TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS

The TPS statute and U.S. INS regulations (Section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and 8 C.F.R. § 244) provide eligible aliens from designated countries a temporary stay of removal and employment authorization for the designated TPS period and for any extensions. For eligibility information, please see 8 CFR § 244. TPS does not lead to permanent resident status. When a TPS designation ends, beneficiaries revert to the immigration status they had prior to TPS (unless that benefit has expired or been terminated) or to any other status they may have been granted while in TPS.

(Last updated 03-11-99)

Country Currently Designated? Designation Date* Date Designation Expired or is Scheduled to Expire Federal Register Cite (most recent)
Bosnia-Herzegovina Yes 8/10/1992 8/10/1999 63 FR 45092
Burundi Yes 11/4/1997 11/3/1999 63 FR 59334
El Salvador No 1/1/1991 6/30/1992
(DED to 12/31/1994)		 56 FR 618
(TPS)
59 FR 62751(DED)
Guinea-Bissau Yes 03/11/1999 03/10/2000 64 FR 12181
Honduras Yes 1/5/1999
(CR from 12/30/1998)		 7/5/2000 64 FR 524
Kosovo (province of Yugoslavia) Yes 6/9/1998 6/8/1999 63 FR 31527
Kuwait No 3/27/1991 3/27/1992 56 FR 12745
Lebanon No 3/27/1991 3/28/1993 56 FR 12746
Liberia I Yes (see Liberia III) 3/27/1991 9/28/1998 63 FR 15437
Liberia II
(redesignation)		 Yes (see Liberia III) 4/7/1997
(CR from 6/1/1996)		 9/28/1998 63 FR 15437
Liberia III
(redesignation)		 Yes 9/29/1998 9/28/1999 63 FR 51958
Montserrat Yes 8/28/1997
(CR from 8/22/1997)		 8/27/1999 63 FR 45864
Nicaragua Yes 1/5/1999
(CR from 12/30/1998)		 7/5/2000 64 FR 526
Rwanda No 6/7/1994 12/6/1997 62 FR 33442
Sierra Leone Yes 11/4/1997 11/3/1999 63 FR 59336
Somalia Yes 9/16/1991 9/17/1999 63 FR 51602
Sudan Yes 11/4/1997 11/3/1999 63 FR 59337

* Unless otherwise indicated, continuous residence (CR) and
continuous physical presence (CPP) are required from designation date.