They cannot do that! If you have applied to TPS EAD then the receipt notice itself says the following: Automatic Employment Authorization Document (EAD) Extension - This notice, by itself, does not grant any immigration status or benefit, nor is it evidence that this case is still pending. However, if you are eligible, you may to use this notice in conjunction with your facially expired Form I-766, Employment Authorization Document (EAD), as proof of an automatic extension of employment authorization and/or EAD, as applicable. You are eligible for an automatic extension of your employment authorization and/or EAD if: • You have timely filed to renew your current employment authorization and/or EAD; • Your EAD renewal request is under a category that is eligible for an automatic extension (see uscis.gov/eadautoextend for a list of eligible categories); • The category on your current EAD matches the "Class Requested" listed on this notice (if you are a TPS beneficiary or applicant, your EAD and this notice must contain either the A12 or C19 class, but they do not need to match each other); and • Your EAD renewal application is still pending with USCIS when your current EAD expires. If eligible, you may present this notice to an employer with your expired EAD (and Form I-94, Arrival/Departure Record, if applicable) for employment eligibility verification (Form I-9) purposes. If eligible, your automatic extension is for up to 540 days from the expiration date printed on the front of your EAD. If we deny your EAD renewal application, the automatic extension immediately ends, and you can no longer present this notice to your employer for Form I-9 purposes. If your EAD is also your Advance Parole document, the automatic extension does not apply to advance parole. If you are applying to renew A17, A18, and C26 employment authorization and you are relying upon the automatic extension to demonstrate your employment authorization during the automatic extension period, you must show this receipt notice, an unexpired I-94 showing valid E, L-2, or H-4 status, and a facially expired A17, A18, or C26 EAD that matches this receipt notice. Your EAD automatic extension terminates the earliest of: the end date on your I-94, the date we adjudicate this application, or 540 days after the expiration date on your EAD. For more information, please see our website at uscis.gov/eadautoextend.