The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today that because the conditions in El Salvador no longer support its designation for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), the designation set to expire on March 9, 2018, will terminate in 18 months. TPS allows qualifying persons inside the United States to remain and work lawfully in the United States until conditions in their home countries improve following civil war, natural disaster or similar extraordinary situations. The final 18 months of designation gives those unable to acquire another legal status time to prepare to depart the United States by the TPS termination date.
USCIS will issue a notice in the Federal Register with the exact dates for re-registration and employment authorization document (EAD) renewal. We expect that EADs set to expire on March 9, 2018, will be automatically extended for 6 months. We will update this entry as soon as the Federal Register notice is released.