To maintain TPS, you must have filed to re-register during at least one of the following 60-day re-registration periods: from May 16 through July 15, 2016; Dec. 15, 2017, through Feb. 3, 2018; or June 5 through Aug. 6, 2018, and been approved, or have an application that remains pending. If you re-registered during one or more of these timeframes, then you do not need to take any further steps. If you did not re-register during any of these three timeframes, you may submit a late re-registration application, including a letter that explains your reason(s) for filing late. USCIS will determine whether your reasons demonstrate “good cause” for being late, as required under the TPS law.

USCIS is automatically extending through Jan. 4, 2021, the validity of EADs with the category codes “A-12” or “C-19) and one of the expiration dates shown below that we issued under the TPS Honduras designation to TPS beneficiaries,  provided that the individuals continue to maintain TPS eligibility:

• 01/05/2018
• 07/05/2018
• 01/05/2020

Beneficiaries under the TPS designation for Honduras who applied for a new EAD but have not yet received their new EAD are also covered by this automatic extension, provided that the EAD contains one of the expiration dates noted in the chart above. Such individuals may show their EAD and the Nov. 4, 2019 Federal Register Notice (PDF (PDF)) to employers to demonstrate that they continue to have employment authorization and that USCIS has extended their EAD through Jan. 4, 2021. 

Additionally, USCIS is automatically extending through Jan. 4, 2021, the validity periods of the following Forms I-94, Arrival/Departure Records, and Forms I-797, Notice of Action (Approval Notice), previously issued to eligible beneficiaries under the TPS designation for Honduras:

The extension of the validity periods above applies only if the eligible TPS beneficiary properly filed for TPS re-registration during at least one of the three most recent DHS-announced registration periods for Honduras: from May 16 through July 15, 2016; Dec. 15, 2017, through Feb. 3, 2018; or June 5 through Aug. 6, 2018, or has a re-registration application that remains pending. In addition, the extension does not apply to any individual whose TPS has been finally withdrawn or denied.

Current beneficiaries under the TPS designation for Honduras 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 Jan. 4, 2021, if they properly re-registered for TPS during either of the DHS-announced registration periods listed above.

TPS beneficiaries who have failed to re-register properly for TPS during at least one of the DHS-announced registration periods in 2016 and 2018 listed above, 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
• Instructions to Form I–821. 

If you are filing a late re-registration application, you must provide a letter explaining all of your reasons for filing outside of the re-registration period. If you are filing after the re-registration period because of the DHS announcement of the termination of TPS for your country, please explain how that announcement affected you, including how the termination decisions impacted 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.

Any eligible beneficiary under the TPS designation for Honduras who either does not possess an EAD that is automatically extended, or wishes to apply for a new EAD may file Form I–765 with appropriate fee (or fee waiver request). If approved, USCIS will issue an EAD with a Jan. 4, 2021, expiration date. Similarly, USCIS will issue an EAD with a Jan. 4, 2021, expiration date for those with pending EAD applications that are ultimately approved.

If you are filing for a replacement EAD for already granted TPS or for re-registration of TPS, please follow instructions below. Online filing is not currently available for TPS for Honduras. You must send your package by mail or courier to the appropriate address in the table below: 

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).

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