As announced in late 2017, the designation of Haiti for temporary protected status (TPS) will expire on July 22, 2019. Current beneficiaries of TPS under Haiti’s designation who want to maintain that status through the program’s termination date of July 22, 2019, must re-register by March 19, 2018. Also, USCIS has automatically extended the validity of employment authorization documents (EADs) for certain individuals with TPS from Haiti.
EADs for Haitians with TPS with an original expiration date of January 22, 2018, and containing the category code “A-12” or “C-19” are automatically extended and the employee may continue to work without a new one (and without a receipt notice) through the end of the automatic extension period, July 21, 2018.
Additionally, those Haitians with TPS who have an EAD with an expiration date of July 22, 2017, and who have not yet received the new EAD applied for during the last re-registration period are also covered by this automatic extension. For the Form I-9, these employees may show their EAD with a July 22, 2017, expiration date, their EAD application receipt (Notice of Action, Form I-797C) that notes the application was received on or after May 24, 2017, and USCIS’s statement on this automatic extension.
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