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collection was previously published in 

the Federal Register (83 FR 18582) on 

April 27, 2018, allowing for a 60-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. This process is conducted in 

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.8. Written 

comments and suggestions from the 

public and affected agencies should 

address one or more of the following 

four points: (1) 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) 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) 

suggestions to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) suggestions to 

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. The 

comments that are submitted will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for approval. All comments will become 

a matter of public record. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

Title: Certificate of Origin. 

OMB Number: 1651–0016. 

Form Number: CBP Form 3229. 

Action: CBP proposes to extend the 

expiration date of this information 

collection with no change to the burden 

hours or to the information collected. 

Type of Review: Extension (without 

change). 

Abstract: CBP Form 3229, Certificate 

of Origin, is used by shippers and 

importers to declare that goods being 

imported into the United States are 

produced or manufactured in a U.S. 

insular possession from materials 

grown, produced or manufactured in 

such possession. This form includes a 

list of the foreign materials included in 

the goods, and their description and 

value. CBP Form 3229 is used as 

documentation for goods entitled to 

enter the U.S. free of duty. This form is 

authorized by General Note 3(a)(iv) of 

the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) and is 

provided for by 19 CFR part 7.3. CBP 

Form 3229 is accessible at http://

forms.cbp.gov/pdf/CBP_Form_3229.pdf. 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

113. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 20. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 2,260. 

Estimated Time per Response: 20 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 746. 

Dated: August 9, 2018. 

Seth D. Renkema, 

Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis 

Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17404 Filed 8–13–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[CIS No. 2625–18; DHS Docket No. USCIS– 

2015–0005] 

RIN 1615–ZB76 

Extension of the Designation of Yemen 

for Temporary Protected Status 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Through this Notice, the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) announces that the Secretary of 

Homeland Security (Secretary) is 

extending the designation of Yemen for 

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 

months, from September 4, 2018, 

through March 3, 2020. The extension 

allows currently eligible TPS 

beneficiaries to retain TPS through 

March 3, 2020, so long as they otherwise 

continue to meet the eligibility 

requirements for TPS. 

This Notice also sets forth procedures 

necessary for nationals of Yemen (or 

aliens having no nationality who last 

habitually resided in Yemen) to reregister for TPS and to apply for 

Employment Authorization Documents 

(EADs) with U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS). USCIS 

will issue new EADs with a March 3, 

2020 expiration date to eligible Yemen 

TPS beneficiaries who timely re-register 

and apply for EADs under this 

extension. 

DATES: Extension of Designation of 

Yemen for TPS: The 18-month 

extension of the TPS designation of 

Yemen is effective September 4, 2018, 

and will remain in effect through March 

3, 2020. The 60-day re-registration 

period runs from August 14, 2018 

through October 15, 2018. (Note: It is 

important for re-registrants to timely reregister during this 60-day period and 

not to wait until their EADs expire.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

• You may contact Samantha 

Deshommes, Branch Chief, Regulatory 

Coordination Division, Office of Policy 

and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, U.S. Department 

of Homeland Security, 20 Massachusetts 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20529– 

2060; or by phone at 800–375–5283. 

• For further information on TPS, 

including guidance on the reregistration process and additional 

information on eligibility, please visit 

the USCIS TPS web page at http://

www.uscis.gov/tps. You can find 

specific information about this 

extension of Yemen’s TPS designation 

by selecting ‘‘Yemen’’ from the menu on 

the left side of the TPS web page. 

• If you have additional questions 

about Temporary Protected Status, 

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 http://

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 

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 

U.S.C.—United States Code 

Through this Notice, DHS sets forth 

procedures necessary for eligible 

nationals of Yemen (or aliens having no 

nationality who last habitually resided 


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1As of March 1, 2003, in accordance with section 

1517 of title XV of the Homeland Security Act of 

2002, Public Law 107–296, 116 Stat. 2135, any 

reference to the Attorney General in a provision of 

the INA describing functions transferred from the 

Department of Justice to DHS ‘‘shall be deemed to 

refer to the Secretary’’ of Homeland Security. See 

6 U.S.C. 557 (codifying the Homeland Security Act 

of 2002, tit. XV, section 1517). 

in Yemen) to re-register for TPS and to 

apply for renewal of their EADs with 

USCIS. Re-registration is limited to 

persons who have previously registered 

for TPS under the designation of Yemen 

and whose applications have been 

granted. 

