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most expensive and substantive part of 

the finished pump assembly. We found 

that it imparted the ‘‘very essence’’ of 

the pump assembly, as it turned the 

impeller and moved the fluid through 

the pump. 

The question presented is whether the 

contactless IC is substantially 

transformed when it is assembled 

together with the other components. We 

note that in NFC technology, an NFC 

chip and an antenna are combined to 

transmit information across short 

distances. In this case, the driver’s serial 

ID number is transmitted to the NFC 

reader for tracking purposes. Therefore, 

the NFC chip is central to the function 

of the finished NFC fob. 

Similar to the shoe upper in Uniroyal, 

the ribbon in Grafton Spools, and the 

electric motor in HQ H303864, we find 

that the NFC chip constitutes the ‘‘very 

essence’’ of the finished NFC fob. After 

the chip is assembled into the finished 

fob, its use remains unchanged. 

Therefore, we find that the country of 

origin of the NFC fob will be the country 

where the NFC chip is produced. In 

most cases, the country of origin will be 

Taiwan, but when the Ultralight C— 

contactless ticket IC is unavailable from 

Taiwan, then the country of origin of the 

NFC fob will be where the chip is 

sourced, which in this case is either 

Thailand or Singapore. 

Holding 

The country of origin of the three 

telematics devices, the satellite devices, 

and the NFC reader for purposes of U.S. 

Government procurement is Canada. 

The country of origin of the NFC 

keyring fob for purposes of U.S. 

Government procurement is the country 

of origin of the contactless IC, which is 

usually Taiwan. However, if the 

contactless IC is sourced from Thailand 

or Singapore, then the country of origin 

for procurement would be Thailand or 

Singapore as the case may be. 

Notice of this final determination will 

be given in the Federal Register, as 

required by 19 CFR 177.29. Any partyat-interest other than the party which 

requested this final determination may 

request, pursuant to 19 CFR 177.31, that 

CBP reexamine the matter anew and 

issue a new final determination. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 177.30, any partyat-interest may, within 30 days of 

publication of the Federal Register 

Notice referenced above, seek judicial 

review of this final determination before 

the Court of International Trade. 

Sincerely, 

Alice A. Kipel, 

Executive Director Regulations & Rulings, 

Office of Trade. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27022 Filed 12–8–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[CIS No. 2676–20; DHS Docket No. USCIS– 

2019–0020] 

RIN 1615–ZB83 

Continuation of Documentation for 

Beneficiaries of Temporary Protected 

Status Designations for El Salvador, 

Haiti, Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras, 

and Nepal 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Through this notice, the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) announces actions to ensure its 

continued compliance with the 

preliminary injunction orders of the 

U.S. District Court for the Northern 

District of California in Ramos, et al. v. 

Nielsen, et. al., No. 18–cv–01554 (N.D. 

Cal. Oct. 3, 2018) (‘‘Ramos’’) and the 

U.S. District Court for the Eastern 

District of New York in Saget, et. al., v. 

Trump, et. al., No. 18–cv–1599 

(E.D.N.Y. Apr. 11, 2019) (‘‘Saget’’), and 

with the order of the U.S. District Court 

for the Northern District of California to 

stay proceedings in Bhattarai v. Nielsen, 

No. 19–cv–00731 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 12, 

2019) (‘‘Bhattarai’’). A panel of the U.S. 

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 

vacated the injunction in Ramos on 

September 14, 2020. However, because 

the appellate court has not issued its 

directive to the district court to make 

that ruling effective, the injunction 

remains in place at this time. See 

Ramos, et al., v. Wolf, et al., No. 18– 

16981 (9th Cir., September 14, 2020). 

Beneficiaries under the Temporary 

Protected Status (TPS) designations for 

El Salvador, Nicaragua, Sudan, 

Honduras, and Nepal will retain their 

TPS while the preliminary injunction in 

Ramos and the Bhattarai order remain 

in effect, provided that an alien’s TPS is 

not withdrawn because of individual 

ineligibility. Beneficiaries under the 

TPS designation for Haiti will retain 

their TPS while either of the 

preliminary injunctions in Ramos or 

Saget remain in effect, provided that an 

alien’s TPS is not withdrawn because of 

individual ineligibility. This notice 

further provides information on the 

automatic extension of the validity of 

TPS-related Employment Authorization 

Documents (EADs); Notices of Action 

(Forms I–797); and Arrival/Departure 

Records (Forms I–94), (collectively 

‘‘TPS-related documentation’’); for those 

beneficiaries under the TPS 

designations for El Salvador, Haiti, 

Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras, and 

Nepal. 

DATES: DHS is automatically extending 

the validity of TPS-related 

documentation for beneficiaries under 

the TPS designations for El Salvador, 

Haiti, Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras, and 

Nepal for nine months through October 

4, 2021, from the current expiration date 

of January 4, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

• You may contact Maureen Dunn, 

Chief, Humanitarian Affairs Division, 

Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 

by mail at 5900 Capital Gateway Dr, 

Camp Springs, MD 20529–2140; or by 

phone at 800–375–5283. 

