Continuation of Documentation for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status Designations for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador, 7103-7109 [2019-03783]
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Continuation of Documentation for
Beneficiaries of Temporary Protected
Status Designations for Sudan,
Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Through this notice, the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) announces actions to ensure its
continued compliance with the
preliminary injunction order of the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District
of California in Ramos v. Nielsen, No.
18–cv–01554 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 3, 2018)
(‘‘preliminary injunction’’).
Beneficiaries under the Temporary
Protected Status (TPS) designations for
Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El
Salvador will retain their TPS while the
preliminary injunction remains in
effect, provided that an individual’s TPS
is not withdrawn under Immigration
and Nationality Act (INA) section
244(c)(3) or 8 CFR 244.14 because of
ineligibility.
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DHS is further announcing it is
automatically extending through
January 2, 2020, the validity of TPSrelated Employment Authorization
Documents (EADs), Forms I–797, Notice
of Action (Approval Notice), and Forms
I–94 (Arrival/Departure Record)
(collectively ‘‘TPS-Related
Documentation’’), as specified in this
notice, for beneficiaries under the TPS
designations for Sudan, Nicaragua,
Haiti, and El Salvador, provided that the
affected TPS beneficiaries remain
otherwise individually eligible for TPS.
See INA section 244(c)(3). This Notice
also provides information explaining
DHS’s plans to issue a subsequent
notice that will describe the steps DHS
will take after January 2, 2020, should
continued compliance with the
preliminary injunction be necessary.
DATES: The TPS designations of Sudan,
Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador will
remain in effect, as required by the
preliminary injunction order of the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District
of California in Ramos v. Nielsen, No.
18–cv–01554 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 3, 2018), so
long as the preliminary injunction
remains in effect. TPS for those
countries will not be terminated unless
and until any superseding, final, nonappealable judicial order permits the
implementation of such terminations.
Information on the status of the
preliminary injunction will be available
at https://uscis.gov/tps.
Further, DHS is automatically
extending the validity of TPS-Related
Documentation for those beneficiaries
under the TPS designations for Sudan,
Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador, as
specified in this Notice. Those
documents will remain in effect for nine
months through January 2, 2020,
provided the individual’s TPS is not
withdrawn under INA section 244(c)(3)
or 8 CFR 244.14 because of ineligibility.
See 83 FR 54764 (Oct. 31, 2018) (notice
stating that should Ramos injunction
continue beyond April 2, 2019, DHS
will publish a subsequent notice to
extend TPS-related Documentation of
eligible beneficiaries under the TPS
designations of Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti,
and El Salvador for nine months from
that date).
In the event the preliminary
injunction is reversed and that reversal
becomes final, DHS will allow for an
orderly transition period, as described
in the ‘‘Possible Future Action’’ section
of this Notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
• You may contact Samantha
Deshommes, Chief, Regulatory
Coordination Division, Office of Policy
and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship and
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Immigration Services, U.S. Department
of Homeland Security, by mail at 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20529–2060, or by
phone at 800–375–5283.
• For further information on TPS,
please visit the USCIS TPS web page at
https://www.uscis.gov/tps. You can find
specific information about this
continuation of the TPS benefits for
eligible individuals under the TPS
designations for Sudan, Nicaragua,
Haiti, and El Salvador by selecting the
respective country’s page from the menu
on the left side of the TPS web page.
• If you have additional questions
about TPS, please visit uscis.gov/tools.
Our online virtual assistant, Emma, can
answer many of your questions and
point you to additional information on
our website. If you are unable to find
your answers there, you may also call
our USCIS Contact Center at 800–375–
5283.
• Applicants seeking information
about the status of their individual cases
may check Case Status Online, available
on the USCIS website at https://
www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS
Contact Center at 800–375–5283 (TTY
800–767–1833).
• Further information will also be
available at local USCIS offices upon
publication of this Notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Abbreviations
BIA—Board of Immigration Appeals
CFR—Code of Federal Regulations
DHS—U.S. Department of Homeland
Security
DOS—U.S. Department of State
EAD—Employment Authorization Document
FNC—Final Nonconfirmation
Form I–94—Arrival/Departure Record
FR—Federal Register
Government—U.S. Government
IJ—Immigration Judge
INA—Immigration and Nationality Act
IER—U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights
Division, Immigrant and Employee Rights
Section
SAVE—USCIS Systematic Alien Verification
for Entitlements Program
Secretary—Secretary of Homeland Security
TNC—Tentative Nonconfirmation
TPS—Temporary Protected Status
TTY—Text Telephone
USCIS—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
Background on Temporary Protected
Status (TPS)
• TPS is a temporary immigration
status granted to eligible nationals of a
country designated for TPS under the
INA, or to eligible persons without
nationality who last habitually resided
in the designated country.
• During the TPS designation period,
TPS beneficiaries are eligible to remain
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in the United States, may not be
removed, and are authorized to obtain
EADs so long as they continue to meet
the requirements of TPS.
• TPS beneficiaries may also apply
for and be granted travel authorization
as a matter of discretion.
• The granting of TPS does not result
in or lead to lawful permanent resident
status.
• To qualify for TPS, beneficiaries
must meet the eligibility standards at
INA section 244(c)(1)–(2), 8 U.S.C.
1254a(c)(1)–(2).
• When the Secretary terminates a
country’s TPS designation, beneficiaries
return to one of the following:
Æ The same immigration status or
category that they maintained before
TPS, if any (unless that status or
category has since expired or been
terminated); or
Æ Any other lawfully obtained
immigration status or category they
received while registered for TPS, as
long as it is still valid on the date TPS
terminates.
Purpose of This Action
Through this Federal Register notice,
the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) announces actions to ensure its
continued compliance with the
preliminary injunction order of the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District
of California in Ramos v. Nielsen, No.
18–cv–01554 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 3, 2018).
Beneficiaries under the TPS
designations for Sudan, Nicaragua,
Haiti, and El Salvador will retain their
TPS while the preliminary injunction
remains in effect, provided that an
individual’s TPS status is not
withdrawn under INA section 244(c)(3)
because of ineligibility. See also 8 CFR
244.14.
DHS is further announcing it is
automatically extending through
January 2, 2020, the validity of TPSrelated Employment Authorization
Documents (EADs), Forms I–797, Notice
of Action (Approval Notice), and Forms
I–94 (Arrival/Departure Record)
(collectively ‘‘TPS-Related
Documentation’’), as specified in this
notice, for beneficiaries under the TPS
designations for Sudan, Nicaragua,
Haiti, and El Salvador, provided that the
affected TPS beneficiaries remain
otherwise individually eligible for TPS.
See INA section 244(c)(3). This notice
also provides information explaining
DHS’s plans to issue a subsequent
notice that will describe the steps DHS
will take after January 2, 2020, to
continue its compliance with the
preliminary injunction should such
compliance be required.
Automatic Extension of EADs
Through this Federal Register notice,
DHS automatically extends through
January 2, 2020, the validity of EADs
with the category codes ‘‘A–12’’ or ‘‘C–
19’’ and one of the expiration dates
shown below that have been issued
under the TPS designations of Sudan,
Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador: 1
07/22/2017
11/02/2017
01/05/2018
01/22/2018
03/09/2018
11/02/2018
01/05/2019
04/02/2019
07/22/2019
09/09/2019
Additionally, a beneficiary under the
TPS designations for Sudan, Nicaragua,
Haiti, or El Salvador who applied for a
new EAD but who has not yet received
his or her new EAD is also covered by
this automatic extension, provided that
the EAD he or she possesses contains
one of the expiration dates noted in the
chart above. Such individuals may show
this Federal Register notice and their
EAD to employers to demonstrate they
have employment authorization and
that their TPS-Related Documentation
has been extended through January 2,
2020. This Notice explains how TPS
beneficiaries and their employers may
determine which EADs are
automatically extended and how this
affects the Form I–9, Employment
Eligibility Verification, E-Verify, and
USCIS Systematic Alien Verification for
Entitlements (SAVE) processes.
Automatic Extension of Forms I–94
(Arrival/Departure Record) and Forms
I–797 (Notice of Action (Approval
Notice))
In addition, through this Federal
Register notice, DHS automatically
extends through January 2, 2020, the
validity periods of the following Forms
I–94 and Forms I–797, Notice of Action
(Approval Notice), previously issued to
eligible beneficiaries granted TPS under
the designations for Sudan, Nicaragua,
Haiti, and El Salvador:
Country
Sudan ......................................................................................................................................................
