September 2026

Published September 6, 2026

Two things this month, and one of them is a correction we made ourselves: the EU decision extending temporary protection was corrected, moving a cut-off date by five days. And USCIS refreshed its Ukraine TPS page, which still shows 19 October 2026.

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  The EU decision extending temporary protection was corrected — one date moved by five days

  Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1912, which extends temporary protection to 4 March 2028, was corrected by a corrigendum published in the Official Journal on 5 August 2026. EUR-Lex now shows the act as consolidated to 4 August 2026. The correction moves the cut-off in Article 2: the conditions it introduces do not apply to people who already held temporary protection in a member state on or before 4 August 2026 — not 30 July 2026, as first published. The date from which Article 2 applies moved with it, from 31 July to 5 August 2026. The 4 March 2028 end date is unchanged.

  Why it matters: Five days is a small correction and a real one: this cut-off decides who falls inside the carve-out, and a handful of people will have been granted protection in that window. We had published the superseded 30 July date in both languages, and we corrected it on 29 August — our source monitor caught the change because EUR-Lex flipped the act from "In force" to "this act has been changed". If you read our protection-status page before that date, the corrected version is live now.

  Source: Corrigendum to Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1912, Official Journal, 5 August 2026 →
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  USCIS refreshed its Ukraine TPS page — and it still shows 19 October 2026

  USCIS updated its Temporary Protected Status page for Ukraine on 3 September 2026. The edit concerns work-permit renewals — the notices sent when an employment authorisation document application is still pending — and does not touch the designation itself. The page continues to show the designation ending on 19 October 2026. Meanwhile the Federal Register, checked again on 6 September 2026, still carries no determination for Ukraine from the Department of Homeland Security.

  Why it matters: Two facts currently sit side by side: USCIS shows the designation through 19 October 2026, and 8 U.S.C. §1254a(b)(3) provides for an automatic six-month extension where no determination is made at least 60 days before a designation ends — a point that passed on 20 August 2026 with nothing published for Ukraine. What that means for your status or work permit is a legal question we cannot answer. Before any decision that depends on the date, check the USCIS page and ask an immigration lawyer or a Justice Department–recognised organisation. CORRECTED 18 September 2026: this item first concluded that the designation runs to 19 April 2027 and that nothing needs re-filing. That was our reading of the law presented as the answer; the conclusion is withdrawn.

  Source: USCIS — Temporary Protected Status: Ukraine (page updated 3 September 2026) →