TPS Syria Extended and Redesignated for 18 Months; EADs Automatically Extended Through Sept. 30, 2023

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas extended and redesignated Syria for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) (PDF) through March 31, 2024.  Current beneficiaries who want to maintain their status must re-register Aug. 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2022. Syrian nationals and individuals having no nationality who last habitually resided in Syria may submit an initial registration application under the redesignation of Syria for TPS and apply for an Employment Authorization Document (EAD).

Given the time frames for processing TPS re-registration applications, USCIS has automatically extended the validity of certain EADs issued under the TPS designation for Syria through Sept. 30, 2023.

Completing Form I-9

To complete or update Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, for TPS Syria beneficiaries who present an EAD with a Category Code of A12 or C19 and a Card Expires date of Sept. 30, 2022; March 31, 2021; Sept. 30, 2019; or March 31, 2018, enter Sept. 30, 2023, as the new expiration date of the automatically extended EAD on Form I-9. You must reverify these employees before they start work on Oct. 1, 2023.

Find more details about this extension on the TPS Syria page and instructions for completing Form I-9 on the I-9 Central TPS page.