Genuine Question.... Why so many folks still in TPS after 10 years. Is the statistics wrong?
This is my genuine curiosity. I am not trying to bash any of my Nepalese brothers and sisters here who are still in TPS. I had many, many friends of my own — I would say more than 20 — who were in TPS, but all of them converted to permanent residency within the last 10 years. Many of them didn't have valid status but still were able to figure out things like EB2, EB3 Skilled/Unskilled, and many other routes. Some of them went back home and came back on parole to clean up their "unlawful presence and inadmissibility" situations. I know many of my friends' friends, family members — I can't even count — who all changed TPS stuff to permanency. I could understand if there were a couple of thousand folks not being in the situation to convert, but I saw the stat somewhere that still close to 8,000 people are in TPS.
Why? What did you do for the last 10 years?
I hope it gets extended or gets hung up in court till the next administration. But regardless, I hope you guys wake up from this, and I hope there is nobody in TPS within the next 5 years. Best wishes.
Its not easy to adjust status. you have to have a very clean record to adjust status . Even a minor traffic infraction is enough to permanently block u from being a green card holder under work sponsorship category ( eb1, eb2 , eb3, L1 ) etc .
those who are still on tps either didn't complete their degree to get a job that could sponsor them green card or had a criminal record prevent them getting green card . unfortunately its a dead end for most of them. forget about 10 years, they will still be on tps if it was granted for a century under current provision.
A few lucky with no criminal record get away with this turmoil either winning DV lottery or marrying a US citizen , thats it
@haal haal Pandit
I slightly agree with you on some things but mostly disagree with your premise.
I absolutely agree it’s a tough road to adjust status, but when you say even a minor traffic infraction can block someone from adjusting status, that is complete misinformation. I would say only criminal records—misdemeanor and above—usually affect the case. Even then, I have had friends with DUIs and even domestic violence cases adjust status with very little hiccup.
Your second paragraph appears to be making an assumption that you need a degree to be eligible for employer-based adjustment. That is completely false. While it’s true for some categories, it’s not true for all. The EB3 category can be filed with two years of experience, which replaces the degree requirement. Also, the EB3 Unskilled Workers category has no such degree requirement. I bet many people still believe that you must have an H1B first to qualify for these statuses. That is not true at all and a big misconception. There is no such requirement.
Many of the folks I know who were on TPS had no degree. They just applied in the EB3 Unskilled category. Many filed EB3 after getting a few years of experience in IT. Many had no status going simultaneously, meaning they had a lapse between their F1 and TPS.
I again disagree with your last statement. Are you saying quite a large swath of remaining Nepalese have criminal records? You are making a big assumption here. While I agree that luck plays a big part in getting things done, I do not agree that only a few lucky ones got it done in the last 10 years. Like I said in my original post, 100% of the people I know got adjusted and said bye-bye to TPS. That is no damn coincidence.
I personally think and it is my complete assumption that most people who are still in TPS did not have proper guidance or someone to give the ideas on how they can adjust. They just didn't have the friends or families in a circle who could have provided them with alternative information than their own bubble. Remember "you are who your friends are".
I have to say you have some preconceived notions on this matter and a lack of complete information in this field. I have lived here for more than 20 years and seen, met, and lived through different stories. Not trying to bash you though. Best wishes and be well.
@NepaliKoJayHos Pandit is just trolling. He belongs to Sajha family to post misleading information here and keep the threads going. Anyways, asking for why there are still people on TPS and why they haven't adjusted status even after 10 years is similar to asking why don't you have kids to a married couple who can't have kids.
There are various reasons a person cannot adjust status. One of the reasons can be misinformation and people like Pandit are not helping much in that regards. Simply trolling can have lots of negative consequences in somebody's life.
Other probelms can be illegal entry to the US, loss of status before TPS was granted, accumulation of unlawful presense, etc. I have met various people who cannot adjust status and their only means of being here is TPS.
Pandit, there are different issues in life and nobody's life is perfect. Before trolling and making fun of other people's misery, keep in mind that you will also have issues in life. You might have solved issues related to staying in America, but that's not the only thing in life. Be careful of what you wish for others, it might come back to you.
Finally, before you talk shit about TPS, I am not on TPS, but I like to help Nepali people who are here on TPS. They haven't done anything bad to anyone. I don't see why even Nepali hate people on TPS so much.
You’re right, Nepalkojayhos. But from what I’ve heard, the EB-3 process can cost around $20,000 to $30,000, take 3 to 4 years, and often requires at least a year of hard labor on a farm, usually for less than minimum wage. And even after all that, there’s no guarantee of success. That might be why many people choose not to apply.
As for immigration reform and new legislation, we’ve been hearing promises since the George Bush era, but nothing meaningful has ever come of it. So I wouldn’t hold my breath.
Regarding Halhalpandit, I have seen lot of his post ,he either seems new to the topic, not well-informed, or just enjoys stirring things up on Sajha. I’d suggest not wasting your valuable time engaging in debates that won’t benefit anyone, not even him.
Last edited: 12-May-25 03:06 PM
Contrary to popular belief, there are not 8,000 individuals currently holding Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The actual number is approximately 4,800. Allow me to clarify this using official data from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
TPS Re-registration Period:
The designated re-registration window spans from October 24, 2023, to June 24, 2025. To maintain valid TPS status, individuals must re-register during this period. Failure to re-register will result in the lapse of TPS status, even if it had been previously granted.
USCIS Data Breakdown:
Fiscal Year 2024 (October 1, 2023 – September 30, 2024):
Fiscal Year 2025, 1st Quarter (October 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024):
Combined Totals:
Source: Immigration and Citizenship Data | USCIS
@sql_Server. Thanks a lot for the data. That was refreshing to see—that actually, most people who originally applied no longer need it. I’m assuming most folks took the right steps and don’t need it anymore. I was definitely surprised by the number, and that didn’t make any sense to me at all. Every other person I talked to back in 2015/16 was in TPS—including all my roommates, friends, you name it.
Fast forward to 2025—now absolutely NOBODY I know, even from a longgggggggg distance, is in TPS status. The numbers finally make sense. Appreciate it, brother.
I hope that the rest of the folks also find a way to get it done sooner or later. Wishing the best for my nepalese brothers and sisters.
No problem, OP! Just to be clear, this data doesn’t include any status adjustments—like filing an I-485 or switching to another visa—during that time period. And as of now, there’s no data available for the second quarter of 2025.
So yeah, I’d guess there are around 3,000 to 4,000 people currently on TPS. And I’m pretty sure a lot of them are working on adjusting their status.
That’s a huge difference compared to the ~15,000 people who originally got TPS when it was first granted in 2016.
Last edited: 13-May-25 12:08 AM
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