To be eligible for TPS, you must:

• Be a national of a country designated for TPS, or a person without nationality who last habitually resided in the designated country;
• File during the open initial registration or re-registration period, or you meet the requirements for late initial filing during any extension of your country’s TPS designation (Late initial filers see ‘Filing Late’) ;
• Have been continuously physically present (CPP) in the United States since the effective date of the most recent designation date of your country; and
• Have been continuously residing (CR) in the United States since the date specified for your country. The law allows an exception to the continuous physical presence and continuous residence requirements for brief, casual and innocent departures from the United States.

An immigrant may NOT be eligible for TPS or to maintain your existing TPS if he or she:

• Have been convicted of any felony or two or more misdemeanors committed in the United States;
• Are found inadmissible as an immigrant
• Are subject to any of the mandatory bars to asylum - for example, participating in the persecution of another individual or engaging in or inciting terrorist activity;
• Fail to meet the continuous physical presence and continuous residence in the United States requirements;
• Fail to meet initial or late initial TPS registration requirements.

Ser elegible para TPS Ust debe:

•  Una persona que es nacional de pais designado para TPS  (o un extranjero que no tenga nacionalidad pero que haya residido habitualmente y permanentemente en el pais) es elegible para los beneficios del TPS;
• Debe registrarse durante del tiempo especificado de registracion or re-registracion para el TPS (Si usted está archivando tarde vea ‘Filing Late’) ;
• Ha estado físicamente presente de manera continua en los Estados Unidos, desde la fecha en que la notificación concediendo el TPS se publica en el Registro Federal; ƒ
• Ha residido continuamente en los Estados Unidos desde la fecha  o antes de esa fecha y continúa en los Estados Unidos. La ley permite una excepción a la presencia física continua y los requisitos de residencia continua para las salidas breves, ocasionales e inocentes de los Estados Unidos;

Un inmigrante NO puede ser elegible para TPS o para mantener su TPS existente si él o ella:

• Han sido condenados por cualquier delito grave o dos o más delitos cometidos en los Estados Unidos;
• Se consideren inadmisibles como inmigrantes ;
• Están sujetos a cualquiera de las normas obligatorias para el asilo, por ejemplo, participar en la persecución de otra persona o participar en actividades terroristas o incitarlas;
• No cumplir con la presencia física continua y residencia continua en los requisitos de los Estados Unidos;
• No cumplir con los requisitos iniciales o finales de inscripción inicial de TPS.

• Are not removable from the United States
• Can obtain an employment authorization document (EAD)
• May be granted travel authorization

TPS is a temporary benefit that does not lead to lawful permanent resident status or give any other immigration status. However, registration for TPS does not prevent you from:

• Applying for nonimmigrant status
• Filing for adjustment of status based on an immigrant petition
• Applying for any other immigration benefit or protection for which you may be eligible.
• TPS is a valid nonimmigrant status for purposes of change of status or adjustment of status only in certain jurisdictions.

TPS beneficiaries in removal proceedings who travel abroad temporarily with the authorization of DHS remain subject to those removal proceedings. If they are under a final order of removal, the travel does not execute or fulfill the order. The alien in question remains subject to the removal order.

The Executive Office for Immigration Review of the Department of Justice will generally have jurisdiction over an adjustment of status application filed by a TPS beneficiary subject to removal proceedings. USCIS continues to have jurisdiction over requests from aliens initially paroled into the United States. By statute, upon return to the United States with TPS travel authorization, TPS beneficiaries retain the same immigration status they held before departing the United States.