Syrian Temporary Protected Status (TPS) has been extended and redesignated until March 31, 2024.

Those already holding Syrian TPS must apply for the extension of their status and employment authorization (if desired) during the 60-day registration period beginning August 1, 2022, and running through September 30, 2022. Employment authorization will be automatically extended until September 30, 2023, for those who reapply and have current TPS EADs expiring on September 30, 2022, March 31, 2021, September 30, 2019, or March 31, 2018. Those with currently pending applications for extensions need not reapply because their new approvals will be extended until March 31, 2024.

Because of the redesignation, Syrians who have continuously resided in the United States without TPS since July 28, 2022, may apply during the registration period and beyond, until March 31, 2024.

Syrian TPS applicants also may apply for travel authorization.

Syria was originally designated for TPS in 2012 and the designation has been repeatedly extended since that time based on the ongoing armed conflict and extraordinary temporary conditions including: large-scale destruction of infrastructure, mass displacement of citizens, food insecurity, limited access to water and medical care, widespread civilian casualties, and, more recently, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Syrian students in F-1 status who have been experiencing economic hardship have had employment limitations suspended since 2021. That suspension is being extended until April 1, 2024, so that they may work more hours, reduce their course loads, and continue to maintain their student status.

For more information on how to verify or re-verify employment authorization for TPS beneficiaries, please reach out to your Jackson Lewis attorney. To check the latest on work authorization extensions for other TPS holders from other countries, see our TPS Work Authorization Tool.

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Forrest Read is a Principal in the Raleigh, North Carolina, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He has extensive experience in both business immigration law and employment law and has particular focus in legal issues in graduate medical education (GME).

Mr. Read’s immigration practice…

Forrest Read is a Principal in the Raleigh, North Carolina, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He has extensive experience in both business immigration law and employment law and has particular focus in legal issues in graduate medical education (GME).

Mr. Read’s immigration practice focuses on assisting employers in obtaining employment-based nonimmigrant visas (e.g., H-1B, L, O, TN) for foreign national employees and work-related immigrant (green card) visas, including PERM Labor Certifications, and advising employers on compliance with U.S. immigration laws and regulations. He has broad experience in advising large, mid-size and small employers on their various immigration needs and developing strategies to help them navigate through complex immigration issues. He also has particular experience in counseling employers in the health care industry and addressing immigration-related issues that arise for their broad range of health care professional employees (including advising on and obtaining employment authorization for medical residents and fellows and obtaining J-1 visa waivers for foreign national physicians completing their medical training in the United States). His immigration practice also includes defending employers in connection with Department of Labor H-1B and H-2B investigations.

Mr. Read’s employment law experience includes representing management, particularly academic medical centers in the GME context, in a wide array of workplace disputes and litigation before federal and state courts and administrative agencies, including matters related to discrimination, retaliation, harassment, disability, family and medical leave, various wage and hour issues, contracts, and intentional torts. He advises academic medical centers on the interplay between applicable academic law and employment law and the ramifications of what are divergent legal requirements and standards. Mr. Read also provides counsel with respect to the legal impact of competency standards for residents and trainees in GME, including situations involving discipline, remediation, and dismissal. He provides advice and guidance in the peer review process, including provision of verification and assessment of training in response to third party inquiries.

As a member of the Firm’s Corporate Diversity Counseling group, Mr. Read also has experience in providing assessments and making recommendations to corporate and institutional clients with respect to diversity and inclusion policies and initiatives, conducting related internal investigations, and shaping, developing and enforcing effective policies and initiatives to ensure consistency with client values and in furtherance of business goals and objectives.