Temporary Protected Status Designated Country: El Salvador

To maintain TPS, you must have either filed to re-register during at least one of the 60-day re-registration periods that ran from Jan. 18 through Mar. 19, 2018, or July 8 through Sept. 6, 2016, and been approved, or have an application that remains pending. If you did not re-register during either of these time frames, you may submit a late re-registration application, including a letter that explains your reason(s) for filing late with your application. We will determine whether your reasons are “good cause” for being late, as required under the TPS law.

If you are applying for TPS El Salvador, 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.

File Online

If you are filing a paper application for a replacement EAD for already granted TPS, send your TPS package to the appropriate address in the table below:

EAD Extension

We are automatically extending the validity of EADs with the category codes “A-12” or “C-19” and the following expiration dates shown below that we issued to beneficiaries under the TPS designation of El Salvador, as long as these individuals continue to be eligible for TPS:

If you are a TPS El Salvador beneficiary who applied for a new EAD but have not yet received it, you are also covered by this automatic extension as long as the EAD that you have contains 1 of the expiration dates noted in the chart above. You may show your EAD and the Federal Register Notice to employers to demonstrate that we have extended your EAD and employment authorization through June 30, 2024.

Extensions of Other DHS Documentation

Additionally, we are automatically extending the validity periods of the following Forms I-94, Arrival/Departure Record, and Forms I-797, Notice of Action (Approval Notice) under the designation of El Salvador:

¹ Your Forms I-94 and I-797 may show a different beginning date of validity than those listed here if you were a late initial filer (LIF) at the time because the forms would have the date of approval of your LIF application for TPS. If they bear an end date of validity listed in this chart, then they are automatically extended by this notice.

However, the extension of the validity periods above applies only if you properly filed for TPS re-registration during either the most recent DHS-announced registration period for TPS El Salvador that ran from Jan. 18 through March 19, 2018, or the previous re-registration period from July 8 through Sept. 6, 2016, or have a re-registration application that remains pending. The extension does not apply if we have withdrawn or denied your TPS.

Information for TPS Beneficiaries Regarding Re-registration

Current beneficiaries of TPS El Salvador do not need to pay a fee or file any application, including Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, to maintain their TPS benefits through June 30, 2024, if they properly re-registered for TPS during either the most recent DHS-announced registration period or the previous re-registration periods listed above.

If you failed to re-register properly for TPS during either of these re-registration periods, you should file Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status, and demonstrate “good cause” for failing to re-register on time, as required by law. For more information, see:

• INA section 244(c)(3)(C) (TPS beneficiary’s failure to register without good cause in form and manner specified by DHS is ground for TPS withdrawal);
• 8 CFR 244.17(b); and
• The Form I-821 Instructions (PDF, 324.64 KB).

If you are filing a late re-registration application, please provide a letter explaining all of your reasons for filing outside of the re-registration period. If you filed after the re-registration period because DHS announced the termination of TPS for your country, please explain how that announcement affected you, including how the termination decisions affected your failure to re-register. However, if the announcement of the TPS termination did not cause you to file late, you should not include it as a reason. Please remember to be truthful in explaining your reasons.

If you are a TPS El Salvador beneficiary and your EAD was not automatically extended, or if you wish to apply for a new EAD, you may file Form I–765 with the appropriate fee or a fee waiver request. You may request a fee waiver by completing Form I-912, Request for Fee Waiver. If approved, we will issue an EAD with a June 30, 2024, expiration date. Similarly, we will issue an EAD with a June 30, 2024, expiration date for those with pending EAD applications that we ultimately approve.

You might be eligible for other immigration options listed on the Explore My Options page.

To apply for a lawful permanent status (Green Card), you must be eligible under one of the categories listed on the Green Card Eligibility Categories page. Once you find the category that may fit your situation, click on the link provided to get information on eligibility requirements, how to apply, and whether your family members can also apply with you.

Note on Seeking Asylum: Being granted and maintaining TPS 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 “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).

Please be aware that some unauthorized practitioners may try to take advantage of you by claiming they can file TPS forms. These same individuals may ask that you pay them to file such forms. We want to ensure that all potential TPS applicants know how to obtain legitimate, accurate legal advice and assistance. A list of accredited representatives and free or low-cost legal providers is available on the finding legal advice web page.

We do not want you to become a victim of an immigration scam. If you need legal advice on immigration matters, make sure the person helping you is authorized to give legal advice. Only an attorney or an accredited representative working for a Department of Justice (DOJ) recognized organization can give you legal advice. Visit the Avoid Scams page for information and resources.

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Forms

• I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status
• I-765, Application for Employment Authorization
• I-131, Application for Travel Document
• I-912,Request for Fee Waiver
• I-601, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility
• In-Country Refugee/Parole Processing for Central American Minors

Tools

• My Case Status
• Additional Information on Filing a Fee Waiver
• TPS Avoid Scams Flyer (PDF, 34.69 KB)

Non-USCIS Links

• Department of Justice, Immigrant and Employee Rights Section