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TPS for Honduras Terminated Effective Jan. 5, 2020; EADs Automatically Extended Through Jan. 1, 2019

Release Date:

Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen announced her decision to terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Honduras, with a delayed effective date of 18 months, through Jan. 5, 2020.

Current beneficiaries who want to maintain their status until the delayed effective date of the termination must re-register between June 5, 2018, and Aug. 6, 2018.

Given the timeframes involved with processing TPS re-registration applications, USCIS recognizes that not all re-registrants will receive new Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) before their current EADs expire. Accordingly, USCIS has automatically extended the validity of EADs issued under the TPS designation of Honduras through Jan. 1, 2019.

Completing Form I-9

When completing or updating Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, follow the chart below to determine which documents a current TPS beneficiary of Honduras may present, as well as the new expiration date of their automatically extended EADS:

If the “Card Expires" date on the employee’s EAD is: Did they apply for a new EAD? Then, to complete Form I-9, they may present this Federal Register notice
OR
the following document(s):		 Enter the new expiration date of the automatically extended EAD on Form I-9: You must reverify them before they start work on:
Jan. 5, 2018 Yes, they applied on or after Dec. 15, 2017, during the last reregistration period, but have not yet received their new EAD. (See note below.) EAD that contains a category of
A12 or C19		 AND Notice of Action
(Form I-797C)
that contains:
  • Received Date
    on or after:
    Dec. 15, 2017
  • Class Requested or Eligibility Category: A12 or C19
 Jan. 1, 2019 Jan. 2, 2019
July 5, 2018 Yes, they applied on or after June 5, 2018, during this reregistration period EAD that contains a category of
A12 or C19

 

 AND Notice of Action
(Form I-797C)
that contains:
  • Received Date
    on or after:
    June 5, 2018
  • Class Requested or Eligibility Category: A12 or C19
 Jan. 1, 2019 Jan. 2, 2019
July 5, 2018 Not Yet EAD with category of A12 or C19 Jan. 1, 2019 Jan. 2, 2019

(Note: TPS beneficiaries who have an EAD with a Jan. 5, 2018, expiration date, but did not timely and properly apply for an EAD on or after Dec. 15, 2017, do not receive an automatic extension of their expired EAD.)

Find more details on the termination of this TPS designation for Honduras on I-9 Central and instructions for completing Form I-9 on the TPS page.

Last Updated Date:
05/02/2025