TPS Ukraine Extended and Redesignated for 18 Months; EADs Automatically Extended Through Oct. 19, 2024
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas extended and redesignated Ukraine for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from Oct. 20, 2023, through April 19, 2025.
Individuals with a pending or approved TPS application may qualify for certain public benefits and REAL ID driver's licenses and identification cards. When applying for a federal, state, or local government benefit, individuals will need to show a document proving they applied for or are beneficiaries of TPS for Ukraine. They may provide a TPS Employment Authorization Document (EAD) with a category code of A12 or C19, or a copy of their Form I-797, Notice of Action, for a current Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status.
Given the time frames for processing TPS re-registration applications, USCIS has automatically extended through Oct. 19, 2024, the validity of EADs with a Card Expires date of Oct. 19, 2023, issued under the prior TPS designation of Ukraine. TPS Ukraine applicants or beneficiaries presenting an auto-extended EAD do not need to show any other document, such as a Form I-797 or I-797C Notice of Action, to prove that they qualify for the EAD auto-extension.
SAVE will be able to verify an individual's TPS (and employment authorization) or pending TPS application (and any employment authorization) using information from any documents noted above. In some instances, the benefit-granting agency may need to perform additional verification to do so.
For more information regarding Ukraine's TPS extension and redesignation, please refer to 88 FR 56872, dated Aug. 21, 2023.
For up-to-date information, please check the TPS webpage or call the USCIS TPS Hotline at 202-272-1533. (Please note that this is not a toll-free number.)