For individuals who have already 

been granted TPS under Yemen’s 

designation, the 60-day re-registration 

period runs from August 14, 2018 

through October 15, 2018. USCIS will 

issue new EADs with a March 3, 2020 

expiration date to eligible Yemeni TPS 

beneficiaries who timely re-register and 

apply for EADs. Given the timeframes 

involved with processing TPS reregistration applications, DHS 

recognizes that not all re-registrants will 

receive new EADs before their current 

EADs expire on September 3, 2018. 

Accordingly, through this Federal 

Register notice, DHS automatically 

extends the validity of EADs issued 

under the TPS designation of Yemen for 

180 days, through March 2, 2019. 

Additionally, individuals who have 

EADs with an expiration date of March 

3, 2017, and who applied for a new EAD 

during the last re-registration period but 

have not yet received their new EADs 

are also covered by this automatic 

extension. These individuals may show 

their EAD indicating a March 3, 2017 

expiration date and their EAD 

application receipt (Notice of Action, 

Form I–797C) that notes the application 

was received on or after January 4, 2017 

to employers as proof of continued 

employment authorization through 

March 2, 2019. 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, and E-Verify 

processes. 

Individuals who have a pending 

Yemen TPS application will not need to 

file a new Application for Temporary 

Protected Status (Form I–821). DHS 

provides additional instructions in this 

Notice for individuals whose TPS 

applications remain pending and who 

would like to obtain an EAD valid 

through March 3, 2020. There are 

approximately 1,250 current 

beneficiaries under Yemen’s TPS 

designation. 

What is 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 

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 beyond the date 

TPS terminates. 

When was Yemen designated for TPS? 

Former Secretary of Homeland 

Security Jeh Johnson initially 

designated Yemen for TPS on 

September 3, 2015, based on ongoing 

armed conflict in the country resulting 

from the July 2014 campaign by the 

Houthis, a northern opposition group 

that initiated a violent, territorial 

expansion across the country, 

eventually forcing the Yemeni 

Government leaders into exile in Saudi 

Arabia. See Designation of Republic of 

Yemen for Temporary Protected Status, 

80 FR 53319 (Sept. 3, 2015). On January 

4, 2017, former Secretary Johnson 

announced an 18-month extension of 

Yemen’s existing designation and a new 

designation of Yemen for TPS on the 

dual bases of ongoing armed conflict 

and extraordinary and temporary 

conditions. See Extension and 

Redesignation of Republic of Yemen for 

Temporary Protected Status, 82 FR 859 

(Jan. 4, 2017). 

What authority does the Secretary have 

to extend the designation of Yemen for 

TPS? 

Section 244(b)(1) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 

1254a(b)(1), authorizes the Secretary, 

after consultation with appropriate 

agencies of the U.S. Government 

(Government), to designate a foreign 

state (or part thereof) for TPS if the 

Secretary determines that certain 

country conditions exist.1 The Secretary 

may then grant TPS to eligible nationals 

of that foreign state (or eligible aliens 

having no nationality who last 

habitually resided in the designated 

country). See INA section 244(a)(1)(A), 

8 U.S.C. 1254a(a)(1)(A). 

At least 60 days before the expiration 

of a country’s TPS designation or 

extension, the Secretary, after 

consultation with appropriate 

Government agencies, must review the 

conditions in the foreign state 

designated for TPS to determine 

whether the conditions for the TPS 

designation continue to be met. See INA 

section 244(b)(3)(A), 8 U.S.C. 

1254a(b)(3)(A). If the Secretary does not 

determine that the foreign state no 

longer meets the conditions for TPS 

designation, the designation will be 

extended for an additional period of 6 

months or, in the Secretary’s discretion, 

12 or 18 months. See INA section 

244(b)(3)(A), (C), 8 U.S.C. 