• For further information on TPS, 

please visit the USCIS TPS web page at 

www.uscis.gov/tps. 

• 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 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services (USCIS) Contact Center at 800– 

375–5283 (TTY 800–767–1833). 

• Applicants seeking information 

about the status of their individual cases 

may check Case Status Online, available 

on the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov, 

or visit the USCIS Contact Center at 

uscis.gov/contactcenter. 

• Further information will also be 

available at local USCIS offices upon 

publication of this notice. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Abbreviations 

CFR—Code of Federal Regulations 

DHS—U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security 

EAD—Employment Authorization Document 

EOIR—Executive Office for Immigration 

Review 

FNC—Final Nonconfirmation 

Form I–765—Application for Employment 

Authorization 

Form I–797—Notice of Action 

Form I–821—Application for Temporary 

Protected Status 

Form I–9—Employment Eligibility 

Verification 

Form I–912—Request for Fee Waiver 

Form I–94—Arrival/Departure Record 

Government—U.S. Government 

INA—Immigration and Nationality Act 


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1See Ramos, et al. v. Nielsen, et. al., No. 18–cv– 

01554 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 3, 2018) (district court granted 

preliminary injunction against terminations of TPS 

for El Salvador, Haiti, Sudan, and Nicaragua) 

(‘‘Ramos’’); Saget, et. al., v. Trump, et. al., No. 18– 

cv–1599 (E.D.N.Y. Apr. 11, 2019) (district court 

granted preliminary injunction against termination 

of TPS for Haiti) (‘‘Saget’’); and Bhattarai, et al. v. 

Nielsen, et al., No. 19–cv–00731 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 12, 

2019) (district court stayed proceedings until 

Ramos appeal decided and approved parties’ 

stipulation for continued TPS and issuance of TPSrelated documentation to eligible, affected 

beneficiaries of TPS for Honduras and Nepal during 

the stay and pendency of the appeal) (‘‘Bhattarai’’). 

2See Ramos, et al., v. Wolf, et al., No. 18–16981 

(9th Cir., September 14, 2020). 

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 TPS 

• TPS is a temporary immigration 

status granted to eligible nationals of a 

country designated for TPS under the 

Immigration and Nationality Act (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 

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 travel abroad 

temporarily with the prior consent of 

DHS. 

• 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 of Homeland 

Security (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 

This notice ensures DHS’s continued 

compliance with various court orders 

issued by the federal district courts in 

the Ramos, Bhattarai, and Saget 

lawsuits that require DHS to maintain 

the TPS designations for El Salvador, 

Haiti, Sudan, Nicaragua, Honduras, and 

Nepal, as well as the TPS and TPSrelated documentation for eligible 

affected beneficiaries.1 The U.S. Court 

of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated 

the district court’s preliminary 

injunction in Ramos on September 14, 

2020, holding that the decision to 

designate, extend, or terminate TPS is 

not subject to judicial review. However, 

the appellate order is not currently 

effective because the Ninth Circuit has 

not issued any directive to carry out the 

order to the federal district court.2

Therefore, the Ramos preliminary 

injunction remains in effect. In addition, 

the order of the district court in 

Bhattarai staying proceedings and 

approving the parties’ stipulated 

agreement to continue TPS and TPSrelated documentation for eligible 

beneficiaries from Nepal and Honduras 

remains in effect. The Saget district 

court’s order prohibiting the termination 

of TPS for Haiti also remains in effect 

while the decision is on appeal to the 

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second 

Circuit. Affected TPS beneficiaries from 

the six countries will retain their status, 

provided they continue to meet all the 

individual requirements for TPS 

eligibility described in INA section 

244(c) and 8 CFR 244. As necessary, 

DHS will publish future information in 

the Federal Register to ensure its 

compliance with any relevant court 

orders that may be issued after the date 

of this notice. 

DHS has initially published notices to 

ensure its compliance with the Ramos 

preliminary injunction on October 31, 

2018 and March 1, 2019, and the 

Bhattarai order to stay proceedings on 

May 10, 2019. See 83 FR 54764; 84 FR 

7103; and 84 FR 20647. The Department 

last published a notice to ensure its 

continued compliance with the 

combined orders in Ramos, Bhattarai, 

and Saget on November 4, 2019. That 

notice automatically extended certain 

TPS and TPS-related documentation 

through January 4, 2021 for all eligible 

TPS beneficiaries covered by the courts’ 

orders. See 84 FR 59403. Through this 

Federal Register notice, DHS announces 

actions to ensure its continued 

compliance with the district court 

orders in these three lawsuits while 

those orders remain in effect. 

