Six Countries' TPS Work Permits Are Expiring This Week

Six Countries' TPS Work Permits Are Expiring This Week

Six Countries' TPS Work Permits Are Expiring This Week. Here's the Country-by-Country Timeline — and Why the Dates Keep Moving.

An IMMIGRANTS.LIVE Guide — Updated August 2, 2026

If You Hold TPS From These Countries, Read This Today

Work authorization for Temporary Protected Status holders from six countries is expiring this week, and for two of them, it happens tomorrow.

This isn't a future warning — it's happening in real time, and it's the direct result of the Supreme Court's June 25, 2026 ruling in Mullin v. Doe, which held that federal courts have very limited power to second-guess DHS's decisions to end TPS designations. That ruling knocked out the main legal argument — that DHS acted "arbitrarily and capriciously" — that had been keeping work permits alive for thousands of people through ongoing litigation. Since then, USCIS has been issuing a rapid, confusing sequence of short "placeholder" extension dates for each country as the courts finish processing the fallout.

The Dates, As They Currently Stand

Every source tracking this — including the immigration law firms handling these cases directly — warns that these dates are a moving target and have already changed multiple times in July alone. As of this week, here is where each country stands:

Country	TPS Work Authorization Extended Through
Yemen	July 24, 2026 (already passed)
Syria	July 27, 2026 (already passed)
Haiti	July 24, 2026, treated by immigration counsel as an accelerated termination case
Burma (Myanmar)	August 3, 2026 (tomorrow)
Somalia	August 3, 2026 (tomorrow)
Ethiopia	August 6, 2026
South Sudan	August 6, 2026

If your country isn't showing a later date on USCIS's TPS page than what's listed here, don't assume the situation has stabilized — assume the update hasn't been published yet. Several countries received three separate date revisions in July alone.

Why the Dates Keep Changing

Before Mullin v. Doe, federal courts in several jurisdictions had issued stays blocking TPS terminations for these countries, keeping both status and work authorization alive while the underlying lawsuits played out. The Supreme Court's ruling didn't instantly end those cases — it removed the primary legal theory supporting them, which means each case now has to work its way through the normal process of the lower courts implementing that ruling. USCIS has been issuing short "bridge" extension dates — originally July 1, then July 10, then July 17, and now the current dates above — to avoid an abrupt gap in work authorization while that process finishes, country by country, court by court.

The government has been explicit that none of these bridge extensions are a reversal of policy. They are temporary, and each one has been described as consistent with completing termination, not avoiding it.

What This Means If Your Status Depends on One of These Countries

Your TPS-based work authorization is tied directly to these dates. Once the extension for your country lapses without a further update, your Employment Authorization Document is no longer valid proof of your right to work — regardless of the physical expiration date printed on the card itself.

Losing TPS-based work authorization does not automatically mean losing your right to be in the U.S., but it does mean reverting to whatever immigration status you held before TPS, which for many people means no independent status at all. If you have another pending application — a family petition, an asylum claim, or something else — that filing is unaffected by the TPS timeline and continues on its own track.

Employers are being told not to delay. Multiple immigration law firms advising employers on Form I-9 compliance have specifically instructed companies not to wait once a court-ordered extension date passes for an employee's country — meaning workers should expect employers to act on these dates precisely, not loosely.

What to Actually Do This Week

1. Check the current USCIS TPS page for your specific country today, not from a source you read last week — these dates are updating in near real time.

2. Talk to your employer's HR or immigration compliance team now if your country's date is this week. Employers are being actively instructed on exact Form I-9 procedures tied to these dates, and getting ahead of that conversation matters.

3. If you have any other pending immigration filing — asylum, a family petition, adjustment of status — confirm its status separately. It is not affected by the TPS work authorization timeline, but it's worth having documentation of it ready if your work authorization question comes up.

4. Talk to a licensed immigration attorney this week if you haven't already, especially if your country's date has already passed or is about to. Several immigration organizations are tracking these cases closely and may have specific guidance for your country that changes by the day.

5. Don't assume a later date means the situation is resolved. Every extension so far has been explicitly temporary — treat each one as a bridge, not a solution.

This article reflects information available as of August 2, 2026. TPS termination dates for these countries are changing rapidly and may be out of date by the time you read this — always verify current status directly on USCIS's TPS pages or with a licensed immigration attorney before making decisions.