Haitian nationals can apply for this designation if they can demonstrate that they have had continuous residence in the United States since July 29, 2021. In light of the increasing violence and unrest in Haiti this summer, DHS has broadened the requirements, making eligible Haitians who have resided in the United States since July 29, 2021.īy newly designating Haiti for TPS, USCIS estimates that approximately 155,000 Haitian individual will become eligible to apply or re-apply for the program. In May, DHS announced plans to designate Haiti anew for TPS, for all those who have resided in the United States since May 21, 2021. Though DHS has said it will continue to recognize the prior grants of TPS and will continue to extend benefits under the prior designation as required by court orders, it also notes that those benefits will terminate should the court order cease to be in effect.
Haitians granted TPS benefits under the 2010 designation are eligible and encouraged to apply under the new TPS designation. The announced termination continues to be the subject of ongoing challenges in federal court, with temporary extensions granted by court order to affected Haitian nationals through October 4, 2021. The designation was extended several times until January 2018, when the Trump Administration announced it would terminate Haiti from the TPS program in 2019. Haiti was originally designated for TPS in 2010, in the wake of a major earthquake. Relatedly, DHS is also suspending certain employment authorization rules for Haitian citizens in F-1 status who are experiencing severe economic hardship due to the current crisis in Haiti.
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All applicants, regardless of whether they have held TPS status, will have the full length of the designation period to file for TPS status and for related employment authorization documents (EADs) and travel permission.ĭHS has determined that conditions in Haiti warrant a new grant of Temporary Protected Status for the country’s citizens in the United States. The deteriorating political crisis following the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, coupled with the increase in violence and human rights abuses, and rising food insecurity, malnutrition, waterborne disease epidemics and high vulnerability to natural disasters, prevent Haitian nationals and habitual residents from returning to Haiti safely. Haitian TPS beneficiaries who received TPS in connection with a 2010 designation and have been able to continue their status in accordance with court orders are encouraged to submit new applications under the latest designation. Haitians who can demonstrate continuous residence in the United States since Jwill be eligible to apply under the new designation. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has newly designated Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from August 3, 2021 through February 3, 2023, according to a notice scheduled for publication next week in the Federal Register.
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