TOOLKIT FOR ADVOCATES:
Temporary Protected Status and Proving Work Authorization
(revised February 2010)

• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' Temporary Protected Status webpages contain TPS-related information for nationals or former residents of Angola, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Burundi, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Liberia, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, Somalia, and Sudan.

• For specific information from USCIS about TPS beneficiaries proving work authorization, see the USCIS webpage titled Documentation Employers May Accept and Temporary Protected Status Beneficiaries May Present as Evidence of Employment Eligibility.  (Print out the PDF version of this page to show to an employer who doesn't understand that someone with TPS can still be work-authorized even though his or her employment authorization document has an expiration date that indicates it is expired.)

• Temporary Protected Status and Proving Work Authorization: Sample Letter to Employer (7/06, PDF)

• What Workers Should Know about Temporary Protected Status and Proving Work Authorization (updated 2/10)

• Facts About Temporary Protected Status and Proving Work Authorization (7/06)

• Reverification of Employment Eligibility: Frequently Asked Questions (updated 2/10)

• Information about TPS is also available on our "Asylum, Refugee, and Other Protected Statuses" page.