Nicaragua ................................................................................................................................................
Haiti .........................................................................................................................................................
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El Salvador ..............................................................................................................................................
Beginning date of
validity:
End date of validity:
May 3, 2016 ...........
Nov. 3, 2017 ..........
July 6, 2016 ...........
Jan. 6, 2018 ...........
Jul. 23, 2017 ..........
Jan. 23, 2018 .........
Sept. 10, 2016 .......
Mar. 10, 2018 ........
Nov. 2, 2017.
Nov. 2, 2018.
Jan. 5, 2018.
Jan. 5, 2019.
Jan. 22, 2018.
July 22, 2019.
Mar. 9, 2018.
Sept. 9, 2019.
However, the extension of this
validity period applies only if the
eligible TPS beneficiary properly filed
for TPS re-registration during the most
recent DHS-announced registration
period for the applicable country, or in
the case of Haiti, during the most recent
such re-registration period or the re-
registration period prescribed in the
May 24, 2017 Federal Register notice
(82 FR 23830), or has a re-registration
application that remains pending. In
addition, the extension does not apply
if the TPS of any such individual has
been finally withdrawn. This notice
does not extend the validity date of any
TPS-related Form I–94 or Form I–797,
Notice of Action (Approval Notice),
issued to a TPS beneficiary that contains
an end date not on the chart above
where the individual has failed to file
for TPS re-registration, or where his or
her re-registration request has been
finally denied.
1 This chart also includes the expired EADs for
those beneficiaries under the TPS designations for
Haiti and El Salvador with pending re-registration
applications who were issued individual notices
automatically extending their expired EADs
through January 17, 2019 and March 4, 2019. For
verification of employment eligibility and
immigration status, USCIS is auto-extending the
expired EADs, bearing the dates July 22, 2017 and
January 22, 2018 (for EADs issued to beneficiaries
under the TPS designation for Haiti), and March 9,
2018 and September 9, 2019 (for EADs issued to
beneficiaries under the TPS designation for El
Salvador).
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Application Procedures
Current beneficiaries under the TPS
designations for Sudan, Nicaragua,
Haiti, and El Salvador do not need to
pay a fee or file any application,
including the Application for
Employment Authorization (Form I–
765), to maintain their TPS benefits
through January 2, 2020, if they have
properly re-registered for TPS during
the most recent DHS-announced
registration period for their country.
TPS beneficiaries who have failed to reregister properly for TPS during the last
registration period may still file Form I–
821 (Application for Temporary
Protected Status) but must demonstrate
‘‘good cause’’ for failing to re-register on
time, as required by law. See INA
section 244(c)(3)(C) (TPS beneficiary’s
failure to register without good cause in
form and manner specified by DHS is
ground for TPS withdrawal); 8 CFR
244.17(b) and Instructions to Form I–
821. Any eligible beneficiary under the
TPS designations for Sudan, Nicaragua,
Haiti, or El Salvador who either does
not possess an EAD that is automatically
extended by this Notice, or wishes to
apply for a new EAD may file Form I–
765 with appropriate fee (or fee waiver
request). If approved, USCIS will issue
an EAD with a January 2, 2020,
expiration date. Similarly, USCIS will
issue an EAD with a January 2, 2020
expiration date for those with pending
EAD applications that are ultimately
approved.
Possible Future Action
If it becomes necessary to comply
with statutory requirements for TPS reregistration during the pendency of the
Court’s Order or any superseding court
order concerning the beneficiaries under
the TPS designations for Sudan,
Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador, DHS
may announce re-registration
procedures in a future Federal Register
notice. See section 244(c)(3)(C) of the
INA; 8 CFR 244.17.
In the event the preliminary
injunction is reversed and that reversal
becomes final, DHS will allow for an
orderly transition period, ending on the
later of (a) 120 days from the effective
date of such a superseding, final order,
or (b) on the Secretary’s previouslyannounced effective date for the
termination of TPS designations for
each individual country, as follows:
• Sudan—N/A; 2
• Nicaragua—N/A;
2 Any
120-day transition period would end later
than the Secretary’s previously-announced effective
dates for the termination of TPS designations for
Sudan and Nicaragua (November 2, 2018 and
January 5, 2019 respectively).
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• Haiti—July 22, 2019;
• El Salvador—September 9, 2019.
To the extent that a Federal Register
notice has auto-extended TPS-Related
Documentation beyond the 120-day
orderly transition period, DHS reserves
the right to issue a subsequent Federal
Register notice announcing an
expiration date for the documentation
that corresponds to the last day of the
120-day orderly transition period.
Additional Notes
Nothing in this notice affects DHS’s
ongoing authority to determine on a
case-by-case basis whether TPS
beneficiaries continue to meet the
individual eligibility requirements for
TPS described in section 244(c) of the
INA and the implementing regulations
in part 244 of Title 8 of the Code of
Federal Regulations.
Notice of Compliance With Court Order
Enjoining the Implementation and
Enforcement of Determinations To
Terminate the TPS Designations of
Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El
Salvador
As required by the preliminary
injunction order of the U.S. District
Court for the Northern District of
California in Ramos v. Nielsen, No. 18–
cv–01554 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 3, 2018), the
previously-announced determinations
to terminate the existing designations of
TPS for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El
Salvador 3 will not be implemented or
enforced unless and until the District
Court’s Order is reversed and that
reversal becomes final for some or all of
these four countries.
In further compliance with the Order,
DHS is publishing this Federal Register
Notice automatically extending the
validity of the TPS-Related
Documentation specified above in the
Supplementary Information section of
this Notice for nine months from April
2, 2019 through January 2, 2020, for
eligible beneficiaries under the TPS
designations for Sudan, Nicaragua,
Haiti, and El Salvador.
Any termination of TPS-Related
Documentation for beneficiaries under
the TPS designations for Sudan,
Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador will
go into effect on the later of: (a) 120 days
from the effective date of any
superseding, final, non-appealable
3 See Termination of the Designation of Sudan for
Temporary Protected Status, 82 FR 47228 (Oct. 11,
2017); Termination of the Designation of Nicaragua
for Temporary Protected Status, 82 FR 59636 (Dec.
15, 2017); Termination of the Designation of Haiti
for Temporary Protected Status, 83 FR 2648 (Jan.
18, 2018); Termination of the Designation of El
Salvador for Temporary Protected Status, 83 FR
2654 (Jan. 18, 2018).
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judicial order that permits the
implementation of such terminations, or
(b) on the Secretary’s previouslyannounced effective date for the
termination of TPS designations for
each individual country. To the extent
that a subsequent Federal Register
notice has auto-extended TPS-Related
Documentation beyond the 120-day
orderly transition period, DHS reserves
the right to issue another Federal
Register notice invalidating the
documents at the end of the orderly
transition period.
DHS will issue another Federal
Register notice approximately 30 days
before January 2, 2020, that will either
extend TPS-Related Documentation for
an additional nine months from January
2, 2020, or provide appropriate
procedures for obtaining renewed TPS
documentation for all affected eligible
beneficiaries under the TPS
designations for Sudan, Nicaragua,
Haiti, and El Salvador. DHS will
continue to issue Federal Register
notices at nine-month intervals so long
as the preliminary injunction remains in
place and will continue its commitment
to a 120-day orderly transition period,
as described above.
All TPS beneficiaries must continue
to maintain their TPS eligibility by
meeting the requirements for TPS in
INA section 244(c) and part 244 of Title
8 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
DHS will continue to adjudicate any
pending TPS re-registration and
pending late initial applications for
affected beneficiaries from the four
countries, and continue to make
appropriate individual TPS withdrawal
decisions in accordance with existing
procedures if an individual no longer
maintains TPS eligibility. DHS may
continue to announce periodic reregistration procedures for eligible TPS
beneficiaries in accordance with the
INA and DHS regulations. Should the
preliminary injunction order remain in
effect, DHS will take appropriate steps
to continue its compliance with the
preliminary injunction and all statutory
requirements.
Claire M. Grady,
Under Secretary for Management and Senior
Official Performing the Duties of the Deputy
Secretary.
Approved Forms To Demonstrate
Continuation of Lawful Status and TPSRelated Employment Authorization
• This Federal Register Notice March
1, 2019.
Æ Through operation of this Federal
Register notice, the existing EADs of
affected TPS beneficiaries are
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automatically extended through
January 2, 2020.
