The designation of El Salvador for temporary protected status (TPS) was set to expire on March 9, 2018. The Secretary of Homeland Security has determined that conditions in El Salvador no longer support its designation for TPS and that termination of the TPS designation of El Salvador is required. The Secretary therefore is terminating the designation effective September 9, 2019, which is 18 months following the end of the current designation. The 60-day re-registration period began on January 18, 2018, and runs through March 19, 2018.
Nationals of El Salvador (and those having no nationality who last habitually resided in El Salvador) who have been granted TPS and wish to maintain their TPS and receive TPS-based employment authorization documents (EAD) valid through September 9, 2019, must re-register for TPS in accordance with the procedures set forth in the USCIS notice.
USCIS has automatically extended the validity of EADs with TPS from El Salvador with an original expiration date of March 9, 2018, and containing the category code “A-12” or “C-19.” The employee with such an EAD may continue to work without a new one (and without a receipt notice) through the end of the automatic extension period, September 5, 2018, USCIS said.
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