The TPS designations for El Salvador, 

Nicaragua, and Sudan will remain in 

effect, as required by the Ramos district 

court order, so long as the preliminary 

injunction remains in effect. The TPS 

designation for Haiti will remain in 

effect, as required by the preliminary 

injunction orders in both Ramos and 

Saget, so long as either of those 

preliminary injunctions remain in 

effect. The TPS designations for 

Honduras and Nepal will remain in 

effect so long as the Bhattarai order 

staying proceedings and approving the 

parties’ stipulated agreements continues 

in effect. Affected TPS beneficiaries 

under the TPS designations for El 

Salvador, Nicaragua, Sudan, Haiti, 

Honduras, and Nepal will retain their 

TPS and their TPS-related 

documentation will continue to be valid 

in accordance with the specific orders 

that affect the TPS designations 

regarding their individual countries, 

provided that the affected beneficiaries 

continue to meet all the individual 

requirements for TPS. See INA section 

244(c)(3). See also 8 CFR 244.14. DHS 

will not terminate TPS for any of the 

affected countries pending final 

disposition of the Ramos appeal, or for 

Haiti pending both Ramos and Saget 

appeals, including through any 

additional appellate channels in which 

relief may be sought, or by other orders 

of the court. 

DHS is further announcing it is 

automatically extending, through 

October 4, 2021, the validity of certain 

TPS-related documentation, as specified 

in this notice, for beneficiaries under 

the TPS designations for El Salvador, 

Haiti, Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras, and 

Nepal provided that the affected 

beneficiaries remain individually 

eligible for TPS. 

Automatic Extension of EADs Issued 

Under the TPS designations for El 

Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, Sudan, 

Honduras, and Nepal 

Through this Federal Register notice, 

DHS automatically extends the validity 

of EADs listed in Table 1 below issued 

to beneficiaries under the TPS 

designations for El Salvador, Haiti, 

Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras, and 

Nepal. Such aliens may show their EAD 

to employers to demonstrate they have 

employment authorization and may 

wish to also show employers this 

Federal Register notice to explain that 

their TPS-Related Documentation has 

been automatically extended through 

October 4, 2021. This Notice explains 

how TPS beneficiaries, their employers, 

and benefit-granting agencies 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. 

Additionally, a beneficiary under the 


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3El Salvador: July 8–Sept. 6, 2016, or Jan. 18– 

Mar. 19, 2018; Haiti: Aug. 25–Oct. 26, 2015, May 

24–July 24, 2017, or Jan. 18–Mar. 19, 2018; 

Honduras: May 16–July 16, 2016; Dec. 15, 2017– 

Feb. 13, 2018 or June 5–Aug. 6, 2018; Nepal: Oct. 

26–Dec. 27, 2016 or May 22–July 23, 2018; 

Nicaragua: May 16–July 15, 2016 or Dec. 15, 2017– 

Feb. 13, 2018; Sudan: Jan. 25–March 25, 2016 or 

Oct. 11, 2017–Dec. 11, 2017. 

4 Your Forms I–94 and I–797 may show a 

different beginning date of validity than those listed 

here if you were a late initial filer (LIF) at the time 

because the forms would have the date of approval 

of your LIF application for TPS. As long as they 

bear an end date of validity listed in this chart, then 

they are automatically extended by this Notice. 

TPS designation for any of these 

countries who has applied for a new 

EAD but who has not yet received his 

or her new EAD is covered by this 

automatic extension, provided that the 

EAD he or she possesses contains one of 

the expiration dates listed in Table 1 

below. 

TABLE 1—AFFECTED EADS

If an EAD has a category 

code of A–12 or C–19 

and an expiration date of: 

Then the validity of the 

EAD is extended 

through: 

07/22/2017 10/04/2021 

11/02/2017 10/04/2021 

01/05/2018 10/04/2021 

01/22/2018 10/04/2021 

03/09/2018 10/04/2021 

06/24/2018 10/04/2021 

07/05/2018 10/04/2021 

11/02/2018 10/04/2021 

01/05/2019 10/04/2021 

TABLE 1—AFFECTED EADS— 

Continued 

If an EAD has a category 

code of A–12 or C–19 

and an expiration date of: 

Then the validity of the 

EAD is extended 

through: 

04/02/2019 10/04/2021 

06/24/2019 10/04/2021 

07/22/2019 10/04/2021 

09/09/2019 10/04/2021 

01/02/2020 10/04/2021 

01/05/2020 10/04/2021 

03/24/2020 10/04/2021 

01/04/2021 10/04/2021 

Automatic Extension of Forms I–94 and 

Forms I–797 

Also through this Federal Register 

notice, DHS automatically extends the 

validity periods of the Forms I–94 and 

Forms I–797 listed in Table 2 below 

previously issued to beneficiaries under 

the TPS designations for El Salvador, 

Haiti, Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras, and 

Nepal. These extensions apply only if 

the TPS beneficiary properly filed for reregistration during either the most 

recent DHS-announced registration 

period for their country, or any 

applicable previous DHS-announced reregistration periods for the alien’s 

country,3 or has a re-registration 

application that remains pending. This 

notice does not extend the validity 

periods of Forms I–94 or Forms I–797 

for any TPS beneficiary who failed to 

file for TPS re-registration during one of 

the applicable previous DHS-announced 

re-registration periods, or for whom a reregistration request has been finally 

denied. In addition, the extensions do 

not apply for any beneficiary from 

whom TPS has been withdrawn. 