Æ A beneficiary granted TPS under the
designations for Sudan, Nicaragua,
Haiti, and El Salvador may show a
copy of this notice, along with his or
her specified EAD, to his or her
employer to demonstrate identity and
continued TPS-related employment
eligibility for purposes of meeting the
Employment Eligibility Verification
(Form I–9) requirements.
Æ Alternatively, such a TPS beneficiary
may choose to show other acceptable
documents that are evidence of
identity and employment eligibility as
described in the Instructions to
Employment Eligibility Verification
(Form I–9).
Æ Finally, such a TPS beneficiary may
show a copy of this notice, along with
his or her specified EAD, Form I–94,
or Form I–797, Notice of Action
(Approval Notice), as evidence of his
or her lawful status to law
enforcement, federal, state, and local
government agencies, and private
entities.
Am I eligible to receive an automatic
extension of my current EAD through
January 2, 2020 using this Federal
Register notice?
Yes. This Federal Register notice
automatically extends your EAD
through January 2, 2020, if you are a
national of Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, or
El Salvador (or an alien having no
nationality who last habitually resided
in Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, or El
Salvador) who has TPS, and your EAD
contains a category code of A–12 or C–
19 and one of the expiration dates
shown below:
07/22/2017
11/02/2017
01/05/2018
01/22/2018
03/09/2018
11/02/2018
01/05/2019
04/02/2019
07/22/2019
09/09/2019
When hired, what documentation may I
show to my employer as evidence of
employment authorization and identity
when completing Employment
Eligibility Verification (Form I–9)?
You can find lists of acceptable
documents on the ‘‘Acceptable
Documents’’ web page for Form I–9 at
https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/
acceptable-documents. Employers must
complete Form I–9 to verify the identity
and employment authorization of all
new employees. Within three days of
hire, employees must present acceptable
documents to their employers as
evidence of identity and employment
authorization to satisfy Form I–9
requirements.
You may present any document from
List A (which provides evidence of both
identity and employment authorization)
or one document from List B (which
provides evidence of your identity)
together with one document from List C
(which is evidence of employment
authorization), or you may present an
acceptable receipt for List A, List B, or
List C documents as described in the
Form I–9 Instructions. Employers may
not reject a document based on a future
expiration date. You can find additional
information about Form I–9 on the I–9
Central web page at https://
www.uscis.gov/I-9Central.
An EAD is an acceptable document
under List A.
If your EAD has category code of A–12 or C–19 and an expiration date from the column below, you
may show your expired EAD along with this Federal Register notice to complete Form I–9:
Enter this date in
Section 1 of Form
I–9:
Your employer must
reverify your employment authorization by:
07/22/2017
11/02/2017
01/05/2018
01/22/2018
03/09/2018
11/02/2018
01/05/2019
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If you want to use your EAD with one
of the specified expiration dates above,
and that date has passed, then you may
also provide your employer with a copy
of this Federal Register notice, which
explains that your EAD has been
automatically extended temporarily
through January 2, 2020.
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• Employment Authorization Document
(EAD)
What documentation may I present to
my employer for Employment Eligibility
Verification (Form I–9) if I am already
employed but my current TPS-related
EAD is set to expire?
Even though your EAD has been
automatically extended, your employer
is required by law to ask you about your
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continued employment authorization,
and you will need to present your
employer with evidence that you are
still authorized to work. Once
presented, you may correct your
employment authorization expiration
date in Section 1 and your employer
should correct the EAD expiration date
in Section 2 of Form I–9. See the
subsection titled, ‘‘What corrections
should my current employer and I make
to Employment Eligibility Verification
(Form I–9) if my employment
authorization has been automatically
extended?’’ for further information. You
may show this Federal Register notice
to your employer to explain what to do
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for Form I–9 and to show that your EAD
has been automatically extended
through January 2, 2020. Your employer
may need to re-inspect your
automatically extended EAD to check
the expiration date and Category code if
your employer did not keep a copy of
this EAD when you initially presented
it.
The last day of the automatic EAD
extension for eligible beneficiaries
under the TPS designations for Sudan,
Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador is
January 2, 2020. Before you start work
on January 3, 2020, your employer is
required by law to reverify your
employment authorization. At that time,
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you must present any document from
List A or any document from List C on
Form I–9 Lists of Acceptable
Documents, or an acceptable List A or
List C receipt described in the Form I–
9 Instructions to reverify employment
authorization.
By January 3, 2020, your employer
must complete Section 3 of the current
version of the form, Form I–9 07/17/17
N, and attach it to the previously
completed Form I–9, if your original
Form I–9 was a previous version. Your
employer can check USCIS’ I–9 Central
web page at https://www.uscis.gov/I9Central for the most current version of
Form I–9.
Note that your employer may not
specify which List A or List C document
you must present and cannot reject an
acceptable receipt.
Can I seek a new EAD?
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You do not need to apply for a new
EAD in order to benefit from this
automatic extension. However, if you
want to obtain a new EAD valid through
January 2, 2020, you must file an
Application for Employment
Authorization (Form I–765) and pay the
Form I–765 fee (or request a fee waiver).
Note, if you do not want a new EAD,
you do not have to file Form I–765 or
pay the Form I–765 fee. If you do not
want to request a new EAD now, you
may also file Form I–765 at a later date
and pay the fee (or request a fee waiver),
provided that you still have TPS or a
pending TPS application. You may file
the application for a new EAD either
before or after your current EAD has
expired.
If you are unable to pay the
application fee and/or biometric
services fee, you may complete a
Request for Fee Waiver (Form I–912) or
submit a personal letter requesting a fee
waiver with satisfactory supporting
documentation. For more information
on the application forms and fees for
TPS, please visit the USCIS TPS web
page at https://www.uscis.gov/tps. Fees
for the Form I–821, the Form I–765, and
biometric services are also described in
8 CFR 103.7(b)(1)(i).
Note: If you have a Form I–821 and/or
Form I–765 that was still pending as of April
2, 2019, then you should not file either
application again. If your pending TPS
application is approved, you will be granted
TPS through January 2, 2020. Similarly, if
you have a pending TPS-related application
for an EAD that is approved, it will be valid
through the same date.
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Can my employer require that I provide
any other documentation to prove my
status, such as proof of my citizenship
from Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, or El
Salvador?
No. When completing Form I–9,
including reverifying employment
authorization, employers must accept
any documentation that appears on the
Form I–9 ‘‘Lists of Acceptable
Documents’’ that reasonably appears to
be genuine and that relates to you, or an
acceptable List A, List B, or List C
receipt. Employers need not reverify
List B identity documents. Employers
may not request documentation that
does not appear on the ‘‘Lists of
Acceptable Documents.’’ Therefore,
employers may not request proof of
citizenship or proof of re-registration for
TPS when completing Form I–9 for new
hires or reverifying the employment
authorization of current employees. If
presented with EADs that have been
automatically extended, employers
should accept such documents as a
valid List A document so long as the
EAD reasonably appears to be genuine
and relates to the employee. Refer to the
Note to Employees section of this
Federal Register notice for important
information about your rights if your
employer rejects lawful documentation,
requires additional documentation, or
otherwise discriminates against you
based on your citizenship or
immigration status, or your national
origin.
How do my employer and I complete
Employment Eligibility Verification
(Form I–9) using my automatically
extended employment authorization for
a new job?
When using an automatically
extended EAD to complete Form I–9 for
a new job on or before January 2, 2020,
you and your employer should do the
following:
1. For Section 1, you should:
a. Check ‘‘An alien authorized to work
until’’ and enter January 2, 2020, as the
‘‘expiration date’’; and
b. Enter your Alien Number/USCIS
number or A-Number where indicated
(your EAD or other document from DHS
will have your USCIS number or ANumber printed on it; the USCIS
number is the same as your A-Number
without the A prefix).
2. For Section 2, your employer
should:
a. Determine if the EAD is autoextended:
An employee’s EAD has been autoextended if it contains a category code
of A–12 or C–19 and an expiration date
shown below:
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09/09/2019
If it has been auto-extended, the
employer should:
b. Write in the document title;
c. Enter the issuing authority;
d. Provide the document number; and
e. Write January 2, 2020, as the
expiration date.
Before the start of work on January 3,
2020, employers are required by law to
reverify the employee’s employment
authorization in Section 3 of Form I–9.
