This article was prepared with the assistance of ABIL, the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers, of which Loan Huynh is an active member.
E-Verify released an update on November 14, 2025, related to work authorization, pursuant to a Supreme Court order allowing immediate termination of the 2023 Venezuela Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation.
E-Verify said that for Forms I-766, Employment Authorization Documents (EADs), the termination means that:
- For beneficiaries of the 2021 designation for Venezuela TPS who do not have an EAD or Form I-94, Arrival/Departure Record, with an October 2, 2026, expiration date, their TPS and employment authorization terminated on November 7, 2025. EADs with a category A12 or C19 and an expiration date of September 10, 2025; March 10, 2024; or September 9, 2022, issued under the 2021 TPS designation of Venezuela were automatically extended until November 7, 2025. Employers must have reverified TPS Venezuela beneficiaries who presented these EADs before they started work on November 8, 2025.
- With a timely filed EAD renewal application, EADs with a category A12 or C19 and an expiration date of September 10, 2025, or April 2, 2025, for TPS beneficiaries who reregistered under the January 17, 2025, extension notice may still be automatically extended for up to 540 days. Employees must present their Form I-797, Notice of Action, indicating that their Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization (EAD renewal) was received before February 6, 2025.
