BREAKING: TPS Venezuela Re-Registration Portal Opens Tonight for 24 Hours Following Federal Judge’s Order
Court Ordered the Government to Update USCIS Website and Reopen TPS Re-registration; Venezuelans Can Re-register for 24 Hours Starting tonight at 9 PM PST / Midnight EST and All Day September 13th
San Francisco – Yesterday, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to comply with his earlier ruling reinstating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans, after the government failed to provide access to the re-registration website.
Today, we received notice that the TPS Venezuela re-registration portal will be open for 24 hours starting at midnight EST (9 PM PST / 11 PM CST/ 12 AM EST) and all day September 13 (until midnight EST). This order comes after the government failed to make the portal available for individuals to renew their existing protections by the deadline.
“We call on the Venezuelan community to spread the word of this important and hard-fought victory. The government tried to defy a court order, but we refused to let them. Now we must spread the word so that our community knows that they must benefit from this victory.” — Jose Palma, Coordinator of the National TPS Alliance
Important Information for Venezuelan TPS Holders
- TPS holders must re-register by Saturday, September 13, 2025, before midnight EST (9 PM PST / 11 PM CST).
- Individuals with pending re-registration applications do not need to register again.
- Venezuelan TPS holders who first registered in 2021 will lose their status on November 7, 2025, if they fail to re-register by the September 13 deadline.
- Pursuant to the federal district court’s order in National TPS Alliance v. Noem, the January 17, 2025, extension of Venezuela’s TPS designation is back in effect.
Under this extension, all Venezuelan TPS holders (whether they registered in 2021 or 2023) may extend their TPS and work authorization through October 2, 2026—but they must re-register to qualify.
The plaintiffs are represented by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), the ACLU Foundations of Northern California and Southern California, Center for Immigration Law and Policy (CILP) at the UCLA School of Law, and Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA).
Learn more about the case: https://www.aclunc.org/our-work/legal-docket/national-tps-alliance-v-noem-ntpsa-ii
Learn more about the National TPS Alliance, and stay updated, including information about when the registration is reopened for Venezuelan TPS holders: National TPS Alliance.
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