What happens when your country's TPS ends

A TPS termination is not immediate: by statute it cannot take effect earlier than 60 days after the notice publishes in the Federal Register — or, if that date is later, the expiration of the most recent extension of the designation. On that day, the regulation says status is lost “automatically and without further notice or right of appeal.” And those 60 days are a legal floor, not a schedule: the Secretary may allow a longer transition, is not obliged to, and an announced date can move earlier.

This page explains the mechanism, not the state of any one country: who decides, on what clock, what happens to the work permit, how an employer finds out, what is left when the status ends, and why a country termination cannot be appealed while an individual withdrawal can. The current state of each designation changes month to month and lives at TPS by country and in the termination litigation tracker. Verified against the statute, the eCFR, the Federal Register, the Supreme Court and USCIS as of August 11, 2026. This is general, categorical information, not legal advice.

A designation does not lapse on its own — someone has to decide

TPS does not expire by the passage of time. The statute requires a dated review:

“At least 60 days before end of the initial period of designation, and any extended period of designation, of a foreign state (or part thereof) under this section the Attorney General, after consultation with appropriate agencies of the Government, shall review the conditions in the foreign state (or part of such foreign state) for which a designation is in effect under this subsection and shall determine whether the conditions for such designation under this subsection continue to be met.”

— 8 U.S.C. §1254a(b)(3)(A) (Cornell LII) · accessed August 11, 2026

And if that deadline is missed, the designation extends by itself. This is the least-known rule in the system, and it is in the text:

“If the Attorney General does not determine under subparagraph (A) that a foreign state (or part of such foreign state) no longer meets the conditions for designation under paragraph (1), the period of designation of the foreign state is extended for an additional period of 6 months (or, in the discretion of the Attorney General, a period of 12 or 18 months).”

— 8 U.S.C. §1254a(b)(3)(C) · accessed August 11, 2026

Terminating, by contrast, requires a public and reasoned act: the Attorney General “shall terminate the designation by publishing notice in the Federal Register of the determination under this subparagraph (including the basis for the determination)” (§1254a(b)(3)(B)). There is no termination by silence and none by press release: there is a published notice that states its own reasons.

60 days is a floor, not a schedule

The same provision fixes when a termination can start to bite:

“Such termination is effective in accordance with subsection (d)(3), but shall not be effective earlier than 60 days after the date the notice is published or, if later, the expiration of the most recent previous extension under subparagraph (C).”

— 8 U.S.C. §1254a(b)(3)(B) · accessed August 11, 2026

Above that floor, the statute permits — without requiring — a longer wind-down: termination applies only to documentation and authorization issued or renewed after the effective date of the notice “or, at the Attorney General’s option, after such period after the effective date of the determination as the Attorney General determines to be appropriate in order to provide for an orderly transition” (§1254a(d)(3)).

DHS restates both rules in its own termination notices, and also says how it uses that discretion:

“The Temporary Protected Status statute provides that the termination of a country’s Temporary Protected Status designation may not be effective earlier than 60 days after the notice is published in the Federal Register or, if later, the expiration of the most-recent previous extension. … The Temporary Protected Status statute authorizes the Secretary, at her discretion, to allow for an extended ‘orderly transition’ period with respect to the termination and the expiration of any Temporary Protected Status-related documentation, such as EADs. The Secretary has determined, in her discretion, that a 60-day transition period is sufficient and warranted here.”

— 91 FR 1547 (January 14, 2026) · accessed August 11, 2026

⚠️ Treat any announced date as a ceiling, not a promise. The statutory floor is 60 days from publication; above it, operational dates — including the Form I-9 dates E-Verify publishes when court orders are involved — have superseded one another frequently, and a designation has ended earlier than the date its own prior guidance had announced. That is why this page fixes no country date in prose: those values are read from the linked trackers, which are maintained against the source.

The exact day status ends — and why there is no appeal

“Upon the termination of designation of a foreign state, those nationals afforded temporary Protected Status shall, upon the sixtieth (60th) day after the date notice of termination is published in the Federal Register, or on the last day of the most recent extension of designation by the Attorney General, automatically and without further notice or right of appeal, lose Temporary Protected Status in the United States. Such termination of a foreign state’s designation is not subject to appeal.”

— 8 CFR 244.19, text current as of August 1, 2026 · accessed August 11, 2026

One technical point worth not flattening: the regulation omits the statute’s “if later” clause. The statute sets the binding floor (60 days from publication or the end of the most recent extension, whichever comes later); the regulation describes the operational mechanics of the day the status switches off. They are not identical, and this page does not present them as if they were.

Country termination vs individual withdrawal: only one has an appeal

This is the most useful distinction on the page, and it is almost never drawn. There are two different ways to lose TPS, and only one gives a right of appeal:

The grounds for withdrawal are listed in 8 CFR 244.14(a): the person was not in fact eligible when status was granted or became ineligible afterwards; the person has not remained continuously physically present in the United States; and the person fails without good cause to register with DHS annually within 30 days before the end of each 12-month period after TPS was granted.

