@coolbuddy - Are you sure the officer told you that the company can directly apply for i140 while in TPS? i140 is applied by the company after proving that there are no qualified US citizens available for this position and that's why we want to petition this person for permanent immigration (all done through PWD/advertisement/PERM). I think the company still needs to prove that US citizens are not available to petition a person for permanent immigration whether the person is in TPS EAD , OPT EAD or H1.