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El Salvadoran TPS and EADs

By immigrationprof

El Salvadoran Temporary Protected Status Re-Registration and the Issuance of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs)

·  USCIS received approximately 250,000 TPS   re-registration applications from nationals of El Salvador and over 200,000 of   those cases have already been approved.  Approved individuals should have   already received or will be receiving a new EAD very shortly.

·  Approximately 15,000 re-registration applications were   denied and those applicants should have already received or will be receiving   a denial notice very shortly.

·  Other re-registrants who have already had their   biometrics appointment (for collection of fingerprints, photograph, and   signature) at a USCIS Application Support Center (ASC), but who are still   awaiting their new EAD, either will be mailed an interim 90-day card while   USCIS completes processing of the re-registration application, or will be   mailed a notice informing the re-registrant of any unresolved issues while   their cases are being held.  These interim EADs and notices should have   already been received or be received very shortly.

·  A small number of individuals who have pending   appointments for biometrics collection are being mailed a letter informing   them that they may report to an ASC to receive an extension sticker to be   affixed to their existing EAD.  The sticker will extend the validity of   their existing card through December 2005.  In some cases, the validity   date may be January 2006, depending on the sticker availability.     Stickers CANNOT be obtained at local USCIS offices.  They may be obtained   only at ASCs.

·  USCIS is closely monitoring the extension sticker   distribution process, which involves just 3 percent of total filings for   Salvadoran TPS, to ensure that only these particular re-registrants present   themselves to an ASC to receive the extension sticker.

·  A TPS re-registrant who fails to appear at an ASC for a   scheduled biometrics appointment risks denial of his/her TPS re-registration   and withdrawal of his/her TPS, unless there is good cause for not keeping the   appointment. 

·  USCIS is confident, with these additional measures,   that gaps in employment authorization for eligible Salvadoran TPS   beneficiaries will be minimized.

·  Case status information may be available via Case   Status Service Online at the USCIS website: www.uscis.gov <http://www.uscis.gov> or by calling the USCIS National Customer Service   Center at 1-800-375-5283.