On February 20, 2025, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem partially vacated the July 1, 2024, notice that extended and redesignated Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for an estimated 500,000 Haitians and persons of no nationality who last habitually resided in Haiti. The new notice reduces the period of extension and redesignation of Haiti for TPS from 18 months to 12 months, with a new end date of August 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 August 3, 2025.
The notice says that employers and federal, state, and local government agencies that previously accepted or are presented with an Employment Authorization Document for a Haitian TPS beneficiary “with the TPS category code of A-12 or C-19 that expires on February 3, 2026, must update their records to note that the validity date of the document is through August 3, 2025.”
Those who filed TPS applications pursuant to the July 1, 2024, notice that remain pending with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) “may also choose to withdraw their TPS applications and request a refund of any filing fees by submitting a signed written withdrawal request to USCIS,” according to the notice.
Secretary Noem “intends to conduct a review of current conditions in Haiti and make a new determination in due course,” the notice states.