.

• During this pause, parolees under the CHNV parole programs remain paroled through the original Admit Until Date shown on their Form I-94, Arrival/Departure Record.
• EADs remain valid through the date on the EAD. To comply with the judge’s ruling, DHS will not revoke EADs while the termination of parole periods is paused. 

Yes, SAVE provides responses based on the most up-to-date data available in government systems. If you receive an unexpected response, submit the case for additional verification.

If an agency creates a new SAVE case for an alien who no longer has an immigration status because their parole has ended or was terminated, the initial SAVE case response will prompt agencies to initiate additional verification. If no immigration status is located at additional verification, SAVE will provide a “no status” response.

If the alien changed or updated their immigration status, SAVE will verify that status and provide pending application information, if applicable.

If you receive an unexpected response, or if the benefit applicant disagrees with the SAVE response, submit the case for additional verification.

USCIS is instructing aliens previously paroled under a CHNV parole program whose EAD is revoked to return their EAD to USCIS immediately.

Aliens who are outside of the United States may request to be paroled into the United States based on urgent humanitarian reasons or a significant public benefit. These aliens are not paroled into the United States under a categorical parole program or process. Often, the Class of Admission (COA) for these aliens is “DT” though other parole related COAs may have been used.

Yes, parole may be terminated upon written notice to the parolee if DHS determines the purpose for which the parole was authorized has been accomplished or if DHS determines that neither humanitarian reasons nor public benefit warrant the continued presence of the parolee in the United States. 

No. If DHS terminates an alien’s parole by notice pursuant to 8 CFR 212.5(e)(2) before the expiration date of the parole period, the EAD does not automatically terminate and remains valid until it expires or is otherwise terminated or revoked by DHS.

An alien’s EAD automatically terminates on the date listed on the EAD or by placing the alien into removal proceedings. Alternatively, for EADs that are not automatically terminated, DHS may revoke the EAD before the EAD expiration date by serving written notice of its intent to revoke the EAD citing the reasons that the revocation is warranted and providing the alien fifteen days to respond to the notice.

For EADs that are automatically terminated or revoked, DHS will not be collecting terminated/revoked EADs and will not issue new EADs to reflect the updated end date.

Yes. If DHS terminates an alien’s parole before the expiration date of the parole period, DHS will update the Form I-94, Arrival/Departure Record to reflect the new parole termination date. Aliens can view and print their most recent electronic Form I-94 from the CBP I-94 website.

Aliens who were previously in a period of parole and subsequently obtained a lawful immigration status may possess a more recently issued Form I-94 with a different class of admission. Aliens whose parole has been terminated early may still possess an older printout of their electronic Form I-94 that appears facially valid but includes the original Admit Until Date that is no longer valid. 

It is up to each SAVE user agency to determine how the early termination of the parole period affects a benefit applicant’s continued eligibility for the benefit/license. Agencies should consider their benefit eligibility policies to determine if new SAVE cases should be created for such aliens based on the termination of their parole. SAVE will provide an opportunity for agencies to request SAVE case data related to aliens whose parole has been terminated early.

Benefit applicants whose parole has been terminated may have another lawful basis to remain in the U.S. and may also be employment authorized based on another immigration status or a pending application. SAVE verifies current immigration statuses/categories and pending applications and does not automatically update past SAVE cases when an alien’s status changes.

Note: A SAVE response indicating that the benefit applicant is a “Cuban-Haitian Entrant” is not affected by the termination of parole. “Cuban-Haitian Entrant” relates to benefit eligibility and is not an immigration status.

SAVE provides point-in-time immigration status verification. If an agency creates a new SAVE case for an alien who no longer has an immigration status because their parole has ended or was terminated, the initial SAVE case response will prompt agencies to initiate additional verification. If no immigration status is located at additional verification, SAVE will provide a “no status” response.

If the alien changed or updated their immigration status, SAVE will verify that status and provide pending application information, if applicable. 

If you receive an unexpected SAVE response, submit the case for additional verification. 

On Feb. 5, 2025, DHS issued a Federal Register notice that terminated the 2023 designation of TPS for Venezuelans and ends TPS and related benefits associated with the designation on April 7, 2025.

On March 31, 2025, Judge Edward Chen, a federal judge in San Francisco, ordered the department to continue TPS for Venezuelans. See National TPS Alliance, et al., v. Kristi Noem et al., No. 3:25-cv-01766 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 31, 2025). The court did so even though the TPS statute says that TPS decisions are not subject to judicial review. For more information, please see the Federal Register notice. DHS has every intention of ending Venezuela TPS as soon as it obtains relief from the court order.

Separately, TPS for Venezuelans under the 2021 designation is scheduled to end on Sept. 10, 2025. For more information about the 2023 and 2021 TPS Venezuela designations visit the USCIS website.

DHS is complying with the March 31 court order ordering DHS to continue TPS for Venezuela.

SAVE is following the Jan. 17, 2025, Federal Register notice extending the 2023 TPS Venezuela designation from April 3, 2025, through Oct. 2, 2026, pending relief from the court’s March 31 order.

The notice extending the designation through Oct. 2, 2026, also extends Forms I-766, Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) through April 2, 2026 that have a:

• Category A12 or C19; and
• A Card Expires date of Sept. 10, 2025; April 2, 2025; March 10, 2024; or Sept. 9, 2022.

Yes, SAVE previously issued communications to agency users on April 2, 2025, indicating Compliance with Court Order Regarding 2023 Designation of TPS Venezuela. For more information on Venezuela TPS designation dates and TPS-related EAD extensions, please refer to  90 FR 5961 dated Jan. 17, 2025 and the USCIS TPS Venezuela webpage.

SAVE is able to verify an individual’s TPS or pending TPS application from April 3, 2025, through Oct. 2, 2026, and any employment authorization. In some instances, the benefit-granting agency may need to institute additional verification to do so.  

DHS announced in a Feb. 24, 2025, Federal Register Notice that the period of extension and redesignation of Haiti for TPS was amended from 18 months to 12 months and provides an amended end date of August 3, 2025.

SAVE user agencies who create new SAVE cases will be able to verify the amended end date of Aug. 3, 2025. User agencies may have created SAVE cases between July 1, 2024, and Feb. 24, 2025, that provided a now-incorrect end date of Feb. 3, 2026. Agencies should consider their benefit eligibility policies to determine if new SAVE cases should be created for these aliens based on the amended end date.

SAVE provides point-in-time immigration verification including current immigration statuses/categories and pending applications. Benefit applicants may have more than one lawful basis to remain in the U.S.

USCIS will not provide updated documents or recall previously issued TPS-related documentation with a Feb. 3, 2026, expiration date (EADs, Forms I-797, Notice of Action or Forms I-94, Arrival/Departure Record).

Agency users may see applicants presenting documents with facial expiration dates that exceed the TPS designation period, which may result in the need for the submission of a SAVE case including additional verification.