What corrections should my current
employer and I make to Employment
Eligibility Verification (Form I–9) if my
employment authorization has been
auto-extended?
If you presented a TPS-related EAD
that was valid when you first started
your job and your EAD has now been
automatically extended, your employer
may need to re-inspect your current
EAD if they do not have a copy of the
EAD on file. You may, and your
employer should, correct your
previously completed Form I–9 as
follows:
1. For Section 1, you may:
a. Draw a line through the expiration
date in Section 1;
b. Write January 2, 2020, above the
previous date; and
c. Initial and date the correction in the
margin of Section 1.
2. For Section 2, employers should:
a. Determine if the EAD is autoextended:
An employee’s EAD has been autoextended if it contains a category code
of A–12 or C–19 and an expiration date
shown below:
07/22/2017
11/02/2017
01/05/2018
01/22/2018
03/09/2018
11/02/2018
01/05/2019
04/02/2019
07/22/2019
09/09/2019
If it has been auto-extended:
b. Draw a line through the expiration
date written in Section 2;
c. Write January 2, 2020, above the
previous date; and
d. Initial and date the correction in
the Additional Information field in
Section 2.
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Note: This is not considered a
reverification. Employers do not need to
complete Section 3 until either this notice’s
automatic extension of EADs has ended or
the employee presents a new document to
show continued employment authorization,
whichever is sooner. By January 3, 2020,
when the employee’s automatically extended
EAD has expired, employers are required by
law to reverify the employee’s employment
authorization in Section 3.
If I am an employer enrolled in E-Verify,
how do I verify a new employee whose
EAD has been automatically extended?
Employers may create a case in EVerify for these employees by providing
the employee’s Alien Registration
number (A#) or USCIS number as the
document number on Form I–9 in the
document number field in E-Verify.
If I am an employer enrolled in E-Verify,
what do I do when I receive a ‘‘Work
Authorization Documents Expiration’’
alert for an automatically extended
EAD?
If you have employees who provided
a TPS-related EAD with an expiration
date that has been auto-extended by this
notice, you should dismiss the ‘‘Work
Authorization Documents Expiring’’
case alert. Before this employee starts to
work on January 3, 2020, you must
reverify his or her employment
authorization in Section 3 of Form I–9.
Employers should not use E-Verify for
reverification.
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Note to All Employers
Employers are reminded that the laws
requiring proper employment eligibility
verification and prohibiting unfair
immigration-related employment
practices remain in full force. This
Federal Register notice does not
supersede or in any way limit
applicable employment verification
rules and policy guidance, including
those rules setting forth reverification
requirements. For general questions
about the employment eligibility
verification process, employers may call
USCIS at 888–464–4218 (TTY 877–875–
6028) or email USCIS at I9Central@
dhs.gov. Calls and emails are accepted
in English and many other languages.
For questions about avoiding
discrimination during the employment
eligibility verification process (Form I–
9 and E-Verify), employers may call the
U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights
Division, Immigrant and Employee
Rights Section (IER) (formerly the Office
of Special Counsel for ImmigrationRelated Unfair Employment Practices)
Employer Hotline at 800–255–8155
(TTY 800–237–2515). IER offers
language interpretation in numerous
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languages. Employers may also email
IER at IER@usdoj.gov.
Note to Employees
For general questions about the
employment eligibility verification
process, employees may call USCIS at
888–897–7781 (TTY 877–875–6028) or
email USCIS at I-9Central@dhs.gov.
Calls are accepted in English, Spanish,
and many other languages. Employees
or applicants may also call the IER
Worker Hotline at 800–255–7688 (TTY
800–237–2515) for information
regarding employment discrimination
based upon citizenship, immigration
status, or national origin, including
discrimination related to Employment
Eligibility Verification (Form I–9) and EVerify. The IER Worker Hotline
provides language interpretation in
numerous languages.
To comply with the law, employers
must accept any document or
combination of documents from the
Lists of Acceptable Documents if the
documentation reasonably appears to be
genuine and to relate to the employee,
or an acceptable List A, List B, or List
C receipt as described in the
Employment Eligibility Verification
(Form I–9) Instructions. Employers may
not require extra or additional
documentation beyond what is required
for Form I–9 completion. Further,
employers participating in E-Verify who
receive an E-Verify case result of
‘‘Tentative Nonconfirmation’’ (TNC)
must promptly inform employees of the
TNC and give such employees an
opportunity to contest the TNC. A TNC
case result means that the information
entered into E-Verify from an
employee’s Form I–9 differs from
records available to DHS.
Employers may not terminate,
suspend, delay training, withhold pay,
lower pay, or take any adverse action
against an employee because of the TNC
while the case is still pending with EVerify. A Final Nonconfirmation (FNC)
case result is received when E-Verify
cannot verify an employee’s
employment eligibility. An employer
may terminate employment based on a
case result of FNC. Work-authorized
employees who receive an FNC may call
USCIS for assistance at 888–897–7781
(TTY 877–875–6028). For more
information about E-Verify-related
discrimination or to report an employer
for discrimination in the E-Verify
process based on citizenship,
immigration status, or national origin,
contact IER’s Worker Hotline at 800–
255–7688 (TTY 800–237–2515).
Additional information about proper
nondiscriminatory Form I–9 and EVerify procedures is available on the
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ier and on the USCIS and E-Verify
websites at https://www.uscis.gov/i-9central and https://www.e-verify.gov.
Note Regarding Federal, State, and
Local Government Agencies (Such as
Departments of Motor Vehicles)
While Federal Government agencies
must follow the guidelines laid out by
the Federal Government, state and local
government agencies establish their own
rules and guidelines when granting
certain benefits. Each state may have
different laws, requirements, and
determinations about what documents
you need to provide to prove eligibility
for certain benefits. Whether you are
applying for a Federal, state, or local
government benefit, you may need to
provide the government agency with
documents that show you are a TPS
beneficiary, show you are authorized to
work based on TPS or other status, and/
or that may be used by DHS to
determine whether you have TPS or
other immigration status. Examples of
such documents are:
(1) Your current EAD;
(2) Your auto-extended EAD with a
copy of this Federal Register notice,
providing an automatic extension of
your currently expired or expiring EAD;
(3) A copy of your Form I–94,
(Arrival/Departure Record), or Form I–
797, Notice of Action (Approval Notice),
that has been auto-extended by this
notice and a copy of this notice;
(4) Any other relevant DHS-issued
document that indicates your
immigration status or authorization to
be in the United States, or that may be
used by DHS to determine whether you
have such status or authorization to
remain in the United States.
Check with the government agency
regarding which document(s) the agency
will accept.
Some benefit-granting agencies use
the SAVE program to confirm the
current immigration status of applicants
for public benefits. In most cases, SAVE
provides an automated electronic
response to benefit-granting agencies
within seconds, but, occasionally,
verification can be delayed. You can
check the status of your SAVE
verification by using CaseCheck at the
following link: https://save.uscis.gov/
casecheck/, then by clicking the ‘‘Check
Your Case’’ button. CaseCheck is a free
service that lets you follow the progress
of your SAVE verification using your
date of birth and one immigration
identifier number. If an agency has
denied your application based solely or
in part on a SAVE response, the agency
must offer you the opportunity to appeal
the decision in accordance with the
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agency’s procedures. If the agency has
received and acted upon or will act
upon a SAVE verification and you do
not believe the response is correct, you
may make an InfoPass appointment for
an in-person interview at a local USCIS
office. Detailed information on how to
make corrections, make an appointment,
or submit a written request to correct
records under the Freedom of
Information Act can be found on the
SAVE website at https://www.uscis.gov/
save.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–0051]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Extension, Without Change,
of a Currently Approved Collection:
Monthly Report on Naturalization
Papers
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-day notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) will be
submitting the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. The purpose of this notice is to
allow an additional 30 days for public
comments.
DATES: The purpose of this notice is to
allow an additional 30 days for public
comments. Comments are encouraged
and will be accepted until April 1, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or
suggestions regarding the item(s)
contained in this notice, especially
regarding the estimated public burden
and associated response time, must be
directed to the OMB USCIS Desk Officer
via email at dhsdeskofficer@
omb.eop.gov. All submissions received
must include the agency name and the
OMB Control Number 1615–0051 in the
subject line.
