Temporary Protected Status - HONDURAS

TPS Extension Re-Registration Deadline:  07/30/2007
EAD Automatic Extension Effective Until:  01/05/2008
TPS Expiration Date:  01/05/2009
Filing location:  The filing address depends on whether (1) you are re-registering during the registration period, (2) you are re-registering after the registration period, or (3) you are registering for TPS for the first time as a late initial registrant or you were granted TPS by an Immigration Judge or the Board of Immigration Appeals.

(1) Re-registration during the registration period (May 29, 2007 to July 30, 2007):  Submit your application to the USCIS Lockbox at:

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Attn:  TPS Honduras
P.O. Box 6943
Chicago, IL 60680-6943

Or, for courier deliveries:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service
Attn: TPS - Honduras
131 S. Dearborn - 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517

If one or more of the questions listed in Part 4, Question 2 of Form I-821 apply to you, you must provide an explanation on a separate sheet(s) of paper, and/or additional documentation with your application.

(2) Re-registration after the Registration Period ends (July 30, 2007):  The USCIS Lockbox cannot accept late re-registration applications from aliens from Honduras after the registration period has ended.  If you believe you have good cause for your failure to timely file, you may submit your application with a letter explaining your situation to the Vermont Service Center at:

Vermont Service Center
Attn: TPS Good Cause Exception
75 Lower Welden Street
St. Albans, VT 05479-0001

(3) Registration for TPS for the first time as a late initial registrant or if you were granted TPS by an Immigration Judge or the Board of Immigration Appeals:  Send your application to the USCIS Lockbox at:

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Attn:  TPS Honduras
P.O. Box 8631
Chicago, IL 60680-8631

Or, for courier deliveries:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Attn: TPS - Honduras
131 S. Dearborn - 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517

If you were granted TPS by an Immigration Judge or the Board of Immigration Appeals, you must submit evidence of the grant of TPS (such as an order from the Immigration Judge) with your application.
An applicant for late initial registration must file an application for late registration no later than 60 days after the expiration or termination of the conditions listed in 8 CFR 244.2(f)(2).
Aliens who are applying for re-registration and DO NOT need to submit supporting documentation with their applications may file electronically.  To file your application electronically, follow the directions on this website.

Registration for TPS without employment authorization:
If you are only seeking to re-register for TPS and NOT requesting an EAD or applying for an extension of your EAD, you must still file the Form I-765, but should NOT check any of the following boxes on this form in response to the question “I am applying for:”

  • Permission to accept employment;
  • Replacement;
  • Renewal of my permission to accept employment.

If you are NOT applying for an EAD and incorrectly check any of these boxes without submitting applicable filing fee(s) with your I-765, the processing of your application may be delayed.  File the Form I-765 and the Form I-821.  No fee is required for the Form I-765 filed as part of TPS registration if employment authorization is not being requested.  (Form I-821 has separate fee requirements.)
 
For minimal disruption of employment authorization while TPS re-registration applications are processed and new EADs (valid through January 5, 2009) are issued to eligible re-registrants, current EADs of Honduran TPS beneficiaries have been auto-extended through January 5, 2008.

Federal Register Notices
Extension and Automatic
Extension of Employment
Authorization (EAD)
05/29/07 text pdf 72 FR 29529

Announcements
DHS Announces Publication of Notices in the Federal Register for 18-Month Extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Nationals of Honduras and Nicaragua, 05/29/07
Questions and Answers: DHS Extends Temporary Protected Status for Honduras for 18 Months, 05/29/07