Some EADs remain valid through January 2, 2020

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Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) with a category code of “A-12” or “C-19” and one of the card expiration dates below remain valid through January 2, 2020. USCIS automatically extended these EADs, which were issued to eligible beneficiaries under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation.

Current employees with these EADs continue to be authorized to work. Employers should not reverify until January 3, 2020.

The card expiration dates that are automatically extended to January 2, 2020 are:

2017: 07/22/2017 & 11/02/2017
2018: 01/05/2018, 01/22/2018, 03/09/2018 & 11/02/2018
2019: 01/05/2019, 04/02/2019, 07/22/2019 & 09/09/2019

For information on completing Form I-9 for new employees who present this EAD, see this Federal Register notice and then refer to I-9 Central’s TPS page.