Eligible Ukrainian nationals who have been in the U.S. continuously since April 11, 2022, and eligible Sudanese nationals who have been residing in the United States continuously since March 1, 2022, will be able to apply for TPS until October 2023. Those who are eligible will also be able to apply for employment and travel authorization.
The TPS designations for Ukraine and Sudan will allow eligible individuals to work in the U.S. during the relevant designation period without requiring a visa sponsorship from a U.S. employer.6 According to the Federal Register, DHS estimates that approximately 59,600 Ukrainian nationals may be eligible for TPS designation and about 3,090 Sudanese individuals may be eligible for TPS designation.
In addition to the TPS designations, DHS is suspending certain employment authorization rules for Ukrainian and
Sudanese nationals in F-1 nonimmigrant student status who were present in the United States on April 19, 2022, and who seek off-campus employment authorization due to severe economic hardship resulting from the crisis in their respective countries.
Eligible Ukrainian and Sudanese F-1 students will be able to request an employment authorization document, work an increased number of hours when the academic institution is in session, and reduce their course load all the while continuing to maintain F-1 nonimmigrant status. DHS is relaxing employment authorization rules until October 19, 2023. According to the Federal Register, the government estimates that approximately 2,604 F-1 nonimmigrant students from Ukraine and approximately 324 F-1 nonimmigrant students from Sudan present in the United States may benefit from the relaxed rules.