As of May 2023, the following 16 countries were designated for TPS

1. Afghanistan (Valid through November 20, 2023)
2. Burma (Valid through May 25, 2024)
3. Cameroon (Valid through December 7, 2023)
4. El Salvador (Extended until March 9, 2025)
5. Ethiopia (Valid through June 12, 2024)
6. Haiti (Extended through August 3, 2024)
7. Honduras (Extended until July 5, 2025)
8. Nepal (Extended until June 24, 2025)
9. Nicaragua (Extended until July 5, 2025)
10. Somalia (Extended until September 17, 2024)
11. South Sudan (Extended until November 3, 2023)
12. Sudan (Extended until October 19, 2023)
13. Syria (Extended until March 31, 2024)
14. Ukraine (Valid through October 19, 2023)
15. Venezuela (Extended until March 10, 2024)
16. Yemen (Extended until September 3, 2024)

In order to qualify for TPS, an individual must:

1. Be a citizen of the foreign country with a TPS designation;
2. Be continuously physically present in the United States since the effective date of designation;
3. Have continuously resided in the United States since a date specified by the Secretary of Homeland Security; and
4. Not be inadmissible to the United States or be barred from asylum for certain criminal or national security-related reasons, such as individuals who have been convicted of any felony or two or more misdemeanors.

If a person who lives outside of the United States is in this country at a point when it becomes unsafe to return to his or her home country (or region), he or she may apply for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) if his or her home country is placed on the TPS list by the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security.

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