Temporary Protected Status Designated Country: Haiti

If you currently have TPS under Haiti’s designation and would like to keep your TPS, you must re-register during the 60-day re-registration period that runs from July 1, 2024, through Aug. 30, 2024. We encourage you to re-register as soon as possible within the 60-day re-registration period. If you have a pending TPS application, you do not need to refile for TPS.

If you are filing an initial application for TPS under Haiti’s redesignation that is effective Aug. 4, 2024, you must register during the registration period that runs from July 1, 2024, through Aug. 3, 2025. We encourage you to register as soon as possible within the 12-month registration period.

Go to the TPS page for information about registering.

If you are applying for TPS Haiti, 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

You may request a waiver of the fees for Form I-821, Form I-765, or both by filing Form I-912, Request for Fee Waiver. However, if you request a fee waiver, you must file a paper application.

If you are filing a paper initial TPS application or re-registering for TPS, or if you are filing for a replacement EAD for TPS you were already granted, send your TPS package to the appropriate address in the table below.

USCIS has automatically extended through Aug. 3, 2025, the validity of EADs issued under the TPS designation for Haiti with an original expiration date of:

• Aug. 3, 2024;
• June 30, 2024;
• Feb. 3, 2023;
• Dec. 31, 2022;
• Oct. 4, 2021;
• Jan. 4, 2021;
• Jan. 2, 2020;
• July 22, 2019;
• Jan. 22, 2018; or
• July 22, 2017.

If your EAD is covered by this automatic extension, you may continue to use your existing EAD through Aug. 3, 2025, as evidence that you are authorized to work.

To obtain an EAD that is valid through Aug. 3, 2025, holders of these EADs must re-register for TPS and file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, following the instructions in the Federal Register notice extending and redesignating Haiti for TPS until Aug. 3, 2025. If we approve your newly filed Form I-765, we will issue you an EAD valid through Aug. 3, 2025.

Please note this may be the final time USCIS will automatically extend Haiti TPS-based EADs with the notation A-12 or C-19 under Category and a Card Expires date of Dec. 31, 2022; Oct. 4, 2021; Jan. 4, 2021; Jan. 2, 2020; July 22, 2019; Jan. 22, 2018; or July 22, 2017.

To prove that you are authorized to continue working legally, you may show your employer your TPS-related EAD with an expiration date of:

• Aug. 3, 2024;
• June 30, 2024;
• Feb. 3, 2023;
• Dec. 31, 2022;
• Oct. 4, 2021;
• Jan. 4, 2021;
• Jan. 2, 2020;
• July 22, 2019;
• Jan. 22, 2018; or
• July 22, 2017.

You may also show them a copy of the Federal Register notice announcing the automatic extension. Government agencies may also accept these documents if they need to determine your immigration status.

Your employer may rely on the Federal Register notice as evidence of the continuing validity of your EAD. Visit the USCIS webpage Documentation Employers May Accept and Temporary Protected Status Beneficiaries May Present as Evidence of Employment Eligibility for more information.

If we approve your TPS re-registration application and you apply for an EAD and pay the fee (or we approve your fee-waiver request), we will issue you an EAD with an expiration date of Aug. 3, 2025.

Under the partial vacatur Federal Register notice, TPS beneficiaries under the Haiti TPS designation who have already received EADs; Forms 1-797, Notice of Action (Approval Notice); and Forms 1-94, Arrival/Departure Record (collectively known as TPS-related documentation) with a Feb. 3, 2026, expiration date do not need to refile applications with USCIS for new TPS-related documentation showing an Aug. 3, 2025, expiration date. USCIS will not recall TPS-related documentation previously issued with Feb. 3, 2026, expiration dates and those documents remain valid through the new TPS Haiti designation period expiring on Aug. 3, 2025. Additionally, USCIS will not issue new TPS-related documentation with the Aug. 3, 2025, expiration date to aliens who have previously received documentation with the Feb. 3, 2026, expiration date.

For more information on TPS eligibility requirements, what to file, and step-by-step instructions, go to the TPS page.

*TPS Beneficiaries Granted under the 2011 Haiti TPS Designation

If you were granted TPS under the Haiti 2011 designation which was the subject of the Ramos litigation, your TPS and related benefits ended June 30, 2024. For more information, please see the November 2022 FRN. Current beneficiaries covered under the Ramos litigation must re-register according to the latest FRN related to TPS for Haiti to receive TPS and related benefits through Aug. 3, 2025.

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 status 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 status “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 USCIS website on the finding legal advice web page.

We don’t 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.

Forms

• Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status
• Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization
• Form I-131, Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records
• Form I-912, Request for Fee Waiver
• Form I-601, Application for Waiver of Ground of Inadmissibility

Tools

• My Case Status
• Fee Waiver Guidance

Non-USCIS Links

• Department of Justice, Immigrant and Employee Rights Section