Employment & Labor Insider

For both Honduras and Nicaragua, the announcements indicate that employment authorization is automatically extended during the 60-day transition period.

Honduras

Honduran TPS beneficiaries can show their eligibility for the automatic extension with Employment Authorization Document cards that have category codes of A-12 or C-19, plus one of the following card expiration dates:

• January 5, 2018
• July 5, 2018
• January 5, 2020
• January 4, 2021
• October 4, 2021
• December 31, 2022
• June 30, 2024
• July 5, 2025

Nicaragua

Nicaraguan TPS beneficiaries can show their eligibility for the automatic extension with EAD cards that have category codes of A-12 or C-19, plus one of the following card expiration dates:

• January 5, 2018
• January 5, 2019
• April 2, 2019
• January 2, 2020
• January 4, 2021
• October 4, 2021
• December 31, 2022
• June 30, 2024
• July 5, 2025

For both countries, effective September 8, employers will need to reverify any affected employees. Employees who cannot provide valid I-9 documentation will no longer be able to work.

UPDATE (July 10, 2025): The website for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has created some confusion. The website does not include the July 5, 2025 EAD expiration as being eligible for the automatic extension.

However, this appears to be a mistake. The USCIS guidance should be based on the official publication in the Federal Register, which does include the July 5 expiration date:

. . . DHS recognizes that Honduran TPS beneficiaries continue to be employment authorized during the 60-day transition period.  Accordingly, through this FRN, DHS automatically extends the validity of certain EADs previously issued under the TPS designation of Honduras through September 8, 2025. Therefore, as proof of continued employment authorization through September 8, 2025, TPS beneficiaries can show their EADs that have the notation A-12 or C-19 under Category and a “Card Expires” date of January 5, 2018, July 5, 2018, January 5, 2020, January 4, 2021, October 4, 2021, December 31, 2022, June 30, 2024, and July 5, 2025.