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As a result of court orders prohibiting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from terminating Temporary Protected Status, DHS is again extending the program for certain countries.
TPS Country | Current Expiration Date | New Expiration Date |
---|---|---|
El Salvador | 01/02/2020 | 01/04/2021 |
Haiti | 01/02/2020 | 01/04/2021 |
Nicaragua | 01/02/2020 | 01/04/2021 |
Sudan | 01/02/2020 | 01/04/2021 |
Honduras | 01/05/2020 | 01/04/2021 |
Nepal | 03/24/2020 | 01/04/2021 |
In addition, DHS has automatically extended the employment authorization documents (EAD) of TPS beneficiaries from these countries to January 4, 2021. The automatic extension through January 4, 2021 applies to nationals of these countries provided:
- Their EAD has the Category Code A-12 or C-19 and
- Their EAD has an expiration date of: 07/22/2017; 11/02/2017; 01/05/2018; 01/22/2018; 03/09/2018; 06/24/2018; 07/05/2018; 11/02/2018; 01/05/2019; 04/02/2019; 06/24/2019; 07/22/2019; 09/09/2019; 01/02/2020; 01/05/2020; OR 03/24/2020.
When using an automatically extended EAD to complete Form I-9 for a new hire before January 4, 2021, the employer should do the following:
- Determine if the EAD is auto-extended by ensuring it is in category A-12 or C-19 and has one of the expiration dates listed above.
- Write January 4, 2021, as the expiration date.
In the case of a current employee taking advantage of the automatic extension of his or her EAD, the employee and employer should do the following:
- Employee – draw a line through the expiration date in Section 1; write January 4, 2021, above the previous date; and initial and date the correction in the margin of Section 1.
- Employer
- Determine if the EAD is auto-extended by ensuring it is in category A-12 or C-19 and has one of the expiration dates listed above.
- Draw a line through the expiration date written in Section 2;
- Write “EAD EXT” and January 4, 2021, above the previous date; and
- Initial and date the correction in the Additional Information field in Section 2.
The employer must re-verify the employee’s Form I-9 on or before January 5, 2021.