Immigration: Honduras

General information, not legal advice. Data as of October 10, 2026

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Honduras does not have its own column. If you were born in Honduras, you use the rest-of-the-world column ("All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed").

Family (Final Action Date / Date for Filing):

Employment: EB-1 C / C; EB-2 01APR25 / 15MAR26; EB-3 15JUN24 / 01AUG24; other workers 01JUN22 / 01JUL22; EB-4 and religious workers 15DEC22 / 01JAN25, but the part for religious workers who are not ministers expires December 11, 2026 unless Congress extends it.

If you and your spouse immigrate together (cross-chargeability):

• If your spouse was born in a country with a longer line (for example, Mexico in the family categories), your spouse can use the Honduras column. For that, you both must get the green card in the same case, as the principal applicant and the accompanying spouse.
• It does not apply if you are already a citizen or resident and you petition for your spouse: in that case, your spouse's country of birth counts.

The "El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras" column no longer exists:

• It existed from May 2016 for EB-4 (special immigrants, such as young people with SIJ status and religious workers), because people from those three countries applied for a very large number of visas.
• It was removed starting with the April 2023 bulletin. The State Department said the law only allows separate dates when a country goes over the per-country limit, and that it did not expect any of the three to do so.
• If someone shows you dates from that column, they are old.

Which chart USCIS uses: in November 2026, USCIS says to use the "Dates for Filing" chart for family and employment cases if you apply for a green card inside the U.S. This changes every month.

Careful: a current date does not mean you can apply for a green card inside the country. Talk to a lawyer or accredited representative.

Official sources: State Department · November 2026 Visa Bulletin ↗ · USCIS · Visa Bulletin chart for green cards ↗ · State Dept. · 9 FAM 503.2 (cross-charging) ↗ · State Department · EB-4 notice (Apr. 2023) ↗

TPS

What happened:

• The U.S. government ended TPS for Honduras. The notice was published in the Federal Register on July 8, 2025 (90 FR 30089).
• TPS for Honduras ended on September 8, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.
• Today there is no re-registration and no way to apply for TPS for Honduras. There is no new notice in the Federal Register.

The court case (National TPS Alliance):

• On December 31, 2025, a federal judge in California canceled the termination (case 3:25-cv-05687).
• On February 9, 2026, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals put that decision on hold.
• On June 25, 2026, in another TPS case (Mullin v. Doe), the Supreme Court said the law does not let judges review these terminations on claims that are not based on the Constitution. It did not decide what happens with claims based on the Constitution.
• Because of that, on July 14, 2026, the Ninth Circuit canceled the December decision (case 26-199).
• The lawsuit continues in the California court only on one claim based on the Constitution. A hearing is scheduled for January 12, 2027. The date may change, and nothing is necessarily decided that day.
• Today no court order brings back TPS for Honduras.

What USCIS says today:

• Its Honduras page says that TPS and its benefits ended on September 8, 2025.
• USCIS says TPS Honduras work permits (category A12 or C19) stopped being valid on September 8, 2025.

What to do if you had TPS:

• Do not use a TPS work permit that is no longer valid.
• Talk soon with a lawyer or an accredited representative. Check whether you have another immigration path, such as a family petition, an employment petition or asylum.
• If you plan to apply for asylum, check the deadlines. USCIS says that having had TPS can "stop the clock" on the one-year deadline to apply for asylum, if that year had not already run out. But the federal rule (8 CFR 208.4) says you must apply within a reasonable time after TPS ended, and TPS for Honduras ended on September 8, 2025: that time may have already passed. Every case is different.
• Do not let other applications or permits you have expire. If you have a case in immigration court, go to all your hearings.
• No one can "renew" or "bring back" TPS for Honduras today. If someone promises it to you for money, it is a scam.

Official sources: USCIS · TPS for Honduras ↗ · Federal Register · Honduras TPS termination ↗ · Supreme Court · Mullin v. Doe (25-1083) ↗ · eCFR · 8 CFR 208.4 (asylum deadlines) ↗

DACA

The rules are the same for Hondurans as for any other country.

• USCIS still renews DACA and its work permits.
• It accepts new requests but does not process them. Paying for one today does not give you DACA.
• Your current DACA and work permit stay valid until they expire.
• Renew 120 to 150 days before it expires. Cost: $85 (I-821D) + $470 online or $520 on paper (I-765) = $555 or $605. There is no fee waiver. Only very limited fee exemptions exist, and USCIS must approve them before you file; see uscis.gov/DACA.
• There may be changes in Texas; check the USCIS page (uscis.gov/DACA).

Official sources: USCIS · DACA ↗ · USCIS · Form I-821D fee ↗ · USCIS · Form I-765 fee ↗

Consulates and appointments

• Honduras has 19 consular offices in the U.S.: 18 consulates general and the Consular Section of the Embassy in Washington, D.C. Find yours in the official directory of Honduras's Foreign Ministry (sreci.gob.hn).
• Some are in another city: Dallas is in Irving (Texas), Boston in Chelsea (Massachusetts), Los Angeles in Glendale (California), San Francisco in Oakland (California), Seattle in Kent (Washington) and Kansas City in Overland Park (Kansas). Check the address before you go.
• You make the appointment online and it is free, from the Embassy's appointment page; there you choose your consulate.
• Depending on the consulate, it sends you to citaconsular.sreci.gob.hn (it asks for your 13-digit ID number) or to asuntosconsulares.inm.gob.hn (it asks you to create an account).
• Houston serves people without an appointment, in order of arrival.
• All processes are in person. Bring the original documents.
• Use only those official links. Do not make payments or deposits to anyone to get an appointment or a process.