1254a(b)(3)(A), (C). If the Secretary 

determines that the foreign state no 

longer meets the conditions for TPS 

designation, the Secretary must 

terminate the designation. See INA 

section 244(b)(3)(B), 8 U.S.C. 

1254a(b)(3)(B). 

Why is the Secretary extending the TPS 

designation for Yemen through March 

3, 2020? 

DHS has reviewed conditions in 

Yemen. Based on the review, including 

input received from other U.S. 

Government agencies, the Secretary has 

determined that an 18-month extension 

is warranted because the statutory bases 

of ongoing armed conflict and 

extraordinary and temporary conditions 

that prompted Yemen’s 2017 extension 

and new designation for TPS persist. 

The United Nations has verified more 

than 28,000 civilian casualties since 

March 2015, including around 9,500 

civilian deaths by airstrikes. Civilians 

continue to be at risk of death and 

injury from indiscriminate artillery 

attacks, landmines, and unexploded 

ordinances. In addition to dangers 

generated by the Houthi and Saudi-led 

coalition military action, terrorist 

groups are taking advantage of the 

conflict to perpetrate attacks against 

civilians. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian 

Peninsula (AQAP) has gained influence 


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and enabled the emergence of a faction 

of the self-described Islamic State (IS), 

IS–Y. AQAP and IS–Y terrorists have 

carried out attacks, kidnappings, and 

targeted assassinations throughout 

Yemen, including in Sana’a and Aden, 

since 2015. Yemen’s minority Baha’i 

population has also been targeted for 

mistreatment in the ongoing conflict. 

At least 2,400 child soldiers have 

been recruited by various parties in 

Yemen since March 2015, according to 

the United Nations. Houthi forces 

recruit boys as young as 11, often 

pulling them out of school and forcing 

them to fight on the front lines of the 

conflict. Although Houthi forces are 

allegedly responsible for the vast 

majority of child soldier recruitment, 

other groups in Yemen, including the 

Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) 

and AQAP, also recruit children to fight. 

Yemen is also experiencing a 

significant humanitarian crisis. An 

estimated 22.2 million people—over 

three-quarters of Yemen’s population— 

are in need of humanitarian assistance 

in 2018, according to the United 

Nations—a 20 percent increase from 

January 2017. More than two million 

Yemenis remain internally displaced 

(down from a high of three million), and 

more than 280,000 people have fled the 

country (an increase of almost 100,000 

from the last extension), including more 

than 64,000 Yemenis registered as 

refugees. The ongoing conflict has 

placed at least 8.4 million people at risk 

of famine. Sixteen million Yemenis lack 

access to safe water and sanitation, and 

16.4 million people lack access to 

adequate health care, according to the 

United Nations. More than one million 

suspected cholera cases were reported 

between April 2017 and May 2018, 

according to the World Health 

Organization (WHO). 

Yemen relies on imports for 

approximately 90 percent of staple food 

supplies. Prior to 2015, Yemen was 

already suffering from significant food 

insecurity. The United Nations 

estimated that, as of January 2018, 

nearly 18 million Yemenis were in need 

of food assistance, an increase over 

January 2017 estimates that 14 million 

people required food assistance. 

According to the WHO, the food crisis 

is particularly severe for young 

children. Around 1.8 million Yemeni 

children under the age of five are 

acutely malnourished, and 400,000 

children under age five suffer from 

severe, acute malnutrition. 

Much of Yemen’s vital infrastructure 

has been destroyed as a result of the 

ongoing conflict. A January 2018 DOS 

Travel Advisory highlights the 

significant destruction of Yemen’s 

infrastructure, housing, medical 

facilities, schools, and power and water 

utilities, limiting the availability of 

electricity, clean water, and medical 

care, and hampering humanitarian 

assistance. Since the beginning of the 

conflict, 274 of Yemen’s health care 

facilities have been damaged or 

destroyed, according to the WHO. 

Yemen’s economy is also collapsing. 