TABLE 2—AFFECTED FORMS I–94 AND I–797 4

Country Beginning date of validity: End date of validity: 

Validity of 

forms I–94 

and I–797 

extended 

through: 

El Salvador .............................................. Sept. 10, 2016 ......................................... Mar. 9, 2018 ............................................ 10/04/2021 

Mar. 10, 2018 .......................................... Sept. 9, 2019 ........................................... 10/04/2021 

Haiti .......................................................... Jan. 23, 2016 .......................................... July 22, 2017 ........................................... 10/04/2021 

July 23, 2017 ........................................... Jan. 22, 2018 .......................................... 10/04/2021 

Jan. 23, 2018 .......................................... July 22, 2019 ........................................... 10/04/2021 

Honduras ................................................. July 6, 2016 ............................................. Jan. 5, 2018 ............................................ 10/04/2021 

Jan. 6, 2018 ............................................ July 5, 2018 ............................................. 10/04/2021 

July 6, 2018 ............................................. Jan. 5, 2020 ............................................ 10/04/2021 

Nepal ....................................................... Dec. 25, 2016 .......................................... June 24, 2018 ......................................... 10/04/2021 

June 25, 2018 ......................................... June 24, 2019 ......................................... 10/04/2021 

Nicaragua ................................................ July 6, 2016 ............................................. Jan. 5, 2018 ............................................ 10/04/2021 

Jan. 6, 2018 ............................................ Jan. 5, 2019 ............................................ 10/04/2021 

Sudan ...................................................... May 3, 2016 ............................................ Nov. 2, 2017 ............................................ 10/04/2021 

Nov. 3, 2017 ............................................ Nov. 2, 2018 ............................................ 10/04/2021 

Application Procedures 

Current beneficiaries under the TPS 

designations for El Salvador, Haiti, 

Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan 

do not need to pay a fee or file any 

application, including Application for 

Employment Authorization (Form I– 

765), to maintain their TPS benefits 

through October 4, 2021, provided that 

they have properly re-registered for TPS 

during either the most recent DHSannounced registration period for their 

country, or any applicable previous reregistration period described in 

Footnote 3. 

TPS beneficiaries who have failed to 

re-register properly for TPS during any 

of these re-registration periods may still 

file an Application for Temporary 

Protected Status (Form I–821), 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 Form 

I–821 instructions. 

Any currently eligible beneficiary 

who does not presently have a pending 

EAD application under the TPS 

designations for El Salvador, Haiti, 

Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, or Sudan 

may file Form I–765 with appropriate 

fee. 

Possible Future Actions 

In order to comply with statutory 

requirements for TPS while the district 

courts’ orders or any superseding court 

order concerning the beneficiaries under 

the TPS designations for El Salvador, 

Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and 

Sudan are pending, DHS anticipates 

requiring these beneficiaries to reregister and will announce the reregistration procedures in a future 

Federal Register notice. DHS has the 

authority to conduct TPS re-registration 

in accordance with section 244(c)(3)(C) 

of the INA and 8 CFR 244.17. Through 

the re-registration process, which is 

generally conducted every 12 to 18 

months while a country is designated 


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5As of December 31, 2019, the number of TPS 

beneficiaries covered under the affected 

designations were: El Salvador 247,412; Haiti 

55,218; Nicaragua 4,409; Sudan 771; Honduras 

79,290; Nepal 14,549. 

6See Termination of the Designation of El 

Salvador for Temporary Protected Status, 83 FR 

2654 (Jan. 18, 2018); Termination of the Designation 

of Nicaragua for Temporary Protected Status, 82 FR 

59636 (Dec. 15, 2017); Termination of the 

Designation of Sudan for Temporary Protected 

Status, 82 FR 47228 (Oct. 11, 2017). 

7See Termination of the Designation of Haiti for 

Temporary Protected Status, 83 FR 2648 (Jan. 18, 

2018). 

8See Termination of the Designation of Honduras 

for Temporary Protected Status, 83 FR 26074 (June 

5, 2018); Termination of the Designation of Nepal 

for Temporary Protected Status, 83 FR 23705 (May 

22, 2018). 

9An additional provision in the Bhattarai Order 

to Stay Proceedings states that if the preliminary 

injunction in Ramos is upheld, but the Government 

moves to vacate the Bhattarai Order based on 

reasons for distinguishing the terminations of TPS 

for Honduras and Nepal from those under the 

injunction in Ramos, TPS will remain in effect for 

Honduras and Nepal for at least 180 days following 

an order of the District Court vacating its stay of 

proceedings order. 

for TPS, USCIS determines whether 

each TPS beneficiary is continuing to 

maintain individual eligibility for TPS, 

including but not limited to, the 

requirements related to disqualifying 

criminal or security issues. See id.; INA, 

section 244(c)(2); 8 CFR 244.2, 244.3, 

and 244.4 (describing individual TPS 

eligibility requirements, including 

mandatory criminal and security bars). 

The Government has appealed both 

the Ramos and Saget preliminary 

injunctions. A 3-judge panel of the U.S. 

