" WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that current beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under El Salvador’s designation who want to maintain their status through the effective termination date of Sept. 9, 2019, must re-register between Jan. 18, 2018, and March 19, 2018.
Re-registration procedures, including how to renew employment
authorization documents, have been published in the Federal
Register and on uscis.gov/tps.
All applicants must submit Form
I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status. Applicants may also
request an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) by submitting a completed Form
I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, at the time of filing Form
I-821, or separately at a later date. Both forms are free for download on
USCIS’ website at uscis.gov/tps.
USCIS will issue new EADs with a Sept. 9, 2019, expiration date
to eligible Salvadoran TPS beneficiaries who timely re-register and apply for
EADs. Given the timeframes involved with processing TPS re-registration
applications, however, USCIS recognizes that not all re-registrants will
receive new EADs before their current EADs expire on March 9, 2018.
Accordingly, USCIS has automatically extended the validity of EADs issued and
currently valid under the TPS designation of El Salvador for 180 days, through
Sept. 5, 2018.
On Jan. 8, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen determined that
the statutory conditions supporting El Salvador’s TPS designation on the basis
of an environmental disaster are no longer met. Secretary Nielsen made her
decision to terminate TPS for El Salvador after reviewing country conditions
and consulting with appropriate U.S. government agencies. To allow time for an
orderly transition, she also delayed the effective date of the termination for
18 months from the current expiration date of March 9, 2018. As a result of the
delayed effective date, El Salvador’s TPS designation will end on Sept. 9,
2019.
Salvadorans with TPS may wish to consult with qualified immigration attorneys or practitioners about their eligibility for another immigration status or benefit, or whether there is any other action they may want to take regarding their individual immigration circumstances."
For more information on USCIS and its programs, you can visit www.uscis.gov or you can follow USCIS on Twitter (@uscis), YouTube (/uscis), Facebook(/uscis), and Instagram (@uscis)."
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