The country’s real GDP shrank by 10.9 

percent in 2017. Average GDP per capita 

shrank from about $1,247 in 2014 to 

$485 in 2017, according to the Yemeni 

Ministry of Planning and International 

Cooperation. 

Based upon this review and after 

consultation with appropriate 

Government agencies, the Secretary has 

determined that: 

• The conditions supporting the 2017 

extension and new designation of 

Yemen for TPS continue to be met. See 

INA section 244(b)(3)(A) and (C), 8 

U.S.C. 1254a(b)(3)(A) and (C). 

• There continues to be an ongoing 

armed conflict in Yemen and, due to 

such conflict, requiring the return of 

Yemeni nationals (or aliens having no 

nationality who last habitually resided 

in Yemen) to Yemen would pose a 

serious threat to their personal safety. 

See INA section 244(b)(1)(A), 8 U.S.C. 

1254a(b)(1)(A). 

• There continue to be extraordinary 

and temporary conditions in Yemen that 

prevent Yemeni nationals (or aliens 

having no nationality who last 

habitually resided in Yemen) from 

returning to Yemen in safety, and it is 

not contrary to the national interest of 

the United States to permit Yemeni TPS 

beneficiaries to remain in the United 

States temporarily. See INA section 

244(b)(1)(C), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(1)(C). 

• The designation of Yemen for TPS 

should be extended for an 18-month 

period, from September 4, 2018 through 

March 3, 2020. See INA section 

244(b)(3)(C), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(3)(C). 

Notice of Extension of the TPS 

Designation of Yemen 

By the authority vested in me as 

Secretary under INA section 244, 8 

U.S.C. 1254a, I have determined, after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Government agencies, the conditions 

that supported Yemen’s 2017 extension 

and new designation for TPS continue 

to be met. See INA section 244(b)(3)(A), 

8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(3)(A). On the basis of 

this determination, I am extending the 

existing designation of TPS for Yemen 

for 18 months, from September 4, 2018, 

through March 3, 2020. See INA section 

244(b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(C); 8 U.S.C. 

1254a(b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(C). 

Kirstjen M. Nielsen, 

Secretary. 

Required Application Forms and 

Application Fees To Re-Register for 

TPS 

To re-register for TPS based on the 

designation of Yemen, you must submit 

an Application for Temporary Protected 

Status (Form I–821). You do not need to 

pay the filing fee for the Form I–821. 

See 8 CFR 244.17. You may be required 

to pay the biometric services fee. Please 

see additional information under the 

‘‘Biometric Services Fee’’ section of this 

Notice. 

Through operation of this Federal 

Register notice, your existing EAD 

issued under the TPS designation of 

Yemen with the expiration date of 

September 3, 2018 is automatically 

extended for 180 days, through March 2, 

2019. However, if you want to obtain a 

new EAD valid through March 3, 2020, 

you must file an Application for 

Employment Authorization (Form I– 

765) and pay the Form I–765 fee (or 

request a fee waiver). 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. 

Additionally, individuals who have 

EADs with an expiration date of March 

3, 2017, and who applied for a new EAD 

during the last re-registration period but 

have not yet received their new EADs 

are also covered by this automatic 

extension through March 2, 2019. You 

do not need to apply for a new EAD in 

order to benefit from this 180-day 

automatic extension. If you have a Form 

I–821 and/or Form I–765 that was still 

pending as of August 14, 2018, then you 

do not need to file either application 

again. If your pending TPS application 

is approved, you will be granted TPS 

through March 3, 2020. Similarly, if you 

have a pending TPS-related application 

for an EAD that is approved, it will be 

valid through the same date. 

You may file the application for a new 

EAD either prior to or after your current 

EAD has expired. However, you are 

strongly encouraged to file your 

application for a new EAD as early as 

possible to avoid gaps in the validity of 

your employment authorization 

documentation and to ensure that you 

receive your new EAD by March 2, 

2019. 

For more information on the 

application forms and fees for TPS, 


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please visit the USCIS TPS web page at 

http://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). 