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 

ruled for the Government and vacated 

the Ramos preliminary injunction on 

September 14, 2020. However, the 

preliminary injunction remains in effect 

because the appellate court has not 

issued its directive (i.e., the mandate) to 

the district court to implement the 

panel’s decision. Should the 

Government ultimately prevail in its 

challenge to the Ramos preliminary 

injunction, the Secretary’s 

determination to terminate TPS for 

Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras, and Nepal 

will take effect no earlier than 120 days 

from the issuance of any appellate 

mandate to the district court. The 

Secretary’s determination to terminate 

TPS for El Salvador will take effect no 

earlier than 365 days from the issuance 

of any appellate mandate to the Ramos 

district court. DHS provides this 

additional time for El Salvador TPS 

beneficiaries in part because there are 

almost 100,000 more such beneficiaries 

than in the combined TPS beneficiary 

populations of all the other five 

countries covered by this notice.5 The 

additional period of 245 days beyond 

120 days permits an orderly transition 

for beneficiaries of TPS from El 

Salvador as they return to their 

homeland. If the Government prevails in 

its appeals, DHS will also continue to 

monitor the circumstances of the 

affected beneficiaries under the other 

five TPS country designations covered 

by this notice. See INA, 244(d)(3). 

TPS for beneficiaries under Haiti’s 

designation may continue pursuant to 

the Saget preliminary injunction. 

However, should the Government 

prevail in its challenges to both the 

Ramos preliminary injunction and the 

Saget preliminary injunction, the 

Secretary’s determination to terminate 

TPS for Haiti will take effect no earlier 

than 120 days from the issuance of the 

later of the two appellate mandates to 

the District Court. To the extent that a 

Federal Register notice has 

automatically extended TPS-related 

documentation beyond 120 days from 

the issuance of any appellate mandate to 

the District Court, 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 period. Should the Government 

move to vacate the Bhattarai order to 

stay proceedings in light of an appellate 

decision affirming the preliminary 

injunction in Ramos that suggests a 

basis on which to distinguish the 

determinations to terminate the TPS 

designations for Honduras and Nepal 

from the TPS terminations at issue in 

Ramos, TPS will remain in effect for 

Honduras and Nepal for at least 180 

days following an order of the District 

Court vacating the stay in proceedings. 

Additional Notes 

Nothing in this notice affects DHS’s 

ongoing authority to determine on a 

case-by-case basis whether a TPS 

beneficiary continues to meet the 

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 the ‘‘Order 

Enjoining the Implementation and 

Enforcement of Determinations To 

Terminate the TPS Designations for El 

Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan’’ 

in Ramos, the ‘‘Order Enjoining the 

Implementation of Enforcement of 

Determination To Terminate the TPS 

Designation of Haiti’’ in Saget, and the 

‘‘Order To Stay Proceedings and 

Agreement To Stay the Determinations 

To Terminate the TPS Designations for 

Honduras and Nepal’’ in Bhattarai 

The previously announced 

determinations to terminate the existing 

designations of TPS for El Salvador, 

Nicaragua, and Sudan 6 will not be 

implemented or enforced unless and 

until the district court’s order in Ramos 

is reversed and that reversal becomes 

final. The previously announced 

determination to terminate the existing 

designation of TPS for Haiti will not be 

implemented or enforced unless and 

until the district court’s orders in Ramos 

and Saget are reversed and those 

reversals become final.7 As required by 

the order to stay proceedings in 

Bhattarai, DHS will not implement or 

enforce the previously announced 

determinations to terminate the existing 

TPS designations for Honduras and 

Nepal 8 unless and until the district 

court’s order in Ramos enjoining 

implementation and enforcement of the 

determinations to terminate the TPS 

designations for El Salvador, Haiti, 

Nicaragua, and Sudan is reversed and 

that reversal becomes final for some or 

all of the affected countries, or by other 

order of the court. Any termination of 

TPS-related documentation for 

beneficiaries under the TPS 

designations for Haiti, Nicaragua, 

Sudan, Honduras, and Nepal will go 

into effect no earlier than 120 days, and 

no earlier than 365 days for 

beneficiaries under the TPS designation 

for El Salvador, following the issuance 

of any mandate to the district court, as 

described in the ‘‘Possible Future 

Action’’ section of this Federal Register 

notice.9

In further compliance with the stillvalid district court orders, DHS is 

publishing this notice automatically 

extending the validity of the TPS-related 

documentation specified in the 

Supplementary Information section of 

this notice through October 4, 2021, for 

eligible beneficiaries under the TPS 

designations for El Salvador, Haiti, 

Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras, and 

Nepal. DHS will continue to issue 

notices that will automatically extend 

TPS-related documentation for all 

affected beneficiaries under the TPS 

designations for El Salvador, Honduras, 

Nicaragua, Nepal, and Sudan, so long as 

the Ramos preliminary injunction and 

Bhattarai order to stay proceedings 

remain in place; for Haiti so long as 

either the Ramos or Saget preliminary 

injunctions remain in place; or by other 

order of the court. However, should 

compliance with the Ramos, Bhattarai, 

and/or Saget court orders remain 

necessary, DHS may announce periodic 

re-registration procedures for eligible 

TPS beneficiaries in accordance with 

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further continues its commitment to a 

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 8 CFR part 244. 

