Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Yemen has been extended and redesignated for 18 months from Sept. 4, 2024 until Mar. 3, 2026. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced that the extension and re-designation have been granted due to the continuing conflict in Yemen.  Yemen is now in the tenth year of a protracted conflict that has led to food insecurity, limited access to water and medical care and large-scale destruction of Yemen’s infrastructure.

Yemeni nationals who already have TPS must re-register and apply to extend their employment authorization during the 60-day re-registration period that runs from Jul. 10, 2024 until Sept. 9, 2024.  DHS recognizes that even those who timely apply may, due to processing times, have gaps in employment authorization.  Accordingly, employment authorization documents (EADs) will be automatically extended until through Sept. 3, 2025 for those with TPS EADs that expire either on Sept. 3, 2024 or Mar. 3, 2023. 

Yemeni nationals who wish to make initial applications for TPS under the re-designation must do so between Sept. 4, 2024 and Mar. 3, 2026.  Beyond the general eligibility requirements, those applying for initial TPS must show they have continuously resided in the United States since Jul. 2, 2024 and are continuously present since Sept. 4, 2024. 

Approximately 2,300 Yemini nationals are eligible for extensions and approximately 1,700 Yemeni nationals will be eligible for initial applications.  They will also be eligible to apply for travel authorization during their TPS but the grant will be at the discretion of DHS.

Complete instructions for Yemeni TPS can be found in the Federal Register.

Yemeni nationals who are students in F-1 status will be eligible for Special Student Relief so that they may request employment authorization and work an increased number of hours while school is in session and reduce their course loads while continuing to maintain F-1 status.   

For more information on how to verify or re-verify employment authorization for TPS beneficiaries, please reach out to your Jackson Lewis attorney.

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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.

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