Biometric Services Fee 

Biometrics (such as fingerprints) are 

required for all applicants 14 years of 

age and older. Those applicants must 

submit a biometric services fee. As 

previously stated, if you are unable to 

pay for the biometric services fee, you 

may complete a Form I–912 or submit 

a personal letter requesting a fee waiver, 

with satisfactory supporting 

documentation. For more information 

on the biometric services fee, please 

visit the USCIS website at http://

www.uscis.gov. If necessary, you may be 

required to visit an Application Support 

Center to have your biometrics 

captured. For additional information on 

the USCIS biometrics screening process, 

please see the USCIS Customer Profile 

Management Service Privacy Impact 

Assessment, available at www.dhs.gov/ 

privacy. 

Refiling a Re-Registration TPS 

Application After Receiving a Denial of 

a Fee Waiver Request 

You should file as soon as possible 

within the 60-day re-registration period 

so USCIS can process your application 

and issue any EAD promptly. Properly 

filing early will also allow you to have 

time to refile your application before the 

deadline, should USCIS deny your fee 

waiver request. If, however, you receive 

a denial of your fee waiver request and 

are unable to refile by the re-registration 

deadline, you may still refile your Form 

I–821 with the biometrics fee. This 

situation will be reviewed to determine 

whether you established good cause for 

late TPS re-registration. However, you 

are urged to refile within 45 days of the 

date on any USCIS fee waiver denial 

notice, if possible. See INA section 

244(c)(3)(C); 8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(3)(C); 8 

CFR 244.17(b). For more information on 

good cause for late re-registration, visit 

the USCIS TPS web page at http://

www.uscis.gov/tps. Following denial of 

your fee waiver request, you may also 

refile your Form I–765 with fee either 

with your Form I–821 or at a later time, 

if you choose. 

Note: Although a re-registering TPS 

beneficiary age 14 and older must pay the 

biometric services fee (but not the Form I– 

821 fee) when filing a TPS re-registration 

application, you may decide to wait to 

request an EAD. Therefore, you do not have 

to file the Form I–765 or pay the associated 

Form I–765 fee (or request a fee waiver) at 

the time of re-registration, and could wait to 

seek an EAD until after USCIS has approved 

your TPS re-registration application. If you 

choose to do this, to re-register for TPS you 

would only need to file the Form I–821 with 

the biometrics services fee, if applicable, (or 

request a fee waiver). 

Mailing Information 

Mail your application for TPS to the 

proper address in Table 1. 

TABLE 1—MAILING ADDRESSES

If you would like to send your application by: Then, mail your application to: 

U.S. Postal Service ............................................. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Attn: TPS Yemen, P.O. Box 6943, Chicago, IL 

60680–6943. 

A non-U.S. Postal Service courier ...................... U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Attn: TPS Yemen, 131 S. Dearborn Street—3rd 

Floor, Chicago, IL 60603–5517. 

If you were granted TPS by an 

Immigration Judge (IJ) or the Board of 

Immigration Appeals (BIA) and you 

wish to request an EAD or are reregistering for the first time following a 

grant of TPS by an IJ or the BIA, please 

mail your application to the appropriate 

mailing address in Table 1. When reregistering and requesting an EAD based 

on an IJ/BIA grant of TPS, please 

include a copy of the IJ or BIA order 

granting you TPS with your application. 

This will help us to verify your grant of 

TPS and process your application. 

Supporting Documents 

The filing instructions on the Form I– 

821 list all the documents needed to 

establish eligibility for TPS. You may 

also find information on the acceptable 

documentation and other requirements 

for applying or registering for TPS on 

the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov/tps 

under ‘‘Yemen.’’ 

Employment Authorization Document 

(EAD) 

How can I obtain information on the 

status of my EAD request? 

To get case status information about 

your TPS application, including the 

status of an EAD request, you can check 

Case Status Online at http://

www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS 

National Contact Center at 800–375– 

5283 (TTY 800–767–1833). If your Form 

I–765 has been pending for more than 

90 days, and you still need assistance, 

you may request an EAD inquiry 

appointment with USCIS by using the 

InfoPass system at https://

infopass.uscis.gov. However, we 

strongly encourage you first to check 

Case Status Online or call the USCIS 

National Contact Center for assistance 

before making an InfoPass appointment. 

