With less than one month remaining, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
issued a reminder to Hondurans and Nicaraguans eligible to file a re-registration
application for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) by the closing date of June 1,
2006. Failure to file a TPS re-registration application by June 1 will result
in the withdrawal of TPS benefits, including employment authorization and protection
from removal from the United States.
There are approximately 75,000 nationals of Honduras and 4,000 nationals of Nicaragua
(or aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Honduras or Nicaragua
respectively) who may be eligible for re-registration. To date, approximately
7,500 eligible TPS beneficiaries have re-registered.
The extension of TPS for nationals of Honduras and Nicaragua is effective July
5, 2006, and will remain in effect until July 5, 2007. Nationals of Honduras and
Nicaragua who have been granted TPS previously must re-register for the 12-month
extension during the 60-day re-registration period, which began April 1, 2006
and will remain in effect until June 1, 2006.
To re-register for TPS under the extension, a TPS beneficiary must submit Form
I-821 (Application for Temporary Protected Status) without the filing fee, Form
I-765 (Application for Employment Authorization), and a $70 biometrics services
fee for each applicant age 14 and older. Both the Form I-765 and I-821 must be
submitted for re-registration. If the applicant is only seeking to re-register
for TPS and not seeking an extension of employment authorization, there is no
filing fee for the Form I-765. However, all applicants seeking an extension of
employment authorization until July 5, 2007 must submit a $180 filing fee with
Form I-765.
Applicants may request a fee waiver in accordance with the regulations. The biometric
fees, however, cannot be waived. The $70 biometric service fee must be submitted
by all re-registrants age 14 and older, as well as re-registrants under age 14
who are requesting an EAD. Failure to submit the required filing fees will result
in the rejection of the re-registration application.
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