United States | TPS for Honduras and Nicaragua termination effective Sept. 8

The Department of Homeland Security announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for both Honduras and Nicaragua, effective Sept. 8, 2025.

Key Points:

• The TPS designation for both Honduras and Nicaragua was set to expire on July 5, 2025, but will now terminate for both countries on Sept. 8, 2025.
• After interagency meetings, the Secretary of Homeland Security determined that both Honduras and Nicaragua “no longer continue to meet the conditions for designation for TPS.”
• Through the Federal Register Notice (FRN) for Honduras, DHS automatically extends the validity of certain Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) previously issued under the TPS designation of Honduras through Sept. 8, 2025.
  • The notice states that as continued proof of employment authorization through Sept. 8, 2025, Honduran TPS beneficiaries can show their EADs that have the notation A-12 or C-19 under “Category” and a “Card Expires” date of Jan. 5, 2018; July 5, 2018; Jan. 5, 2020; Jan. 4, 2021; Oct. 4, 2021; Dec. 31, 2022; June 30, 2024; and July 5, 2025.
• Through the FRN for Nicaragua, DHS automatically extends the validity of certain EADs previously issued under the TPS designation of Nicaragua through Sept. 8, 2025.
  • The notice states that as continued proof of employment authorization through Sept. 8, 2025, Nicaraguan TPS beneficiaries can show their EADs that have the notation A-12 or C-19 under “Category” and a “Card Expires” date of Jan. 5, 2018; Jan. 5, 2019; April 2, 2019; Jan. 2, 2020; Jan. 4, 2021; Oct. 4, 2021; Dec. 31, 2022; June 30, 2024; and July 5, 2025.

Additional Information: Approximately 72,000 Honduran nationals and 4,000 Nicaraguan nationals (or non-U.S. citizens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Honduras or Nicaragua) hold TPS under their respective country designation.

This alert has been provided by the BAL U.S. Practice Group.

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