Temporary Protected Status Designated Country: Haiti
ALERT: On Feb. 20, 2025, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem partially vacated the July 1, 2024, notice that extended and redesignated Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The announcement amends the period of extension and redesignation of Haiti for TPS from 18 months to 12 months, with a new end date of Aug. 3, 2025, and makes a corresponding change to the initial registration period for new applicants under the redesignation, which will now remain in effect through Aug. 3, 2025.
For additional information, please see the Federal Register notice.
ALERT: By Federal Register notice, the Department of Homeland Security has extended through Aug. 3, 2025, the validity of certain Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) issued to Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries under the designation of Haiti.
If you are currently a TPS beneficiary under the Haiti designation and you have not yet re-registered for TPS under the most recent extension, you must submit Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status to keep your TPS.
It is important to timely re-register during the re-registration period and not wait until your EAD expires. If you wait to re-register, it could cause gaps in your employment authorization documentation. For additional information, please see the Federal Register notice.
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| TPS Designated Through: | Aug 3, 2025 |
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| Re-Registration Period for Individuals Who Already Have TPS: | July 1, 2024, through Aug. 30, 2024 |
| Initial Registration Period for Individuals Who Do Not Currently Have TPS: | July 1, 2024, through Aug. 3, 2025 |
| Employment Authorization Document (EAD) Auto-Extended Through: | Aug. 3, 2025 |
| Continuous Residence Date in United States Since: | June 3, 2024 |
| Continuous Physical Presence in United States Since: | Aug. 4, 2024 |
| TPS Designation Date: | Aug. 4, 2024 |
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If you currently have TPS under Haiti’s designation and would like to keep your TPS, you must re-register during the 60-day re-registration period that runs from July 1, 2024, through Aug. 30, 2024. We encourage you to re-register as soon as possible within the 60-day re-registration period. If you have a pending TPS application, you do not need to refile for TPS.
If you are filing an initial application for TPS under Haiti’s redesignation that is effective Aug. 4, 2024, you must register during the registration period that runs from July 1, 2024, through Aug. 3, 2025. We encourage you to register as soon as possible within the 12-month registration period.
Go to the TPS page for information about registering.
If you are applying for TPS Haiti, you may file Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status, online. When filing an initial TPS application or re-registering for TPS, you can also request an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) by submitting a completed Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, online with your Form I-821.
You may request a waiver of the fees for Form I-821, Form I-765, or both by filing Form I-912, Request for Fee Waiver. However, if you request a fee waiver, you must file a paper application.
If you are filing a paper initial TPS application or re-registering for TPS, or if you are filing for a replacement EAD for TPS you were already granted, send your TPS package to the appropriate address in the table below.
| If you: | Then, mail your application to: |
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Are applying for TPS under the designation announced on July 1, 2024 ( 89 FR 54484) or are a beneficiary re-registering under the TPS designation for Haiti, and you live in Florida | U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Are applying for TPS under the designation announced on July 1, 2024 (89 FR 54484) or are a beneficiary re-registering under the TPS designation for Haiti, and you live in Massachusetts or New York | U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
| Are applying for TPS under the designation announced on July 1, 2024 (89 FR 54484 ) or are a beneficiary re-registering under the TPS designation for Haiti, and you live in any other state or territory | U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
USCIS has automatically extended through Aug. 3, 2025, the validity of EADs issued under the TPS designation for Haiti with an original expiration date of:
- Aug. 3, 2024;
- June 30, 2024;
- Feb. 3, 2023;
- Dec. 31, 2022;
- Oct. 4, 2021;
- Jan. 4, 2021;
- Jan. 2, 2020;
- July 22, 2019;
- Jan. 22, 2018; or
- July 22, 2017.
If your EAD is covered by this automatic extension, you may continue to use your existing EAD through Aug. 3, 2025, as evidence that you are authorized to work.
To obtain an EAD that is valid through Aug. 3, 2025, holders of these EADs must re-register for TPS and file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, following the instructions in the Federal Register notice extending and redesignating Haiti for TPS until Aug. 3, 2025. If we approve your newly filed Form I-765, we will issue you an EAD valid through Aug. 3, 2025.
Please note this may be the final time USCIS will automatically extend Haiti TPS-based EADs with the notation A-12 or C-19 under Category and a Card Expires date of Dec. 31, 2022; Oct. 4, 2021; Jan. 4, 2021; Jan. 2, 2020; July 22, 2019; Jan. 22, 2018; or July 22, 2017.
To prove that you are authorized to continue working legally, you may show your employer your TPS-related EAD with an expiration date of:
- Aug. 3, 2024;
- June 30, 2024;
- Feb. 3, 2023;
- Dec. 31, 2022;
- Oct. 4, 2021;
- Jan. 4, 2021;
- Jan. 2, 2020;
- July 22, 2019;
- Jan. 22, 2018; or
- July 22, 2017.
You may also show them a copy of the Federal Register notice announcing the automatic extension. Government agencies may also accept these documents if they need to determine your immigration status.
Your employer may rely on the Federal Register notice as evidence of the continuing validity of your EAD. Visit the USCIS webpage Documentation Employers May Accept and Temporary Protected Status Beneficiaries May Present as Evidence of Employment Eligibility for more information.
If we approve your TPS re-registration application and you apply for an EAD and pay the fee (or we approve your fee-waiver request), we will issue you an EAD with an expiration date of Aug. 3, 2025.
Under the partial vacatur Federal Register notice, TPS beneficiaries under the Haiti TPS designation who have already received EADs; Forms 1-797, Notice of Action (Approval Notice); and Forms 1-94, Arrival/Departure Record (collectively known as TPS-related documentation) with a Feb. 3, 2026, expiration date do not need to refile applications with USCIS for new TPS-related documentation showing an Aug. 3, 2025, expiration date. USCIS will not recall TPS-related documentation previously issued with Feb. 3, 2026, expiration dates and those documents remain valid through the new TPS Haiti designation period expiring on Aug. 3, 2025. Additionally, USCIS will not issue new TPS-related documentation with the Aug. 3, 2025, expiration date to aliens who have previously received documentation with the Feb. 3, 2026, expiration date.
For more information on TPS eligibility requirements, what to file, and step-by-step instructions, go to the TPS page.
*TPS Beneficiaries Granted under the 2011 Haiti TPS Designation
If you were granted TPS under the Haiti 2011 designation which was the subject of the Ramos litigation, your TPS and related benefits ended June 30, 2024. For more information, please see the November 2022 FRN. Current beneficiaries covered under the Ramos litigation must re-register according to the latest FRN related to TPS for Haiti to receive TPS and related benefits through Aug. 3, 2025.
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Note on Seeking Asylum: Being granted and maintaining TPS status until a reasonable period before the filing of the asylum application is considered an extraordinary circumstance for the purposes of the one year filing deadline. In other words, having TPS status “stops the clock” on the requirement to file for asylum within one year of arriving in the United States, if the one-year clock has not already expired. See 8 CFR 208.4(a)(5)(iv).
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Forms
- Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status
- Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization
- Form I-131, Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records
- Form I-912, Request for Fee Waiver
- Form I-601, Application for Waiver of Ground of Inadmissibility
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