The termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haiti is now in effect, and the work permits held by hundreds of thousands of Haitian nationals are no longer valid, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services confirmed in guidance dated Wednesday, July 29.
The agency said the designation ended effective July 27, 2026.
The July 29 notice supersedes an earlier version USCIS posted on July 24, settling a deadline that had shifted repeatedly in the preceding weeks.
The practical consequence is immediate and concrete. Employment Authorization Documents — Form I-766 — issued to Haitian TPS beneficiaries under categories A12 or C19 are no longer valid, according to the notice.
Employers completing Form I-9 must reverify Haitian TPS beneficiaries who presented those documents, and, in the agency’s words, cannot continue to employ a person who does not provide proof of current work authorization.
For a Haitian worker whose authorization rested solely on TPS, that means the legal ability to work has now lapsed unless they hold another status.
USCIS traced the decision to former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, who determined that Haiti no longer met the conditions for its TPS designation, following what the agency described as a review of country conditions and consultation with appropriate U.S. government agencies. That determination was published in the Federal Register on November 28, 2025.
The termination was blocked in the courts for months before the Supreme Court cleared it. On June 25, 2026, the court ruled in favor of the administration in Mullin v. Doe, holding that the termination could proceed. The designation formally ended two days after the ruling took effect in the lower courts.
One line in the government’s account sits in direct tension with testimony delivered to Congress days earlier.
USCIS states that Noem consulted “the appropriate U.S. government agencies” before ending the designation, a step required by the TPS statute. But at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on July 21, Michael Kozak, the State Department’s senior official in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, was asked twice whether State had been consulted before the termination. “I don’t believe so,” he answered, as reported by the Miami Herald.
The State Department is among the agencies ordinarily consulted on whether a country is safe for the return of its nationals. Whether the consultation the statute requires actually took place is a question that outlasts the termination taking effect, and one CTN will continue to follow.
USCIS directs affected workers to the archived TPS Haiti page on its website for details on the termination, and to the I-9 Central TPS page for instructions on completing Form I-9.
Given the stakes and the speed at which the situation is changing, anyone whose status or work authorization depends on Haiti TPS should consult a licensed immigration attorney or a representative accredited by the U.S. Department of Justice to discuss their specific circumstances and any remaining options.
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