---
kind: "section"
citation: "8 C.F.R. § 244.6"
title: "8"
number: "244.6"
heading: "Application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/8/244.6"
---

# §244.6. Application.

- (a) An application for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) must be submitted in accordance with the form instructions, the applicable country-specific Federal Register notice that announces the procedures for TPS registration or re-registration and, except as otherwise provided in this section, with the appropriate fees as described in [8 CFR part 106](/cfr/8/part106.md).
- (b) An applicant for TPS may also request an employment authorization document under [8 CFR part 274a](/cfr/8/part274a.md) by filing an Application for Employment Authorization in accordance with the form instructions and in accordance with 8 CFR [106.2](/cfr/8/106.2.md) and [106.3](/cfr/8/106.3.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[85 FR 46926, Aug. 3, 2020, as amended at 89 FR 6399, Jan. 31, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1254, 1254a note, 1803, 1811; 8 CFR 2.9.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 619, Jan. 7, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[85 FR 46926, Aug. 3, 2020, as amended at 89 FR 6399, Jan. 31, 2024]