TPS extended for Syria

On September 23, 2019, USCIS published a notice in the Federal Register of the extension of the designation of Syria for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from October 1, 2019, through March 31, 2021. The reregistration period runs from September 23, 2019, through November 22, 2019.

USCIS will issue new Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) with a March 31, 2021, expiration date to eligible beneficiaries under Syria’s TPS designation who timely re-register and apply for an EAD. Given the timeframe for processing TPS re-registration applications, USCIS recognizes that not all re-registrants will receive a new EAD before their current EAD expires on September 30, 2019. Accordingly, USCIS has automatically extended the validity of those EADs for 180 days, through March 28, 2020.  This automatic extension also covers individuals who have an EAD with an expiration date of March 31, 2018, and who applied for a new EAD during the last re-registration period but have not yet received their new EAD.