That third ground deserves its own paragraph, because it is a way to lose TPS that has nothing to do with any decision about the country: re-registration is not automatic. The regulation says it plainly — people granted TPS must re-register periodically in accordance with USCIS instructions and must apply during the period provided by USCIS; and “if an alien fails to register without good cause, USCIS will withdraw Temporary Protected Status” (8 CFR 244.17, text current as of August 1, 2026).

The work permit during the transition period

The termination notices published so far have extended EAD validity through the date the termination takes effect, and DHS explains why:

“DHS recognizes that Somalia Temporary Protected Status beneficiaries under the designation continue to be employment authorized during the 60-day transition period. Accordingly, through this Federal Register notice, DHS automatically extends the validity of certain EADs previously issued under the Temporary Protected Status designation … Therefore, as proof of continued employment authorization …, Temporary Protected Status beneficiaries can show their EADs that have the notation A-12 or C-19 under Category and a ‘Card Expires’ date of …”

— 91 FR 1547 · accessed August 11, 2026

Category codes A-12 and C-19 are the operative fact: they are what an employer reads off the card. Who grants that extension matters as much as the date: the extension comes from the specific notice, not from a general rule — a distinction that became critical in 2025:

“DHS is adding new 8 CFR 274a.13(e). The new provision explains that, unless otherwise provided in 8 CFR 274a.13(d), by law, or through a Federal Register notice for Temporary Protected Status (TPS)-related employment documentation, the validity period of an expired or expiring Employment Authorization Document and/or employment authorization will not be automatically extended by a renewal EAD application filed on or after October 30, 2025. This IFR does not impact automatic extensions of EADs and/or employment authorization provided by law or Federal Register notices, such as those for TPS applicants and beneficiaries pursuant to section 244 of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1254a, and 8 CFR part 244.”

— 90 FR 48799 (October 30, 2025) · accessed August 11, 2026

In other words: the general automatic extension for a timely-filed EAD renewal is gone; TPS extensions granted by a Federal Register notice survived. They are two different things and they are conflated constantly.

At the same time, TPS EAD validity was capped at one year:

“Upon approval of an application for Temporary Protected Status, USCIS shall grant employment authorization and, subject to 8 CFR 274a.12(a), issue an employment authorization document valid for a period of 1 year or for the remaining duration of the country’s designation of Temporary Protected Status, whichever is shorter.”

— 8 CFR 244.12(a), as amended at 91 FR 22972 (April 29, 2026) · text current as of August 1, 2026

The origin of that cap is statutory: sections 100003(c) and 100012(a) of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, P.L. 119-21 (July 4, 2025), limit the validity of any employment authorization for a TPS beneficiary to one year or the duration of the designation, whichever is shorter (quoted by DHS at 90 FR 48799, footnote 84). Country-by-country detail on which EADs still work and until when lives at TPS work permit status.

How an employer finds out

Until recently this question had no concrete answer. It now has one, dated August 11, 2026:

“The Status Change Report now includes invalidated Forms I-766, Employment Authorization Documents (EADs), with category C08 (asylum applicant with a pending asylum application), C09 (adjustment of status applicant under INA Section 245), A12 (granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS)) and C19 (TPS applicant). Previously, the Status Change Report included only category C11 (parolee) EADs.”

— E-Verify, What’s New, published August 11, 2026 · accessed August 11, 2026

What the employer is told to do with it, in E-Verify’s guidance: compare the employee’s EAD card number presented for Form I-9 against the revoked document number in the report and, if the numbers match, immediately begin reverifying employment authorization using Form I-9, Supplement B.

Put directly: for A12 and C19 EADs, notice to the employer stopped depending on somebody reading the Federal Register.

The judicial route: what was used, and what changed on June 25, 2026

The mechanism that stopped earlier terminations was interim relief under the Administrative Procedure Act: per the Mullin v. Doe syllabus, “the District Court concluded that the plaintiffs were entitled to interim relief under 5 U. S. C. §705.” On June 25, 2026 the Supreme Court closed that route for claims that are not constitutional:

“Held: 1. The TPS statute bars judicial review of non-constitutional claims.”

“Section 1254a(b)(5)(A) provides that ‘[t]here is no judicial review of any determination of the [Secretary of Homeland Security] with respect to the designation, or termination or extension of a designation, of a foreign state.’”

— Mullin v. Doe, Nos. 25-1083 and 25-1084, decided June 25, 2026 · accessed August 11, 2026

What was not barred is the constitutional claim, and the distinction is easy to get wrong. The Court did not say such a claim cannot be brought; it said the one brought was unlikely to succeed — “Miot respondents’ equal protection claim—that Haiti’s TPS designation was terminated because of race—is unlikely to succeed.” A statutory bar on review (non-constitutional claims) and a loss on the likelihood-of-success standard (the equal protection claim) are different outcomes.

DHS, for its part, has been stating that review bar in every termination notice — citing INA 244(b)(5)(A) — since before the ruling: it is not a new position.

