TPS Deadline for Hondurans – July 30

USCIS Holds Press Conference with Honduran Diplomats

Low Re-registration Numbers Prompt Officials to Encourage Eligible Recipients to File

SAN FRANCISCO ─ U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will host a press conference with Francisco Venegas, San Francisco’s Consul General for the Republic of Honduras, urging Hondurans currently residing in the United States under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to file for extensions by the closing date of July 30. On that final day, a fee increase goes into effect, increasing the fee for employment authorization and biometrics from $250 to $420. 

Failure to file a TPS re-registration application by July 30 will result in the withdrawal of TPS benefits, including employment authorization and protection from removal from the United States.  There are approximately 78,000 nationals of Honduras and 4,000 nationals of Nicaragua who may be eligible for re-registration.  To date, approximately 45,604 TPS beneficiaries – 43,490 from Honduras and 2114 from Nicaragua – have re-registered.   

TPS is granted to eligible nationals of designated countries suffering the effects of an ongoing armed conflict, environmental disaster, or extraordinary and temporary conditions.  During the period for which the Secretary of Homeland Security has designated a country for TPS, beneficiaries may not be removed from the United States and are authorized to work.   

WHAT:                       Press Conference 

WHEN:                       Friday, July 27, 10:30 to 11 a.m.

WHERE:                    USCIS San Francisco District Office
                                   630 Sansome Street, Suite 1080; San Francisco, CA 94066

WHO:                         San Francisco District Director Rosemary Langley Melville
                                 The Honorable Francisco Venegas, Consul General of Honduras in San Francisco

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