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Temporary Protected Status Designations Renewed for El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua

Immigrants' Rights Update, Vol. 21, Issue 8, October 5, 2007

      To retain temporary protected status, nationals of El Salvador who have been granted TPS previously must reregister during the 60-day reregistration period that began Aug. 21, 2007, and ends Oct. 22, 2007.  Details about the 18-month extension (until Mar. 9, 2009) of TPS for Salvadorans, including automatic extension of employment authorization, are available in an Aug. 21 Federal Register announcement and a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services press release.

     Earlier this year, the Bush administration also renewed for 18 months the TPS designations for Honduras and Nicaragua. Nationals of those two countries had until July 30, 2007, to reregister for TPS. A USCIS press release as well as FAQs documents for Honduras TPS and Nicaragua TPS provide more details.