Official sources: INM · Online consular appointments (free) ↗ · Honduran Foreign Ministry (SRECI) ↗

If a relative is detained

• Look for them at ice.gov/locator with their A-number and country of birth (Honduras), or with their name and country of birth.
• Call the Honduran consulate closest to where they are detained. The consulates do not list a separate emergency number: use their main line.
• Kansas City and Seattle do not list a phone number. Write to consulado.kansas@sreci.gob.hn or to consulado.seattle@sreci.gob.hn.
• If you cannot reach them, call the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From the U.S., dial 011 504 2236-0200 (+504 2236-0200). You can also write to tuconsuladovirtual@sreci.gob.hn.
• The Honduran migrant protection law (Decree 106-2013) says consulates must assist Hondurans who are detained.
• That law also creates a fund (FOSMIH) that can pay to send the body of a Honduran who dies abroad back to Honduras, if the family has no money. Ask at the consulate.

Official sources: ICE · Detainee Locator (brochure) ↗ · Honduran Foreign Ministry (SRECI) ↗ · TSC · Migrant protection law (106-2013) ↗ · FCC · How to call abroad (011) ↗

Passport and DNI

• Passport for people 21 and older: $75 for 10 years. You can also ask for 5 years; the Embassy does not list that price.
• Bring the appointment receipt, your valid DNI (or the receipt showing you did the DNI enrollment) and your old Honduran passport, even if it is expired.
• Passport for people under 21: 5 years only, $60. Bring the appointment receipt, the child's Honduran birth certificate and the valid DNI or passport of both parents.
• If the father, the mother or both are missing, the child goes with an adult 21 or older with a valid DNI or passport. Bring the parents' authorization, authenticated or apostilled, and a copy of the parents' DNI or passport.
• DNI (national ID card): getting it at the consulate is free the first time, if you are 18 or older. Bring your old ID card (cédula), your passport or your Honduran birth certificate.
• If you have never had a DNI, go with a Honduran witness. If the witness is a relative, they must be up to the fourth degree (for example, a first cousin).
• If you lost your DNI, to replace it you must pay L. 200 to the Treasury (TGR) at a bank in Honduras. A relative there can pay it.
• Safe-conduct (salvoconducto): $10. It is only for traveling to Honduras if you do not have a valid passport.
• Neither the passport nor the DNI gives you immigration status or a work permit in the U.S.

Official sources: INM · Online consular appointments (free) ↗

Children born in the U.S. and nationality

• Honduras' Constitution (article 23) says that children born in another country to a father or mother who is Honduran by birth are Honduran by birth.
• It also says (article 28) that no Honduran by birth can be deprived of their nationality, even if they have another one. Under the Constitution, becoming a U.S. citizen does not take away your Honduran nationality.
• If you are Honduran by naturalization (not by birth), it is different: you lose Honduran nationality if you naturalize in another country (article 29).
• Registering your child as Honduran at the consulate is free. You do it with an appointment, from birth until before the child turns 21.

To register your child, bring:

• the appointment receipt;
• the valid DNI or passport of both parents (if one is from another country, their valid passport);
• the child's original U.S. birth certificate, apostilled by the state where the child was born (without the apostille it cannot be done);
• the child's time of birth, weight and blood type.

Also:

• That same day you get the Honduran birth certificate.
• If your child is already 21 or older, the registration is done in Honduras, through a lawyer.
• Before you ask for the apostille, check with the office of the state where your child was born how much it costs and whether you can request it online.

Official sources: TSC · Constitution of Honduras ↗

Voting from the U.S.

• The Electoral Law (article 80) lets the National Electoral Council (CNE) set up polling places in other countries. From abroad you can only vote for President and Presidential Designates.
• The CNE has not yet published the date of the next general election or where people will vote in the U.S. Check cne.hn.
• Keep your DNI up to date. Under the law, anyone who requests a DNI after changes to the voter roll have closed (starting 105 days before the election) cannot vote in that election.

Official sources: CNE · National Electoral Council ↗

If you return to Honduras

• Since May 28, 2026, the Special Law to Facilitate Return (Decree 73-2026) is in force. It is for Hondurans who return (deported, with voluntary departure, because their status expired or because they decide to go back) and for their family.

You can bring in, without paying tariffs or taxes:

• your household goods, up to $150,000, only once per family, within 12 months after you return;
• your work tools, up to $150,000, if you bring them within 12 months after you enter the country;
• one personal vehicle and one work vehicle per family. If you sell them before 24 months, you lose the exemption.

To request it you need:

• a list with the value of your goods, turned in before you arrive;
• a proof of residence from the consulate;
• your passport or your immigration history, and the customs steps the law requires.

Also:

• The law called for regulations within 90 days, and that deadline has passed. Before you ship your things or your vehicle, ask your consulate or Honduran Customs (Aduanas de Honduras) whether the benefits are being granted yet and what they require.
• The migrant protection law (Decree 106-2013) says the Returned Migrant Care Centers give food, lodging for up to two nights, basic health care and guidance.

Official sources: TSC · Return Facilitation Law (73-2026) ↗ · TSC · Migrant protection law (106-2013) ↗

Sources: travel.state.gov, fam.state.gov, uscis.gov, federalregister.gov, supremecourt.gov, federal courts (case records), ice.gov, Embassy of Honduras in the U.S., asuntosconsulares.inm.gob.hn, sreci.gob.hn, tsc.gob.hn (Constitution and laws of Honduras), iaip.gob.hn (Electoral Law). Always check the official source before you start a process.

Consulates in the U.S.