You may wish to consider limiting the
amount of personal information that you
provide in any voluntary submission
you make. For additional information
please read the Privacy Act notice that
is available via the link in the footer of
https://www.regulations.gov.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy,
Regulatory Coordination Division,
Samantha Deshommes, Chief, 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20529–2140,
Telephone number (202) 272–8377
(This is not a toll-free number;
comments are not accepted via
telephone message.). Please note contact
information provided here is solely for
questions regarding this notice. It is not
for individual case status inquiries.
Applicants seeking information about
the status of their individual cases can
check Case Status Online, available at
the USCIS website at https://
www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS
National Customer Service Center at
(800) 375–5283; TTY (800) 767–1833.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments
The information collection notice was
previously published in the Federal
Register on December 11, 2019, at 83 FR
63667, allowing for a 60-day public
comment period. USCIS did not receive
any comments in connection with the
60-day notice.
You may access the information
collection instrument with instructions,
or additional information by visiting the
Federal eRulemaking Portal site at:
https://www.regulations.gov and enter
USCIS–2005–0032 in the search box.
Written comments and suggestions from
the public and affected agencies should
address one or more of the following
four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Overview of This Information
Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension, Without Change, of
a Currently Approved Collection.
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(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Monthly Report on Naturalization
Papers.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: Form N–4;
USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: State, local or Tribal
Government. This form is used by the
clerk of courts that administer the oath
of allegiance for naturalization to notify
the USCIS of all persons to whom the
oath was administered. The information
is used by the USCIS to update its alien
files and records to indicate that the
aliens are now citizens; develop an
audit trail on the certificates of
naturalization; and determine the
payments to be made to the courts for
reimbursement of their expenses in
connection with the naturalization
process.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: The estimated total number of
respondents for the information
collection N–4 is 160, it is estimated
that each respondent will respond an
average of 12 times a year, and the
estimated hour burden per response is
0.5 hour.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The total estimated annual
hour burden associated with this
collection is 960 hours.
(7) An estimate of the total public
burden (in cost) associated with the
collection: The estimated total annual
cost burden associated with this
collection of information is $7,200.
Dated: February 22, 2019.
Samantha L. Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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Number 1076–NEW]
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Activities; Trust Land Mortgage Lender
Checklist
AGENCY:
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[CIS No. 2641-19; DHS Docket No. USCIS-2018-0005]
RIN 1615-ZB78
Continuation of Documentation for Beneficiaries of Temporary
Protected Status Designations for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El
Salvador
AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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SUMMARY: Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
announces actions to ensure its continued compliance with the
preliminary injunction order of the U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of California in Ramos v. Nielsen, No. 18-cv-01554
(N.D. Cal. Oct. 3, 2018) (``preliminary injunction''). Beneficiaries
under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for Sudan,
Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador will retain their TPS while the
preliminary injunction remains in effect, provided that an individual's
TPS is not withdrawn under Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)
section 244(c)(3) or 8 CFR 244.14 because of ineligibility.
DHS is further announcing it is automatically extending through
January 2, 2020, the validity of TPS-related Employment Authorization
Documents (EADs), Forms I-797, Notice of Action (Approval Notice), and
Forms I-94 (Arrival/Departure Record) (collectively ``TPS-Related
Documentation''), as specified in this notice, for beneficiaries under
the TPS designations for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador,
provided that the affected TPS beneficiaries remain otherwise
individually eligible for TPS. See INA section 244(c)(3). This Notice
also provides information explaining DHS's plans to issue a subsequent
notice that will describe the steps DHS will take after January 2,
2020, should continued compliance with the preliminary injunction be
necessary.
DATES: The TPS designations of Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador
will remain in effect, as required by the preliminary injunction order
of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in
Ramos v. Nielsen, No. 18-cv-01554 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 3, 2018), so long as
the preliminary injunction remains in effect. TPS for those countries
will not be terminated unless and until any superseding, final, non-
appealable judicial order permits the implementation of such
terminations. Information on the status of the preliminary injunction
will be available at https://uscis.gov/tps.
Further, DHS is automatically extending the validity of TPS-Related
Documentation for those beneficiaries under the TPS designations for
Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador, as specified in this Notice.
Those documents will remain in effect for nine months through January
2, 2020, provided the individual's TPS is not withdrawn under INA
section 244(c)(3) or 8 CFR 244.14 because of ineligibility. See 83 FR
54764 (Oct. 31, 2018) (notice stating that should Ramos injunction
continue beyond April 2, 2019, DHS will publish a subsequent notice to
extend TPS-related Documentation of eligible beneficiaries under the
TPS designations of Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador for nine
months from that date).
In the event the preliminary injunction is reversed and that
reversal becomes final, DHS will allow for an orderly transition
period, as described in the ``Possible Future Action'' section of this
Notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
You may contact Samantha Deshommes, Chief, Regulatory
Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, by mail
at 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20529-2060, or by phone
at 800-375-5283.
For further information on TPS, please visit the USCIS TPS
web page at https://www.uscis.gov/tps. You can find specific information
about this continuation of the TPS benefits for eligible individuals
under the TPS designations for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador
by selecting the respective country's page from the menu on the left
side of the TPS web page.
If you have additional questions about TPS, please visit
uscis.gov/tools. Our online virtual assistant, Emma, can answer many of
your questions and point you to additional information on our website.
If you are unable to find your answers there, you may also call our
USCIS Contact Center at 800-375-5283.
Applicants seeking information about the status of their
individual cases may check Case Status Online, available on the USCIS
website at https://www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS Contact Center at
800-375-5283 (TTY 800-767-1833).
Further information will also be available at local USCIS
offices upon publication of this Notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Abbreviations
BIA--Board of Immigration Appeals
CFR--Code of Federal Regulations
DHS--U.S. Department of Homeland Security
DOS--U.S. Department of State
EAD--Employment Authorization Document
FNC--Final Nonconfirmation
Form I-94--Arrival/Departure Record
FR--Federal Register
Government--U.S. Government
IJ--Immigration Judge
INA--Immigration and Nationality Act
IER--U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Immigrant and
Employee Rights Section
SAVE--USCIS Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program
Secretary--Secretary of Homeland Security
TNC--Tentative Nonconfirmation
TPS--Temporary Protected Status
TTY--Text Telephone
USCIS--U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Background on Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
TPS is a temporary immigration status granted to eligible
nationals of a country designated for TPS under the INA, or to eligible
persons without nationality who last habitually resided in the
designated country.
During the TPS designation period, TPS beneficiaries are
eligible to remain
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in the United States, may not be removed, and are authorized to obtain
EADs so long as they continue to meet the requirements of TPS.
TPS beneficiaries may also apply for and be granted travel
authorization as a matter of discretion.
The granting of TPS does not result in or lead to lawful
permanent resident status.
To qualify for TPS, beneficiaries must meet the
eligibility standards at INA section 244(c)(1)-(2), 8 U.S.C.
1254a(c)(1)-(2).
When the Secretary terminates a country's TPS designation,
beneficiaries return to one of the following:
[cir] The same immigration status or category that they maintained
before TPS, if any (unless that status or category has since expired or
been terminated); or
[cir] Any other lawfully obtained immigration status or category they
received while registered for TPS, as long as it is still valid on the
date TPS terminates.
Purpose of This Action
Through this Federal Register notice, the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) announces actions to ensure its continued compliance
with the preliminary injunction order of the U.S. District Court for
the Northern District of California in Ramos v. Nielsen, No. 18-cv-
01554 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 3, 2018). Beneficiaries under the TPS
designations for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador will retain
their TPS while the preliminary injunction remains in effect, provided
that an individual's TPS status is not withdrawn under INA section
244(c)(3) because of ineligibility. See also 8 CFR 244.14.
DHS is further announcing it is automatically extending through
January 2, 2020, the validity of TPS-related Employment Authorization
Documents (EADs), Forms I-797, Notice of Action (Approval Notice), and
Forms I-94 (Arrival/Departure Record) (collectively ``TPS-Related
Documentation''), as specified in this notice, for beneficiaries under
the TPS designations for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador,
provided that the affected TPS beneficiaries remain otherwise
individually eligible for TPS. See INA section 244(c)(3). This notice
also provides information explaining DHS's plans to issue a subsequent
notice that will describe the steps DHS will take after January 2,
2020, to continue its compliance with the preliminary injunction should
such compliance be required.
