USCIS Rescinds Termination of El Salvador’s TPS Designation and Extends TPS El Salvador for 18 Months

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas rescinded the termination of the designation of El Salvador for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and extended TPS for El Salvador for 18 months, from Sept. 10, 2023, through March 9, 2025. 

DHS previously extended through June 30, 2024, the validity of certain TPS-related Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) issued under El Salvador’s ongoing TPS designation. See the November 2022 Federal Register notice for more details.

Completing Form I-9

To complete or update Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, for TPS El Salvador beneficiaries who present an EAD with a Category Code of A12 or C19 and a Card Expires date of March 9, 2025, enter March 9, 2025, on Form I-9. You must reverify these employees before they start work on March 10, 2025.

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