USCIS issued urgent, superseding employment-verification guidance on July 10, 2026, for certain Temporary Protected Status beneficiaries from Haiti, Burma (Myanmar), Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The update provides limited, court-ordered extensions for qualifying TPS-based Employment Authorization Documents. Covered Haitian EADs remain valid through July 24, 2026. Covered EADs for the other six countries remain valid through July 17, 2026. Only EADs bearing the expiration dates identified on each country’s USCIS notice qualify.
Employers completing or updating Form I-9 should follow the country-specific USCIS instructions rather than relying only on the date printed on the card. USCIS directs employees to enter “as per court order” in the applicable Section 1 expiration-date field. Employers should enter July 24 for qualifying Haitian TPS documents or July 17 for qualifying documents from the other six countries in Section 2, add the required note in Additional Information, and use the same date in E-Verify. A copy of the USCIS alert and relevant TPS country page may be retained with the Form I-9.
TPS beneficiaries should compare their EAD category and printed expiration date with the official country notice, give the notice to their employer if needed, and promptly seek individualized legal guidance if records do not match. Employers should identify affected personnel now, correct records consistently, avoid unnecessary reverification or discriminatory document demands, and monitor USCIS daily because these short extensions arise from active litigation and may change again with little notice.