TPS was created by the 1990 Immigration Act.
The Congress was intended to offer protection to people who feared returning to their home countries for reasons other than persecution.

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TPS beneficiaries

• TPS beneficiaries have the following rights:

- They cannot be removed from the United States;
- They can obtain an employment permit;
- Authorization to travel may be granted;
- Cannot be detained by DHS because of their immigration status in the United States; and
- They can apply for other nonimmigrant and immigrant statuses to which they are eligible

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Eligibility

• Be a national of a country designated for TPS, or a person without nationality who has been
last habitually resident in the designated country;
• Apply during the open period for initial enrollment or re-enrollment, or comply with
the requirements for late initial filing during any extension of designation
TPS from your country;
• Have been continuously physically present in the United States since the date
effective date of your country's most recent designation; and
• Have continuously resided in the United States since the date specified for your
country.

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Main causes of Ineligibility

• Have been convicted of any felony or two or more misdemeanors in the United States.
Joined;
• You are found inadmissible as an immigrant under the applicable section 212(a) grounds
of the INA, including non-waivable criminal and security grounds;
• Not meeting the requirements for continuous physical presence or continuous residence in the United States;
• Failure to meet the requirements for initial or late registration with TPS; either
• If you are granted TPS, do not re-register for TPS, as required, without good cause;
• You are subject to any of the statutory bars to asylum. These include, but not
are limited to, participating in the persecution of another person or engaging in or initiating terrorist activity;
• You have had a superior removal order reinstated.