Automatic Extension of EADs
Through this Federal Register notice, DHS automatically extends
through January 2, 2020, the validity of EADs with the category codes
``A-12'' or ``C-19'' and one of the expiration dates shown below that
have been issued under the TPS designations of Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti,
and El Salvador: \1\
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beneficiaries under the TPS designations for Haiti and El Salvador
with pending re-registration applications who were issued individual
notices automatically extending their expired EADs through January
17, 2019 and March 4, 2019. For verification of employment
eligibility and immigration status, USCIS is auto-extending the
expired EADs, bearing the dates July 22, 2017 and January 22, 2018
(for EADs issued to beneficiaries under the TPS designation for
Haiti), and March 9, 2018 and September 9, 2019 (for EADs issued to
beneficiaries under the TPS designation for El Salvador).
07/22/2017
11/02/2017
01/05/2018
01/22/2018
03/09/2018
11/02/2018
01/05/2019
04/02/2019
07/22/2019
09/09/2019
Additionally, a beneficiary under the TPS designations for Sudan,
Nicaragua, Haiti, or El Salvador who applied for a new EAD but who has
not yet received his or her new EAD is also covered by this automatic
extension, provided that the EAD he or she possesses contains one of
the expiration dates noted in the chart above. Such individuals may
show this Federal Register notice and their EAD to employers to
demonstrate they have employment authorization and that their TPS-
Related Documentation has been extended through January 2, 2020. This
Notice explains how TPS beneficiaries and their employers may determine
which EADs are automatically extended and how this affects the Form I-
9, Employment Eligibility Verification, E-Verify, and USCIS Systematic
Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) processes.
Automatic Extension of Forms I-94 (Arrival/Departure Record) and Forms
I-797 (Notice of Action (Approval Notice))
In addition, through this Federal Register notice, DHS
automatically extends through January 2, 2020, the validity periods of
the following Forms I-94 and Forms I-797, Notice of Action (Approval
Notice), previously issued to eligible beneficiaries granted TPS under
the designations for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador:
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Country Beginning date of validity: End date of validity:
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Sudan.................................. May 3, 2016........................ Nov. 2, 2017.
Nov. 3, 2017....................... Nov. 2, 2018.
Nicaragua.............................. July 6, 2016....................... Jan. 5, 2018.
Jan. 6, 2018....................... Jan. 5, 2019.
Haiti.................................. Jul. 23, 2017...................... Jan. 22, 2018.
Jan. 23, 2018...................... July 22, 2019.
El Salvador............................ Sept. 10, 2016..................... Mar. 9, 2018.
Mar. 10, 2018...................... Sept. 9, 2019.
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However, the extension of this validity period applies only if the
eligible TPS beneficiary properly filed for TPS re-registration during
the most recent DHS-announced registration period for the applicable
country, or in the case of Haiti, during the most recent such re-
registration period or the re-registration period prescribed in the May
24, 2017 Federal Register notice (82 FR 23830), or has a re-
registration application that remains pending. In addition, the
extension does not apply if the TPS of any such individual has been
finally withdrawn. This notice does not extend the validity date of any
TPS-related Form I-94 or Form I-797, Notice of Action (Approval
Notice), issued to a TPS beneficiary that contains an end date not on
the chart above where the individual has failed to file for TPS re-
registration, or where his or her re-registration request has been
finally denied.
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Application Procedures
Current beneficiaries under the TPS designations for Sudan,
Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador do not need to pay a fee or file any
application, including the Application for Employment Authorization
(Form I-765), to maintain their TPS benefits through January 2, 2020,
if they have properly re-registered for TPS during the most recent DHS-
announced registration period for their country. TPS beneficiaries who
have failed to re-register properly for TPS during the last
registration period may still file Form I-821 (Application for
Temporary Protected Status) but must demonstrate ``good cause'' for
failing to re-register on time, as required by law. See INA section
244(c)(3)(C) (TPS beneficiary's failure to register without good cause
in form and manner specified by DHS is ground for TPS withdrawal); 8
CFR 244.17(b) and Instructions to Form I-821. Any eligible beneficiary
under the TPS designations for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, or El Salvador
who either does not possess an EAD that is automatically extended by
this Notice, or wishes to apply for a new EAD may file Form I-765 with
appropriate fee (or fee waiver request). If approved, USCIS will issue
an EAD with a January 2, 2020, expiration date. Similarly, USCIS will
issue an EAD with a January 2, 2020 expiration date for those with
pending EAD applications that are ultimately approved.
Possible Future Action
If it becomes necessary to comply with statutory requirements for
TPS re-registration during the pendency of the Court's Order or any
superseding court order concerning the beneficiaries under the TPS
designations for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador, DHS may
announce re-registration procedures in a future Federal Register
notice. See section 244(c)(3)(C) of the INA; 8 CFR 244.17.
In the event the preliminary injunction is reversed and that
reversal becomes final, DHS will allow for an orderly transition
period, ending on the later of (a) 120 days from the effective date of
such a superseding, final order, or (b) on the Secretary's previously-
announced effective date for the termination of TPS designations for
each individual country, as follows:
Sudan--N/A; \2\
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\2\ Any 120-day transition period would end later than the
Secretary's previously-announced effective dates for the termination
of TPS designations for Sudan and Nicaragua (November 2, 2018 and
January 5, 2019 respectively).
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Nicaragua--N/A;
Haiti--July 22, 2019;
El Salvador--September 9, 2019.
To the extent that a Federal Register notice has auto-extended TPS-
Related Documentation beyond the 120-day orderly transition period, DHS
reserves the right to issue a subsequent Federal Register notice
announcing an expiration date for the documentation that corresponds to
the last day of the 120-day orderly transition period.
Additional Notes
Nothing in this notice affects DHS's ongoing authority to determine
on a case-by-case basis whether TPS beneficiaries continue to meet the
individual eligibility requirements for TPS described in section 244(c)
of the INA and the implementing regulations in part 244 of Title 8 of
the Code of Federal Regulations.
Notice of Compliance With Court Order Enjoining the Implementation and
Enforcement of Determinations To Terminate the TPS Designations of
Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador
As required by the preliminary injunction order of the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of California in Ramos v.
Nielsen, No. 18-cv-01554 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 3, 2018), the previously-
announced determinations to terminate the existing designations of TPS
for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador \3\ will not be
implemented or enforced unless and until the District Court's Order is
reversed and that reversal becomes final for some or all of these four
countries.
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\3\ See Termination of the Designation of Sudan for Temporary
Protected Status, 82 FR 47228 (Oct. 11, 2017); Termination of the
Designation of Nicaragua for Temporary Protected Status, 82 FR 59636
(Dec. 15, 2017); Termination of the Designation of Haiti for
Temporary Protected Status, 83 FR 2648 (Jan. 18, 2018); Termination
of the Designation of El Salvador for Temporary Protected Status, 83
FR 2654 (Jan. 18, 2018).
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In further compliance with the Order, DHS is publishing this
Federal Register Notice automatically extending the validity of the
TPS-Related Documentation specified above in the Supplementary
Information section of this Notice for nine months from April 2, 2019
through January 2, 2020, for eligible beneficiaries under the TPS
designations for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador.
Any termination of TPS-Related Documentation for beneficiaries
under the TPS designations for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador
will go into effect on the later of: (a) 120 days from the effective
date of any superseding, final, non-appealable judicial order that
permits the implementation of such terminations, or (b) on the
Secretary's previously-announced effective date for the termination of
TPS designations for each individual country. To the extent that a
subsequent Federal Register notice has auto-extended TPS-Related
Documentation beyond the 120-day orderly transition period, DHS
reserves the right to issue another Federal Register notice
invalidating the documents at the end of the orderly transition period.
DHS will issue another Federal Register notice approximately 30
days before January 2, 2020, that will either extend TPS-Related
Documentation for an additional nine months from January 2, 2020, or
provide appropriate procedures for obtaining renewed TPS documentation
for all affected eligible beneficiaries under the TPS designations for
Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador. DHS will continue to issue
Federal Register notices at nine-month intervals so long as the
preliminary injunction remains in place and will continue its
commitment to a 120-day orderly transition period, as described above.
All TPS beneficiaries must continue to maintain their TPS
eligibility by meeting the requirements for TPS in INA section 244(c)
and part 244 of Title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations. DHS will
continue to adjudicate any pending TPS re-registration and pending late
initial applications for affected beneficiaries from the four
countries, and continue to make appropriate individual TPS withdrawal
decisions in accordance with existing procedures if an individual no
longer maintains TPS eligibility. DHS may continue to announce periodic
re-registration procedures for eligible TPS beneficiaries in accordance
with the INA and DHS regulations. Should the preliminary injunction
order remain in effect, DHS will take appropriate steps to continue its
compliance with the preliminary injunction and all statutory
requirements.
