This fact sheet focuses on the requirements for filing a late initial registration application for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Background The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) extended TPS for 18 months, through Jan. 5, 2012, to eligible nationals of Honduras and Nicaragua (and people having no nationality who last habitually resided in these countries). This [...]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, through Jan. 5, 2012, to eligible nationals of Nicaragua and people having no nationality who last habitually resided in Nicaragua.  This extension does not apply to Nicaraguans who entered the United States after Dec. 30, 1998. Certain nationals of Nicaragua [...]