On January 21, 2010, Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano designated Temporary Protected Status to Haiti because of the devastation caused by the January 12th earthquake. The designation applied to only Haitian nationals, who continuously resided in the United States on or before January 12, 2010. The final day to register for TPS was January 18, 2011. USCIS received over 60,000 TPS applications.
TPS expires on July 22, 2011. However, the Department of Homeland Security will likely extend TPS for Haiti. If TPS is extended, Haitian nationals with TPS will have to re-register for TPS by filing another TPS application and employment application (without fees) during the selected re-registration period.
Please check back here for more information on re-registering.