Attachments and links include Questions and Answers for those applying to the Haiti TPS Extension.

Documentos adjuntos proveen respuestas en español acerca de la extension del TPS para Salvadoreños.

El Salvador:

USCIS announced Friday, July 9, 2010, that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for eligible nationals of El Salvador from the current expiration of Sept. 9, 2010, through the new expiration date of March 9, 2012.

En la seccion de "Adjuntos" (Attachments) encontrara mas informacion sobre la extension del TPS para salvadoreños.

Haiti:

Initially, the 180-day registration period for nationals of Haiti was from Jan. 21 through July 20, 2010. This registration period is now being extended through Jan. 18, 2011.  The announcement was made on July 12 ,2010.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) previously published a Federal Register Notice on Jan. 21, 2010, announcing the TPS designation of Haiti for 18 months, from Jan. 21, 2010 through July 22, 2011. The designation applies only to Haitians who have continuously resided in the United States since Jan. 12, 2010; TPS will not be granted to Haitian nationals who first entered the United States after Jan. 12, 2010.

Special Note For Individuals Who Received EAD Cards with Incorrect Expiration Dates

Final Day to Register: January 18, 2011
TPS Expiration Date:  July 22, 2011
TPS Designation Date:  January 21, 2010

The forms to register and re-register for TPS are:

• Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status
• Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization

To register or re-register you must file both forms together, even if you do not want work authorization.

For more information and to download forms, go to:  USCIS.Gov

MIAMI – As Haiti marked the six month of struggle after a catastrophic earthquake, the U.S. on Monday gave Haitians more time to apply to legally stay and work here so they can support the rebuilding efforts.

Haitians already living in the U.S. illegally when the earthquake struck Jan. 12 now have until January to apply for temporary protected status, which allows immigrants from countries experiencing armed conflict or environmental disasters to stay and work in the U.S. for 18 months.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas announced the deadline extension to immigration attorneys and Haitian community advocates who had said their clients could not pay fees totaling $470 or overcome their fears of U.S. authorities before the original July 20 due date.

"We are dealing with individuals in this country, many of whom have suffered tremendous loss in their lives as a result of the tragic earthquake — loss of family, loss of loved ones beyond family, the loss of life savings, the loss of homes — and we are ever mindful of that as we make our decisions as to what humanitarian relief we are able to provide," Mayorkas said.

Roughly 35,500 Haitians so far have been granted temporary protected status, out of about 55,000 applications — more than half of which have been filed in Florida.

The government expects 70,000 to 100,000 Haitians to apply before January.

Advocates applauded Mayorkas' announcement, saying the deadline extension gives them more time to reach immigrants who fear that alerting the U.S. government to their presence will lead to prison or deportation.

"The people who haven't applied face certain challenges — they don't have the money, they have some issues in their background that make them fearful to come forward or they're so embedded in the underground world that we're going to have to do intense outreach, and that's what we'll do with these extra days and weeks and months," said Randy McGrorty, head of the Archdiocese of Miami's Catholic Legal Services.

About 1,200 applicants have been denied temporary protected status because they arrived after the earthquake or had criminal records that made them ineligible, Mayorkas said.

Immigration officials urged Haitians who arrived after the earthquake to consider applying to extend the visas they used to evacuate Haiti, or apply for deferred action, which also would allow them to work in the U.S.

Mayorkas said the administration also was reviewing the issue of 55,000 Haitians who have approval to join family members living legally in the U.S. but are waiting for travel documents. Community advocates have pushed U.S. officials to speed up their departures from Haiti.

The U.S. granted temporary protected status to Haitians after a magnitude-7 earthquake leveled much of Haiti's capital and killed as many as 300,000 people. Haitians who miss the deadline will not be able to apply again if the U.S. renews the reprieve for Haiti. The government has for more than a decade renewed reprieves for Central American countries that had to rebuild after a 1998 hurricane.

Since the earthquake struck six months ago Monday, the U.S. also temporarily stopped deporting Haitians, even those in detention. About 31,000 Haitians have orders to leave, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Haitian migrants caught at sea by the U.S. Coast Guard continue to be returned to their homeland. More than 600 have been returned since October.