What exactly is lost on the effective date

It helps to name what the status protected, because that is what stops applying. In USCIS’s words, during a designated period, people who are TPS beneficiaries or who are found preliminarily (prima facie) eligible:

“Are not removable from the United States; Can obtain an employment authorization document (EAD); May be granted travel authorization. Once granted TPS, an individual also cannot be detained by DHS on the basis of his or her immigration status in the United States.”

— USCIS, Temporary Protected Status · accessed August 11, 2026

That last protection has its own statutory root: “An alien provided temporary protected status under this section shall not be detained by the Attorney General on the basis of the alien’s immigration status in the United States” (8 U.S.C. §1254a(d)(4)).

And two things do not change simply because a designation ends, stated as general rules and not as options for anyone in particular:

• TPS was never by itself a path to residence, and registering for TPS does not block other applications. USCIS puts it this way: TPS is a temporary benefit that does not lead to lawful permanent resident status or give any other immigration status; however, registration for TPS does not prevent applying for nonimmigrant status, filing for adjustment of status based on an immigrant petition, or applying for any other immigration benefit or protection for which a person may be eligible — and it warns, in the same breath, that to be granted any other benefit a person must still meet all the eligibility requirements for it.
• TPS stopped the asylum one-year clock while it was maintained. USCIS: being granted and maintaining TPS until a reasonable period before filing the asylum application is considered an extraordinary circumstance for purposes of the one-year filing deadline — it “stops the clock” on the requirement to file for asylum within one year of arriving, if that one-year clock had not already expired (8 CFR 208.4(a)(5)(iv), cited by USCIS, accessed August 11, 2026). How the two protections are wired together in the statutory text is covered at TPS and asylum.

The money: re-registering does not cost $0 in total

While a designation is alive, re-registration is the recurring obligation — and its cost structure is the most misunderstood money fact in TPS. The official fee schedule (Form G-1055, edition 05/29/26) and this site’s fee dataset (as_of 2026-08-07) match line for line:

The sentence to hold onto: re-registration is free only on the I-821 line. Biometrics and the work permit renewal are separate line items, and the portion created by P.L. 119-21 is never waived. USCIS says so explicitly: you may not request a fee waiver of the immigration fees required by that law, though you may request a waiver of the filing fee set by USCIS, if otherwise eligible, while submitting the fee the law requires.

The regulation says the same thing from its side: re-registration applicants do not need to pay the fee required for initial registration except the biometric services fee — unless that fee is waived in the applicable form instructions — and, if requesting an employment authorization document, the application fee for that (8 CFR 244.17(a), text current as of August 1, 2026). Full form mechanics live on the Form I-821 page.

What the sources do NOT say

Naming what a source is silent about is part of the information. As of August 11, 2026:

• Nothing says what happens to a pending re-registration filed by someone who already had TPS when the designation terminates. 8 CFR 244.13(b) covers temporary treatment benefits, which is what an initial applicant with prima facie eligibility holds; 8 CFR 244.19 covers people already granted TPS. The in-between case is not addressed. We do not infer it.
• The termination notice contains no guidance for the affected person. A full-text search of 91 FR 1547 returns zero occurrences of adjudicat, denied, removal proceedings, deportation or other immigration. It is a determination addressed to the public record, not a notice addressed to the reader.
• The USCIS TPS page never explains termination consequences. Its only use of the word termination sits inside the conditions for filing an initial application late.
• Neither the statute nor the regulations give the Secretary any standard for choosing a transition period longer than 60 days. DHS’s own words: “whether to allow for an orderly transition period is left to the Secretary’s unfettered discretion” (91 FR 1547). There is no floor above 60 days, no factor list, and no review.
• No source states a minimum notice period for the Form I-9 dates that move when court orders are involved. They have superseded one another frequently, and a designation can end before the date its own prior guidance announced. That is why they are presented here as ceilings and read from the datasets rather than from prose.

Related information

• TPS by country — the state of each designation, verified against USCIS
• TPS work permit status — which EADs remain valid and until when
• TPS termination litigation — the case tracker and its country-by-country effects
• Form I-821 — Temporary Protected Status — registration, re-registration and fees
• Can you leave the U.S. with TPS and get back in? — the I-512T, the I-512L, and what happens if a designation terminates mid-trip
• TPS and asylum — the two places the two statutes touch, including the one-year deadline exception

Official sources: 8 U.S.C. §1254a (Cornell LII) · 8 U.S.C. §1254a (govinfo) · 8 CFR 244.19 · 8 CFR 244.14 · 8 CFR 244.13 · 8 CFR 244.12 · 8 CFR 244.17 · 91 FR 1547 · 90 FR 48799 · Mullin v. Doe · USCIS — Temporary Protected Status · E-Verify — Status Change Report · G-1055 fee schedule

Last verified: 2026-08-11. General information, not legal advice. What a termination means for a particular record — a pending application, a work permit with a specific date, a case already open — depends on that record: consult a licensed immigration attorney or a DOJ/BIA-accredited representative.