Temporary Protected Status Designated Country: Honduras

Temporary Protected Status Designated Country: Honduras

February 2, 2018 by no comments

Temporary Protected Status Designated Country: Honduras
TPS Extended through: July 5, 2018
Re-registration period for People Who Already Have TPS: Dec. 15, 2017, through Feb. 13, 2018
Employment Authorization Document (EAD) Auto-Extended Through: July 4, 2018
Continuous Residence in U.S. Since: Dec. 30, 1998
Continuous Physical Presence in U.S. Since: Jan. 5, 1999
TPS Designation Date: Jan. 5, 1999
Federal Register Notice Citation: 82 FR 59630

 

When to File for TPS

If you currently have TPS for Honduras and would like to keep your TPS, you must re-register during the 60-day re-registration period that runs from Dec. 15, 2017, through Feb. 13, 2018.  We encourage you to register as soon as possible after the 60-day re-registration opens.

Automatic Employment Authorization Document (EAD) Extension

USCIS will issue EADs with a July 5, 2018, expiration date to eligible Honduran TPS beneficiaries who timely re-register and apply for EADs under this extension in accordance with the TPS Honduras Federal Register notice. Given the timeframes involved with processing TPS re-registration applications, DHS recognizes that not all re-registrants will receive new EADs before their current EADs expire on Jan. 5, 2018. Accordingly, through this notice, DHS automatically extends the validity of EADs issued under the TPS designation of Honduras for 180 days, through July 4, 2018. We encourage TPS beneficiaries to file their EAD applications as early as possible during the 60-day re-registration period to avoid lapses in documentation of employment authorization.

New Employment Authorization Document

If USCIS approves your TPS re-registration application and you properly filed an application and paid the fee for a new EAD (or USCIS approved your fee-waiver request), you will be issued a new EAD with the expiration date of July 5, 2018.

Where to File

If you are filing for re-registration, please follow instructions below. E-filing is not currently available for TPS for Honduras. You must send your package by mail or courier to the appropriate address in the table below:

If you: Then, mail your application to:
Are re-registering for TPS and you are using the U.S. Postal Service to mail your package;

or

Were granted TPS by an immigration iudge or the Board of Immigration Appeals, and you wish to request an EAD;

or

You are re-registering for the first time after an immigration judge or the Board of Immigration Appeals granted you TPS and you are using the U.S. Postal Service to mail your package

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Attn: TPS Honduras
P.O. Box 6943
Chicago, IL 60680-6943
Are using a non-U.S. Postal Service delivery service to mail your package (for re-registrations) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Attn: TPS Honduras
131 S. Dearborn – 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517

TPS Program Information

For more information on TPS eligibility requirements, what to file, and step-by-step instructions on submitting a re-registration or initial TPS application package, go the TPS webpage.

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