Continuation of Documentation for TPS Beneficiaries for Six Countries; Documents Auto-Extended Through Jan 4, 2021
The Department of Homeland Security has automatically extended the validity of certain Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); Forms I-797, Notice of Action (Approval Notice); and Forms I-94, Arrival/Departure Record for eligible Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries under the designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan through Jan. 4, 2021.
The TPS-related documents are being extended in compliance with the preliminary injunctions of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in Ramos, et al. v. Nielsen, et. al. and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Saget, et. al., v. Trump, et. al., and with the order of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to stay proceedings in Bhattarai v. Nielsen. While the court orders remain in effect, TPS beneficiaries under the designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan retain TPS so long as they otherwise continue to meet the eligibility requirements for TPS.
Please see the USCIS country specific TPS webpages for more information about the impact of these orders.
For more information regarding the automatic extension of TPS-related documents for beneficiaries from the aforementioned six countries, including which documents have been automatically extended, please refer to the FRN dated Nov. 4, 2019.
For up-to-date information, please check www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status or call the USCIS TPS Hotline at (202) 272-1533 (please note that this is not a toll free number).