Am I eligible to receive an automatic 

180-day extension of my current EAD 

through March 2, 2019, using this 

Federal Register notice? 

Yes. Provided that you currently have 

a Yemen TPS-based EAD, this Federal 

Register notice automatically extends 

your EAD through March 2, 2019, if 

you: 

• Are a national of Yemen (or an alien 

having no nationality who last 

habitually resided in Yemen); and either 

• Have an EAD with a marked 

expiration date of September 3, 2018, 

bearing the notation A–12 or C–19 on 

the face of the card under Category, or 

• Have an EAD with a marked 

expiration date of March 3, 2017, 

bearing the notation A–12 or C–19 on 

the face of the card under Category and 

you applied for a new EAD during the 

last re-registration period but have not 

yet received a new EAD. 

Although this Federal Register notice 

automatically extends your EAD 

through March 2, 2019, you must reregister timely for TPS in accordance 

with the procedures described in this 

Federal Register notice if you would 

like to maintain your TPS. 

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 a list of acceptable 

document choices on the ‘‘Lists of 

Acceptable Documents’’ for Form I–9. 

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. 


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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 detailed information about 

Form I–9 on USCIS’ I–9 Central web 

page at http://www.uscis.gov/I-9Central. 

An EAD is an acceptable document 

under List A. If your EAD has an 

expiration date of September 3, 2018, or 

March 3, 2017 (and you applied for a 

new EAD during the last re-registration 

period but have not yet received a new 

EAD), and states A–12 or C–19 under 

Category, it has been extended 

automatically by virtue of this Federal 

Register notice and you may choose to 

present this Notice along with your EAD 

to your employer as proof of identity 

and employment eligibility for Form 

I–9 through March 2, 2019, unless your 

TPS has been withdrawn or your 

request for TPS has been denied. If you 

have an EAD with a marked expiration 

date of September 3, 2018 that states 

A–12 or C–19 under Category, and you 

properly filed for a new EAD in 

accordance with this Notice, you will 

also receive Form I–797C, Notice of 

Action that will state your EAD is 

automatically extended for 180 days. 

You may choose to present your EAD to 

your employer together with this Form 

I–797C as a List A document that 

provides evidence of your identity and 

employment authorization for Form I–9 

through March 2, 2019, unless your TPS 

has been withdrawn or your request for 

TPS has been denied. See the subsection 

titled, ‘‘How do my employer and I 

complete the Employment Eligibility 

Verification (Form I–9) using an 

automatically extended EAD for a new 

job?’’ for further information. 

To reduce confusion over this 

extension at the time of hire, you should 

explain to your employer that your EAD 

has been automatically extended 

through March 2, 2019. You may also 

provide your employer with a copy of 

this Federal Register notice, which 

explains that your EAD has been 

automatically extended. As an 

alternative to presenting evidence of 

your automatically extended EAD, you 

may choose to present any other 

acceptable document from List A, a 

combination of one selection from List 

B and one selection from List C, or a 

valid receipt. 

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 no 

later than before you start work on 

September 4, 2018. 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 March 2, 2019. Your employer 

may need to reinspect 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. In addition, if you have an EAD with 

a marked expiration date of September 

3, 2018 that states A–12 or C–19 under 

Category, and you properly filed your 

Form I–765 to obtain a new EAD, you 

will receive a Form I–797C, Notice of 

Action. Form I–797C will state that your 

EAD is automatically extended for 180 

days. You may present Form I–797C to 

your employer along with your EAD to 

confirm that the validity of your EAD 

has been automatically extended 

through March 2, 2019, unless your TPS 

has been withdrawn or your request for 

TPS has been denied. To reduce the 

possibility of gaps in your employment 

authorization documentation, you 

should file your Form I–765 to request 

a new EAD as early as possible during 

the re-registration period. 

