The Department of Homeland Security today announced that it would extend
the designations of Nicaragua and the Honduras for Temporary Protected
Status (TPS) for 18 months. This extension will allow currently eligible
TPS beneficiaries to retain this status through January 5, 2015.
This extension was put into place because the conditions in Nicaragua
and the Honduras due to Hurricane Mitch remain disruptive and neither
country is currently able to handle adequately the return of their
nationals. Nicaraguan and Honduran residents wishing to extend TPS will
need to re-register for TPS and apply for renewal of their Employment
Authorization Documents with USCIS.