Claire M. Grady,
Under Secretary for Management and Senior Official Performing the
Duties of the Deputy Secretary.
Approved Forms To Demonstrate Continuation of Lawful Status and TPS-
Related Employment Authorization
This Federal Register Notice March 1, 2019.
[cir] Through operation of this Federal Register notice, the existing
EADs of affected TPS beneficiaries are
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automatically extended through January 2, 2020.
[cir] A beneficiary granted TPS under the designations for Sudan,
Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador may show a copy of this notice, along
with his or her specified EAD, to his or her employer to demonstrate
identity and continued TPS-related employment eligibility for purposes
of meeting the Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9)
requirements.
[cir] Alternatively, such a TPS beneficiary may choose to show other
acceptable documents that are evidence of identity and employment
eligibility as described in the Instructions to Employment Eligibility
Verification (Form I-9).
[cir] Finally, such a TPS beneficiary may show a copy of this notice,
along with his or her specified EAD, Form I-94, or Form I-797, Notice
of Action (Approval Notice), as evidence of his or her lawful status to
law enforcement, federal, state, and local government agencies, and
private entities.
Employment Authorization Document (EAD)
Am I eligible to receive an automatic extension of my current EAD
through January 2, 2020 using this Federal Register notice?
Yes. This Federal Register notice automatically extends your EAD
through January 2, 2020, if you are a national of Sudan, Nicaragua,
Haiti, or El Salvador (or an alien having no nationality who last
habitually resided in Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, or El Salvador) who has
TPS, and your EAD contains a category code of A-12 or C-19 and one of
the expiration dates shown below:
07/22/2017
11/02/2017
01/05/2018
01/22/2018
03/09/2018
11/02/2018
01/05/2019
04/02/2019
07/22/2019
09/09/2019
When hired, what documentation may I show to my employer as evidence of
employment authorization and identity when completing Employment
Eligibility Verification (Form I-9)?
You can find lists of acceptable documents on the ``Acceptable
Documents'' web page for Form I-9 at https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/acceptable-documents. Employers must complete Form I-9 to verify the
identity and employment authorization of all new employees. Within
three days of hire, employees must present acceptable documents to
their employers as evidence of identity and employment authorization to
satisfy Form I-9 requirements.
You may present any document from List A (which provides evidence
of both identity and employment authorization) or one document from
List B (which provides evidence of your identity) together with one
document from List C (which is evidence of employment authorization),
or you may present an acceptable receipt for List A, List B, or List C
documents as described in the Form I-9 Instructions. Employers may not
reject a document based on a future expiration date. You can find
additional information about Form I-9 on the I-9 Central web page at
https://www.uscis.gov/I-9Central.
An EAD is an acceptable document under List A.
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If your EAD has category code of A-12
or C-19 and an expiration date from the
column below, you may show your expired Enter this date in Section 1 of Your employer must reverify your
EAD along with this Federal Register Form I-9: employment authorization by:
notice to complete Form I-9:
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07/22/2017............................. Jan. 2, 2020....................... Jan. 3, 2020.
11/02/2017............................. Jan. 2, 2020....................... Jan. 3, 2020.
01/05/2018............................. Jan. 2, 2020....................... Jan. 3, 2020.
01/22/2018............................. Jan. 2, 2020....................... Jan. 3, 2020.
03/09/2018............................. Jan. 2, 2020....................... Jan. 3, 2020.
11/02/2018............................. Jan. 2, 2020....................... Jan. 3, 2020.
01/05/2019............................. Jan. 2, 2020....................... Jan. 3, 2020.
04/02/2019............................. Jan. 2, 2020....................... Jan. 3, 2020.
07/22/2019............................. Jan. 2, 2020....................... Jan. 3, 2020.
09/09/2019............................. Jan. 2, 2020....................... Jan. 3, 2020.
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If you want to use your EAD with one of the specified expiration
dates above, and that date has passed, then you may also provide your
employer with a copy of this Federal Register notice, which explains
that your EAD has been automatically extended temporarily through
January 2, 2020.
What documentation may I present to my employer for Employment
Eligibility Verification (Form I-9) if I am already employed but my
current TPS-related EAD is set to expire?
Even though your EAD has been automatically extended, your employer
is required by law to ask you about your continued employment
authorization, and you will need to present your employer with evidence
that you are still authorized to work. Once presented, you may correct
your employment authorization expiration date in Section 1 and your
employer should correct the EAD expiration date in Section 2 of Form I-
9. See the subsection titled, ``What corrections should my current
employer and I make to Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9)
if my employment authorization has been automatically extended?'' for
further information. You may show this Federal Register notice to your
employer to explain what to do for Form I-9 and to show that your EAD
has been automatically extended through January 2, 2020. Your employer
may need to re-inspect your automatically extended EAD to check the
expiration date and Category code if your employer did not keep a copy
of this EAD when you initially presented it.
The last day of the automatic EAD extension for eligible
beneficiaries under the TPS designations for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti,
and El Salvador is January 2, 2020. Before you start work on January 3,
2020, your employer is required by law to reverify your employment
authorization. At that time,
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you must present any document from List A or any document from List C
on Form I-9 Lists of Acceptable Documents, or an acceptable List A or
List C receipt described in the Form I-9 Instructions to reverify
employment authorization.
By January 3, 2020, your employer must complete Section 3 of the
current version of the form, Form I-9 07/17/17 N, and attach it to the
previously completed Form I-9, if your original Form I-9 was a previous
version. Your employer can check USCIS' I-9 Central web page at https://www.uscis.gov/I-9Central for the most current version of Form I-9.
Note that your employer may not specify which List A or List C
document you must present and cannot reject an acceptable receipt.
Can I seek a new EAD?
You do not need to apply for a new EAD in order to benefit from
this automatic extension. However, if you want to obtain a new EAD
valid through January 2, 2020, you must file an Application for
Employment Authorization (Form I-765) and pay the Form I-765 fee (or
request a fee waiver). Note, if you do not want a new EAD, you do not
have to file Form I-765 or pay the Form I-765 fee. If you do not want
to request a new EAD now, you may also file Form I-765 at a later date
and pay the fee (or request a fee waiver), provided that you still have
TPS or a pending TPS application. You may file the application for a
new EAD either before or after your current EAD has expired.
If you are unable to pay the application fee and/or biometric
services fee, you may complete a Request for Fee Waiver (Form I-912) or
submit a personal letter requesting a fee waiver with satisfactory
supporting documentation. For more information on the application forms
and fees for TPS, please visit the USCIS TPS web page at https://www.uscis.gov/tps. Fees for the Form I-821, the Form I-765, and
biometric services are also described in 8 CFR 103.7(b)(1)(i).
Note: If you have a Form I-821 and/or Form I-765 that was still
pending as of April 2, 2019, then you should not file either
application again. If your pending TPS application is approved, you
will be granted TPS through January 2, 2020. Similarly, if you have
a pending TPS-related application for an EAD that is approved, it
will be valid through the same date.
Can my employer require that I provide any other documentation to prove
my status, such as proof of my citizenship from Sudan, Nicaragua,
Haiti, or El Salvador?
No. When completing Form I-9, including reverifying employment
authorization, employers must accept any documentation that appears on
the Form I-9 ``Lists of Acceptable Documents'' that reasonably appears
to be genuine and that relates to you, or an acceptable List A, List B,
or List C receipt. Employers need not reverify List B identity
documents. Employers may not request documentation that does not appear
on the ``Lists of Acceptable Documents.'' Therefore, employers may not
request proof of citizenship or proof of re-registration for TPS when
completing Form I-9 for new hires or reverifying the employment
authorization of current employees. If presented with EADs that have
been automatically extended, employers should accept such documents as
a valid List A document so long as the EAD reasonably appears to be
genuine and relates to the employee. Refer to the Note to Employees
section of this Federal Register notice for important information about
your rights if your employer rejects lawful documentation, requires
additional documentation, or otherwise discriminates against you based
on your citizenship or immigration status, or your national origin.
How do my employer and I complete Employment Eligibility Verification
(Form I-9) using my automatically extended employment authorization for
a new job?
