Iranian Temporary Immigration Relief Act

(a) Eligibility individuals. An alien may be granted temporary protected status in accordance with this Act if the alien—

(1) is an eligible individual;

(2) is physically present in the United States on the date of enactment of this Act;

(3) has been continuously physically present in the United States since December 2, 2025;

(4) is not inadmissible under section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a));

(5) has not been convicted of any felony or 2 or more misdemeanors committed in the United States;

(6) is not described in section 208(b)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(2)(A)) (relating to persecution of others, conviction of particularly serious crimes, commission of serious nonpolitical crimes, or danger to the security of the United States); and

(7) is not an alien whom the adjudicating officer or the Secretary knows or has reasonable grounds to believe—

(A) is or has been an official or agent of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or any entity owned or controlled by the foregoing, who has been responsible for or complicit in, or has directly or indirectly ordered, controlled, or otherwise directed—

(i) acts of corruption, including corruption related to the extraction, sale, or significant diversion of natural resources or public funds;

(ii) gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, including torture, extrajudicial killing, prolonged arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, or systematic repression of the rights to freedom of expression, assembly, or association; or

(iii) the provision of material support, financing, or significant services to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or any person or entity that is the subject of sanctions or designation under Executive Order 13553, Executive Order 13846, the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, or any other provision of United States law relating to Iran; or

(B) is an immediate family member of an alien described in subparagraph (A) who has knowingly obtained, or who reasonably should have known that they were obtaining, any financial benefit or other material advantage derived from the illicit activity of that alien described in subparagraph (A).

(b) Application

(1) Commencement of adjudication. Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall commence the adjudication of applications for temporary protected status filed in accordance with this Act.

(2) Timing of adjudications. The Secretary shall adjudicate any application filed in accordance with this Act not later than 90 days after receipt of such application.

(3) Fee. The fee for an application filed in accordance with this section shall not exceed the fee charged for an application for temporary protected status under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a).

(c) Waiver of grounds of ineligibility. In determining an alien’s eligibility under this section, the Secretary may waive any ground of ineligibility under subsection (a).