DHS will continue to adjudicate any 

pending TPS re-registration and 

pending late initial applications for 

affected beneficiaries under the TPS 

designations for El Salvador, Haiti, 

Honduras, Nicaragua, Nepal, and 

Sudan, and continue to make 

appropriate individual TPS withdrawal 

decisions in accordance with existing 

procedures if an alien no longer 

maintains TPS eligibility. DHS will take 

appropriate steps to continue its 

compliance with the orders, and with 

all statutory requirements. 

The Acting Secretary of Homeland 

Security, Chad F. Wolf, having reviewed 

and approved this document, has 

delegated the authority to electronically 

sign this document to Ian Brekke, who 

is the Deputy General Counsel for DHS, 

for purposes of publication in the 

Federal Register. 

Ian Brekke, 

Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security. 

Approved Forms To Demonstrate 

Continuation of Lawful Status and TPSRelated Employment Authorization 

• This Federal Register notice dated 

December 9, 2020 

Æ Through operation of this notice, 

certain TPS-related documentation, 

including EADs, of affected 

beneficiaries under the TPS 

designations for El Salvador, Haiti, 

Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan 

are automatically extended through 

October 4, 2021. 

Æ A beneficiary granted TPS under 

the designation for El Salvador, Haiti, 

Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, or Sudan 

may show his or her EAD that has been 

automatically extended to his or her 

employer to demonstrate identity and 

continued TPS-related employment 

eligibility to meet Employment 

Eligibility Verification (Form I–9) 

requirements. A beneficiary granted TPS 

under a designation for one of these 

countries may also wish to show an 

employer this Federal Register notice, 

which explains that his or her EAD has 

been automatically extended. 

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 Form 

I–9. 

Æ Finally, such a TPS beneficiary may 

show a copy of this Federal Register 

notice, along with his or her EAD that 

has been automatically extended, or 

Form I–94, or Form I–797, 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 using this 

Federal Register notice? 

Yes. Provided that you currently have 

a TPS-related EAD with the specified 

expiration dates below, this notice 

automatically extends your EAD as 

stated in Table 3 below. 

TABLE 3—AFFECTED EADS

If your EAD has category 

code of A–12 or C–19 

and an expiration date of: 

Then this Federal 

Register notice extends 

your EAD through: 

07/22/2017 10/04/2021 

11/02/2017 10/04/2021 

01/05/2018 10/04/2021 

01/22/2018 10/04/2021 

03/09/2018 10/04/2021 

06/24/2018 10/04/2021 

07/05/2018 10/04/2021 

11/02/2018 10/04/2021 

01/05/2019 10/04/2021 

04/02/2019 10/04/2021 

06/24/2019 10/04/2021 

07/22/2019 10/04/2021 

09/09/2019 10/04/2021 

01/02/2020 10/04/2021 

01/05/2020 10/04/2021 

03/24/2020 10/04/2021 

01/04/2021 10/04/2021 

When hired, what documentation may 

I show to my employer as evidence of 

employment authorization and identity 

when completing Form I–9? 

You can find the Lists of Acceptable 

Documents on the third page of Form 

I–9 as well as the Acceptable 

Documents web page at 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 3 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 

your identity and employment 

authorization) or one document from 

List B (which provides evidence of your 

identity) together with one document 

from List C (which provides evidence of 

your employment authorization), or you 

may present an acceptable receipt 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 www.uscis.gov/I-9Central. 

An EAD is an acceptable document 

under List A. See the section ‘‘How do 

my employer and I complete Form I–9 

using my automatically extended 

employment authorization for a new 

job?’’ of this Federal Register notice for 

further information. If you present your 

EAD with one of the expiration dates 

specified below, you may also provide 

your employer with a copy of this 

Federal Register notice, which explains 

that your EAD has been automatically 

extended for a temporary period of time, 

through October 4, 2021, as follows: 

TABLE 4—AFFECTED EADS AND FORM I–9 

You may show your EAD to complete Form 

I–9 if your EAD has category code of A–12 or 

C–19 and bears an expiration date of: 

Enter this date in Section 1 of Form I–9: Your employer must reverify your employment 

authorization by: 

07/22/2017 10/04/2021 10/05/2021 

11/02/2017 10/04/2021 10/05/2021 

01/05/2018 10/04/2021 10/05/2021 

01/22/2018 10/04/2021 10/05/2021 

03/09/2018 10/04/2021 10/05/2021 

06/24/2018 10/04/2021 10/05/2021 

07/05/2018 10/04/2021 10/05/2021 

11/02/2018 10/04/2021 10/05/2021 

01/05/2019 10/04/2021 10/05/2021 

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You may show your EAD to complete Form 

I–9 if your EAD has category code of A–12 or 

C–19 and bears an expiration date of: 

Enter this date in Section 1 of Form I–9: Your employer must reverify your employment 

authorization by: 

06/24/2019 10/04/2021 10/05/2021 

07/22/2019 10/04/2021 10/05/2021 

09/09/2019 10/04/2021 10/05/2021 

01/02/2020 10/04/2021 10/05/2021 

01/05/2020 10/04/2021 10/05/2021 

03/24/2020 10/04/2021 10/05/2021 

01/04/2021 10/04/2021 10/05/2021 

What documentation may I present to 

my employer for Form I–9 if I am 

already employed but my current TPSrelated EAD is set to expire? 

