This article was prepared with the assistance of ABIL, the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers, of which Loan Huynh, Fredrikson Immigration Department Chair, is a member.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded the Trump administration's terminations of the temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua, and extended TPS for these countries for 18 months.
Upcoming Federal Register notices will explain the eligibility criteria, timelines, and procedures necessary for current beneficiaries to re-register for TPS and renew their employment authorization documents (EADs). Once the notices are published, existing TPS beneficiaries under the four designations will be able to re-register to continue their TPS throughout the 18-month extension. Those who arrived in the United States after the continuous residence dates for these designations are not eligible for TPS. Those dates are February 13, 2001 (El Salvador); December 30, 1998 (Honduras and Nicaragua); and June 24, 2015 (Nepal).
Below are details about the date ranges for the extension and re-registration period for each country:
- El Salvador: DHS is extending the designation of El Salvador from September 10, 2023 through March 9, 2025. The new extension allows approximately 239,000 current TPS beneficiaries to re-register to retain TPS through March 9, 2025. Existing TPS beneficiaries who wish to extend their status through that date must re-register during the 60-day re-registration period from July 12, 2023 through September 10, 2023.
- Honduras: DHS is extending the designation of Honduras for TPS from January 6, 2024 through July 5, 2025. The new extension allows approximately 76,000 existing TPS beneficiaries to re-register to retain TPS through July 5, 2025. Existing TPS beneficiaries who wish to extend their status through that date must re-register during the 60-day re-registration period from November 6, 2023 through January 5, 2024.
- Nepal: DHS is extending the designation of Nepal for TPS from December 25, 2023 through June 24, 2025. The new extension allows approximately 14,500 existing TPS beneficiaries to re-register to retain TPS through June 24, 2025. Existing TPS beneficiaries who wish to extend their status through that date must re-register during the 60-day re-registration period from October 24, 2023 through December 23, 2023.
- Nicaragua: DHS is extending the designation of Nicaragua for TPS January 6, 2024 through July 5, 2025. The new extension allows approximately 4,000 current TPS beneficiaries to re-register to retain TPS through July 5, 2025. Existing TPS beneficiaries who wish to extend their status through that date must re-register during the 60-day re-registration period from November 6, 2023 through January 5, 2024.
