DHS Announces Termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haiti on September 2nd

On Friday June 27, 2025, the Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced that the government will not renew Temporary Protected Status (TPS) benefits for Haiti once the current designation expires on August 3, 2025.

Beneficiaries will be granted a 60-day transition period to make preparations to either depart the United States or seek alternative lawful immigration status in the United States, before Haiti’s designation officially terminates on September 2, 2025.

Employment Authorization

Beneficiaries with valid TPS Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) will continue to be authorized to work during the 60-day transition period.

DHS announced the agency will be automatically extending the validity of certain EADs previously issued under the TPS designation of Haiti through August 30, 2025 (60 days from the notice of publication in the Federal Register).

As proof of continued employment authorization through August 30, 2025, TPS beneficiaries can present an EAD that has the notation A-12 or C-19 under Category and a “Card Expires” date of:

February 3, 2026
August 3, 2025
August 3, 2024
June 30, 2024
February 3, 2023
December 31, 2022
October 4, 2021
January 4, 2021
January 2, 2020
July 22, 2019
January 22, 2018 or
July 22, 2017

How We Got Here

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) originally designated Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) on January 21, 2010, following a devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake. The designation was made based on the Secretary’s determination of destruction and humanitarian challenges preventing Haitian nationals (and individuals without nationality who last resided in Haiti) from safely returning.

Thereafter, DHS extended and re-designated TPS benefits for Haiti several times.

The last designation was issued for an 18-month period and was set to expire on February 3, 2026. However, this action was partially vacated by Secretary Noem who reduced the designation to 12 months, expiring on August 3, 2025.

Now under the Trump administration, Secretary Noem has made the decision to terminate Haiti’s TPS designation after reviewing the country’s conditions and determining that conditions no longer justify the government’s renewal of its TPS designation.

In a statement DHS stated, “This decision restores integrity in our immigration system and ensures that Temporary Protective Status is actually temporary. The environmental situation in Haiti has improved enough that it is safe for Haitian citizens to return home. We encourage these individuals to take advantage of the Department’s resources in returning to Haiti, which can be arranged through the CBP Home app. Haitian nationals may pursue lawful status through other immigration benefit requests, if eligible.”

Haitians who wish to remain in the United States must seek alternative lawful status before the program’s termination date of September 2^nd.

To read the official announcement, please click here.

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