Nepalilaure, good point. Most of the people who are affected are in villages or the Villagers who were renting old houses in kathmandu whose owners were living in secure houses in outskirts of the Kathmandu. I genuinely hope that TPS will benefit real needy people but not the ones whose name did not come up on H1b petition filed by fake dhoti consultancies. Let's say there are some real needy TPS deserving people who need to go home to take care of their loved ones, but tps grants advanced parole but it doesn't guarantee their return to the US anyway if they are inadmissable, in that case how is it going to help them. I think it will only help 2 kinds of Nepalis in the US: 1 ) Nepali lawyers , who will charge 500-1500 for the application, 2) those who did not get selected for h1b or who are illegal . both of them are not affected by the earthquake.