When using an automatically extended EAD to complete Form I-9 for a
new job on or before January 2, 2020, you and your employer should do
the following:
1. For Section 1, you should:
a. Check ``An alien authorized to work until'' and enter January 2,
2020, as the ``expiration date''; and
b. Enter your Alien Number/USCIS number or A-Number where indicated
(your EAD or other document from DHS will have your USCIS number or A-
Number printed on it; the USCIS number is the same as your A-Number
without the A prefix).
2. For Section 2, your employer should:
a. Determine if the EAD is auto-extended:
An employee's EAD has been auto-extended if it contains a category
code of A-12 or C-19 and an expiration date shown below:
07/22/2017
11/02/2017
01/05/2018
01/22/2018
03/09/2018
11/02/2018
01/05/2019
04/02/2019
07/22/2019
09/09/2019
If it has been auto-extended, the employer should:
b. Write in the document title;
c. Enter the issuing authority;
d. Provide the document number; and
e. Write January 2, 2020, as the expiration date.
Before the start of work on January 3, 2020, employers are required
by law to reverify the employee's employment authorization in Section 3
of Form I-9.
What corrections should my current employer and I make to Employment
Eligibility Verification (Form I-9) if my employment authorization has
been auto-extended?
If you presented a TPS-related EAD that was valid when you first
started your job and your EAD has now been automatically extended, your
employer may need to re-inspect your current EAD if they do not have a
copy of the EAD on file. You may, and your employer should, correct
your previously completed Form I-9 as follows:
1. For Section 1, you may:
a. Draw a line through the expiration date in Section 1;
b. Write January 2, 2020, above the previous date; and
c. Initial and date the correction in the margin of Section 1.
2. For Section 2, employers should:
a. Determine if the EAD is auto-extended:
An employee's EAD has been auto-extended if it contains a category
code of A-12 or C-19 and an expiration date shown below:
07/22/2017
11/02/2017
01/05/2018
01/22/2018
03/09/2018
11/02/2018
01/05/2019
04/02/2019
07/22/2019
09/09/2019
If it has been auto-extended:
b. Draw a line through the expiration date written in Section 2;
c. Write January 2, 2020, above the previous date; and
d. Initial and date the correction in the Additional Information
field in Section 2.
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Note: This is not considered a reverification. Employers do not
need to complete Section 3 until either this notice's automatic
extension of EADs has ended or the employee presents a new document
to show continued employment authorization, whichever is sooner. By
January 3, 2020, when the employee's automatically extended EAD has
expired, employers are required by law to reverify the employee's
employment authorization in Section 3.
If I am an employer enrolled in E-Verify, how do I verify a new
employee whose EAD has been automatically extended?
Employers may create a case in E-Verify for these employees by
providing the employee's Alien Registration number (A#) or USCIS number
as the document number on Form I-9 in the document number field in E-
Verify.
If I am an employer enrolled in E-Verify, what do I do when I receive a
``Work Authorization Documents Expiration'' alert for an automatically
extended EAD?
If you have employees who provided a TPS-related EAD with an
expiration date that has been auto-extended by this notice, you should
dismiss the ``Work Authorization Documents Expiring'' case alert.
Before this employee starts to work on January 3, 2020, you must
reverify his or her employment authorization in Section 3 of Form I-9.
Employers should not use E-Verify for reverification.
Note to All Employers
Employers are reminded that the laws requiring proper employment
eligibility verification and prohibiting unfair immigration-related
employment practices remain in full force. This Federal Register notice
does not supersede or in any way limit applicable employment
verification rules and policy guidance, including those rules setting
forth reverification requirements. For general questions about the
employment eligibility verification process, employers may call USCIS
at 888-464-4218 (TTY 877-875-6028) or email USCIS at I9Central@dhs.gov.
Calls and emails are accepted in English and many other languages. For
questions about avoiding discrimination during the employment
eligibility verification process (Form I-9 and E-Verify), employers may
call the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, Immigrant
and Employee Rights Section (IER) (formerly the Office of Special
Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices) Employer
Hotline at 800-255-8155 (TTY 800-237-2515). IER offers language
interpretation in numerous languages. Employers may also email IER at
IER@usdoj.gov.
Note to Employees
For general questions about the employment eligibility verification
process, employees may call USCIS at 888-897-7781 (TTY 877-875-6028) or
email USCIS at I-9Central@dhs.gov. Calls are accepted in English,
Spanish, and many other languages. Employees or applicants may also
call the IER Worker Hotline at 800-255-7688 (TTY 800-237-2515) for
information regarding employment discrimination based upon citizenship,
immigration status, or national origin, including discrimination
related to Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9) and E-Verify.
The IER Worker Hotline provides language interpretation in numerous
languages.
To comply with the law, employers must accept any document or
combination of documents from the Lists of Acceptable Documents if the
documentation reasonably appears to be genuine and to relate to the
employee, or an acceptable List A, List B, or List C receipt as
described in the Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9)
Instructions. Employers may not require extra or additional
documentation beyond what is required for Form I-9 completion. Further,
employers participating in E-Verify who receive an E-Verify case result
of ``Tentative Nonconfirmation'' (TNC) must promptly inform employees
of the TNC and give such employees an opportunity to contest the TNC. A
TNC case result means that the information entered into E-Verify from
an employee's Form I-9 differs from records available to DHS.
Employers may not terminate, suspend, delay training, withhold pay,
lower pay, or take any adverse action against an employee because of
the TNC while the case is still pending with E-Verify. A Final
Nonconfirmation (FNC) case result is received when E-Verify cannot
verify an employee's employment eligibility. An employer may terminate
employment based on a case result of FNC. Work-authorized employees who
receive an FNC may call USCIS for assistance at 888-897-7781 (TTY 877-
875-6028). For more information about E-Verify-related discrimination
or to report an employer for discrimination in the E-Verify process
based on citizenship, immigration status, or national origin, contact
IER's Worker Hotline at 800-255-7688 (TTY 800-237-2515). Additional
information about proper nondiscriminatory Form I-9 and E-Verify
procedures is available on the IER website at https://www.justice.gov/ier and on the USCIS and E-Verify websites at https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central and https://www.e-verify.gov.
Note Regarding Federal, State, and Local Government Agencies (Such as
Departments of Motor Vehicles)
While Federal Government agencies must follow the guidelines laid
out by the Federal Government, state and local government agencies
establish their own rules and guidelines when granting certain
benefits. Each state may have different laws, requirements, and
determinations about what documents you need to provide to prove
eligibility for certain benefits. Whether you are applying for a
Federal, state, or local government benefit, you may need to provide
the government agency with documents that show you are a TPS
beneficiary, show you are authorized to work based on TPS or other
status, and/or that may be used by DHS to determine whether you have
TPS or other immigration status. Examples of such documents are:
(1) Your current EAD;
(2) Your auto-extended EAD with a copy of this Federal Register
notice, providing an automatic extension of your currently expired or
expiring EAD;
(3) A copy of your Form I-94, (Arrival/Departure Record), or Form
I-797, Notice of Action (Approval Notice), that has been auto-extended
by this notice and a copy of this notice;
(4) Any other relevant DHS-issued document that indicates your
immigration status or authorization to be in the United States, or that
may be used by DHS to determine whether you have such status or
authorization to remain in the United States.
Check with the government agency regarding which document(s) the
agency will accept.
Some benefit-granting agencies use the SAVE program to confirm the
current immigration status of applicants for public benefits. In most
cases, SAVE provides an automated electronic response to benefit-
granting agencies within seconds, but, occasionally, verification can
be delayed. You can check the status of your SAVE verification by using
CaseCheck at the following link: https://save.uscis.gov/casecheck/,
then by clicking the ``Check Your Case'' button. CaseCheck is a free
service that lets you follow the progress of your SAVE verification
using your date of birth and one immigration identifier number. If an
agency has denied your application based solely or in part on a SAVE
response, the agency must offer you the opportunity to appeal the
decision in accordance with the
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agency's procedures. If the agency has received and acted upon or will
act upon a SAVE verification and you do not believe the response is
correct, you may make an InfoPass appointment for an in-person
interview at a local USCIS office. Detailed information on how to make
corrections, make an appointment, or submit a written request to
correct records under the Freedom of Information Act can be found on
the SAVE website at https://www.uscis.gov/save.
[FR Doc. 2019-03783 Filed 2-28-19; 8:45 am]
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