Even though your EAD has been 

automatically extended, your employer 

may need to re-inspect your 

automatically extended EAD to check 

the Card Expires date and Category code 

if your employer did not keep a copy of 

your EAD when you initially presented 

it. In this situation, your employer 

should update the EAD expiration date 

in Section 2 of Form I–9. See the 

section, ‘‘What corrections should my 

current employer make to Form I–9 if 

my employment authorization has been 

automatically extended?’’ of this 

Federal Register notice 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 October 

4, 2021 as indicated in the above chart. 

The last day of the automatic 

extension for your EAD is October 4, 

2021. Before you start work on October 

5, 2021, your employer is required by 

law to reverify your employment 

authorization in Section 3 of Form I–9. 

At that time, 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. 

If your original Form I–9 was a 

previous version, your employer must 

complete Section 3 of the current 

version of Form I–9, and attach it to 

your previously completed Form I–9. 

Your employer can check the I–9 

Central web page at www.uscis.gov/I9Central for the most current version of 

Form I–9. Your employer may not 

specify which List A or List C document 

you must present and cannot reject an 

acceptable receipt. 

Can I obtain a new EAD? 

Yes, if you remain eligible for TPS 

and apply for a new EAD, you can 

obtain a new EAD. However, you do not 

need to apply for a new EAD in order 

to benefit from this automatic extension. 

If you are a beneficiary under the TPS 

designations for El Salvador, Haiti, 

Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras, or Nepal 

and want to obtain a new EAD valid 

through October 4, 2021, then you must 

file Form I–765 and pay the associated 

fee. 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 file 

Form I–765 at a later date and pay the 

fee, 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). 

For more information on the application 

forms and fees for TPS, please visit the 

USCIS TPS web page at www.uscis.gov/ 

tps. 

If you have a Form I–821 and/or Form 

I–765 application that is still pending 

for beneficiaries under the TPS 

designations for El Salvador, Haiti, 

Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, or Sudan, 

then you should not file either 

application again. If your pending Form 

I–821 is approved, you will be issued 

Forms I–797 and I–94 through October 

4, 2021. Similarly, if you have a pending 

TPS-related Form I–765 that is 

approved, your new EAD will be valid 

through October 4, 2021. Your TPS itself 

continues as long as the preliminary 

injunction impacting your country’s 

TPS designation remains in effect and in 

accordance with any relevant future 

Federal Register notices that DHS may 

issue respecting your country’s TPS 

designation, or until your TPS is finally 

withdrawn for individual ineligibility 

under INA, section 244(c), or the 

applicable TPS designation is 

terminated as discussed in the ‘‘Possible 

Future Action’’ section of this Federal 

Register notice. 

Can my employer require that I provide 

any other documentation to prove my 

status, such as proof of my citizenship 

from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, 

Nepal, Nicaragua, or Sudan? 

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. In addition, 

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 reregistration for TPS when completing 

Form I–9 for new hires or reverifying 

the employment authorization of 

current employees. If presented with an 

EAD that has been automatically 

extended, employers should accept such 

a document 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 

Form I–9 using my automatically 

extended employment authorization for 

a new job? 

See the chart in the question above 

‘‘When hired, what documentation may 

I show to my employer as evidence of 

employment authorization and identity 

when completing Form I–9?’’ to 

determine if your EAD has been 

automatically extended. 

For Section 1, you should: 

a. Check ‘‘An alien authorized to work 

until’’ and enter October 4, 2021, as the 


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expiration date indicated in the chart; 

and 

b. Enter your USCIS number or ANumber 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). 

For Section 2, your employer should 

also use the chart in the question above 

‘‘When hired, what documentation may 

I show to my employer as evidence of 

employment authorization and identity 

when completing Form I–9?’’ to 

determine if your EAD has been 

automatically extended. If it has been 

automatically extended, the employer 

should: 

a. Write in the document title; 

b. Enter the issuing authority; 

c. Enter either the employee’s ANumber or USCIS number from Section 

1 into Section 2’s Document Number 

field on Form I–9; and 

d. Write October 4, 2021, as the 

expiration date indicated in the chart. 

Before the start of work on October 5, 

2021, employers must reverify the 

employee’s employment authorization 

in Section 3 of Form I–9. 

What updates should my current 

employer make to Form I–9 if my 

employment authorization has been 

automatically 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. See the chart in the 

question above ‘‘When hired, what 

documentation may I show to my 

employer as evidence of employment 

authorization and identity when 

completing Form I–9?’’ to determine if 

your EAD has been automatically 

extended. If your employer determines 

that your EAD has been automatically 

extended, your employer should update 

Section 2 of your previously completed 

Form I–9 as follows: 

a. Write EAD EXT and October 4, 

2021, as the last day of the automatic 

extension in the Additional Information 

field; and 

b. Initial and date the correction. 

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 October 5, 2021, 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 your original Form I–9 was a previous 

version, your employer must complete 

Section 3 of the current version of Form 

I–9 and attach it to your previously 

completed Form I–9. Your employer can 

check the I–9 Central web page at 

www.uscis.gov/I–9Central for the most 

current version of Form I–9. 

If I am an employer enrolled in EVerify, how do I verify a new employee 

whose EAD has been automatically 

extended? 

Employers may create a case in EVerify for a new employee by providing 

the employee’s A-Number or USCIS 

number from Form I–9 in the Document 

Number field in E-Verify. 

If I am an employer enrolled in EVerify, what do I do when I receive a 

‘‘Work Authorization Documents 

Expiration’’ alert for an automatically 

extended EAD? 

E-Verify has automated the 

verification process for TPS-related 

EADs that are automatically extended. If 

you have employees who provided a 

TPS-related EAD when they first started 

working for you, you will receive a 

‘‘Work Authorization Documents 

Expiring’’ case alert when the autoextension period for this EAD is about 

to expire. Before this employee starts 

work on October 5, 2021 as appropriate, 

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. USCIS accepts calls and emails 

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) 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. 

USCIS accepts calls 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 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 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 EVerify 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 

IER website at www.justice.gov/ier and 

on the USCIS and E-Verify websites at 


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www.uscis.gov/i-9-central and www.everify.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: 

• Your current EAD; 

• Your automatically extended EAD 

with a copy of this Federal Register 

notice, providing an automatic 

extension of your currently expired or 

expiring EAD; 

• A copy of your Form I–94 or Form 

I–797 that has been automatically 

extended by this notice and a copy of 

this notice; 

• 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 USCIS Systematic 

Alien Verification for Entitlements 

Program (SAVE) program to confirm the 

current immigration status of applicants 

for public benefits. While SAVE can 

verify when an alien has TPS, each 

agency’s procedures govern whether 

they will accept a particular document, 

such as an EAD or an I–94. If an agency 

accepts the type of TPS-related 

document you are presenting, such as 

an EAD or I–94, the agency should 

accept your automatically extended 

TPS-related document. You should: 

a. Present the agency with a copy of 

this Federal Register notice showing the 

extension of TPS-related 

documentation, in addition to your most 

recent TPS-related document with your 

A-Number, USCIS number or I–94 

number; 

b. Explain that SAVE will be able to 

verify the continuation of your TPS 

using this information; and 

c. Ask the agency to initiate a SAVE 

query with your information and follow 

through with additional verification 

steps, if necessary, to get a final SAVE 

response showing the validity of your 

TPS. 

You can also ask the agency to look 

for SAVE notices or contact SAVE if 

they have any questions about your 

immigration status or automatic 

extension of TPS-related 

documentation. 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 

save.uscis.gov/casecheck/. CaseCheck is 

a free service that lets you follow the 

progress of your SAVE verification case 

using your date of birth and one 

immigration identifier number (ANumber, USCIS number or Form I–94 

number) or Verification Case 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 agency’s 

procedures. If the agency has received 

and acted upon or will act upon a SAVE 

verification case and you do not believe 

the SAVE response is correct, find 

detailed information on how to make 

corrections or update your immigration 

record, make an appointment, or submit 

a written request to correct records 

under the Freedom of Information Act 

on the SAVE website at www.uscis.gov/ 

save. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27154 Filed 12–7–20; 1:30 pm] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[DOI–2020–0009; FF10T03000 190 

FXGO16601025020] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Rescindment of a system of 

records notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Interior (DOI) is issuing a public notice 

of its intent to rescind two U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (FWS) Privacy Act 

systems of records, INTERIOR/FWS–19, 

Endangered Species Licensee System, 

and INTERIOR/FWS–34, National 

Conservation Training Center Training 

Server System, from its existing 

inventory. These systems of records 

notices have been superseded by a 

Department-wide system of records 

notice or a FWS system of records 

notice. This rescindment will eliminate 

unnecessary duplicate notices and 

promote the overall streamlining and 

management of DOI Privacy Act systems 

of records. 

DATES: These changes take effect on 

December 9, 2020. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by docket number [DOI– 

2020–0009] by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for sending comments. 

• Email: DOI_Privacy@ios.doi.gov. 

Include docket number [DOI–2020– 

0009] in the subject line of the message. 

• U.S. Mail or Hand-Delivery: Teri 

Barnett, Departmental Privacy Officer, 

U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C 

Street NW, Room 7112, Washington, DC 

20240. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number [DOI–2020–0009]. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov. 

You should be aware your entire 

comment including your personal 

identifying information, such as your 

address, phone number, email address, 

or any other personal identifying 

information in your comment, may be 

made publicly available at any time. 

While you may request to withhold your 

personal identifying information from 

public review, we cannot guarantee we 

will be able to do so. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Schmidt, Associate Privacy 

Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: IRTM, Falls 

Church, VA 22041–3803, FWS_Privacy@

fws.gov or (703) 358–2291. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 

1974, as amended, the DOI is rescinding 

the following two FWS system of 

records notices from its system of 

records inventory. During a routine 

review, FWS determined these systems 

of records notices were superseded by a 

published Department-wide or FWS 

system of records notice. Therefore, DOI 

is rescinding these FWS systems of 

records notices to avoid duplication of 


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