The last day of the automatic EAD 

extension is March 2, 2019. Before you 

start work on March 3, 2019, your 

employer must reverify your 

employment authorization. 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. 

By March 3, 2019, 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 the USCIS’ I–9 

Central web page at http://

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 my employer require that I provide 

any other documentation to prove my 

status, such as proof of my Yemeni 

citizenship? 

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 

Yemeni 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 

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 before March 3, 2019, you and 

your employer should do the following: 

1. For Section 1, you should: 

a. Check ‘‘An alien authorized to work 

until’’ and enter March 2, 2019, the 

automatically extended EAD expiration 

date as the ‘‘expiration date’’; and 

b. Enter your Alien Number/USCIS 

number or A-Number where indicated 

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number is the same as your A-Number 

without the A prefix). 

2. For Section 2, employers should: 

a. Determine if the EAD is autoextended by ensuring it is in category 

A–12 or C–19 and has a September 3, 

2018 expiration date (or March 3, 2017 

expiration date provided you applied 

for a new EAD during the last reregistration period but have not yet 

received a new EAD); 

b. Write in the document title; 

c. Enter the issuing authority; 

d. Provide the document number; and 

e. Write March 2, 2019, as the 

expiration date. 

Before the start of work on March 3, 

2019, employers must 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 

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. 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 March 2, 2019, 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 by ensuring: 

• It is in category A–12 or C–19; and 

• Has a marked expiration date of 

September 3, 2018 or March 3, 2017, 

provided your employee applied for a 

new EAD during the last re-registration 

period but has not yet received a new 

EAD. 

b. Draw a line through the expiration 

date written in Section 2; 

c. Write March 2, 2019 above the 

previous date; and 

d. Initial and date the correction in 

the Additional Information field in 

Section 2. 

Note: This is not considered a 

reverification. Employers do not need to 

complete Section 3 until either the 180-day 

automatic extension has ended or the 

employee presents a new document to show 

continued employment authorization, 

whichever is sooner. By March 3, 2019, when 

the employee’s automatically extended EAD 

has expired, employers must 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, USCIS number, and entering 

the receipt number as the document 

number on Form I–9 into 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? 

E-Verify has automated the 

verification process for employees 

whose TPS-related EAD was 

automatically extended. If you have 

employees who are TPS beneficiaries 

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 auto-extension period for this EAD 

is about to expire. The alert indicates 

that before this employee starts to work 

on March 3, 2019, 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 ImmigrationRelated 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 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 

Federal or state government records. 

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 

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Verify procedures is available on the 

IER website at https://www.justice.gov/ 

ier and the USCIS website at http://

www.dhs.gov/E-verify. 

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 and/or show you are 

authorized to work based on TPS. 

Examples of such documents are: 

(1) Your current EAD; 

(2) A copy of your Notice of Action 

(Form I–797C), the notice of receipt, for 

your application to renew your current 

EAD providing an automatic extension 

of your currently expired or expiring 

EAD; 

(3) A copy of your Notice of Action 

(Form I–797C), the notice of receipt, for 

your Application for Temporary 

Protected Status for this re-registration; 

and 

(4) A copy of your Notice of Action 

(Form I–797), the notice of approval, for 

a past or current Application for 

Temporary Protected Status, if you 

received one from USCIS. 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 (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 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 http://www.uscis.gov/ 

save. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17556 Filed 8–10–18; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7001–N–39] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Single Family Premium 

Collection Subsystem-Periodic 

(SFPCS) 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD submitted the proposed 

information collection requirement 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose 

of this notice is to allow for 30 days of 

public comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: September 

13, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to: 

HUD Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; fax:202–395–5806, Email: 

OIRA Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inez 

C. Downs, Reports Management Officer, 

QMAC, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20410; email 

Inez.C.Downs@hud.gov, or telephone 

202–402–8046. This is not a toll-free 

number. Person with hearing or speech 

impairments may access this number 

through TTY by calling the toll-free 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

Copies of available documents 

submitted to OMB may be obtained 

from Ms. Downs. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that HUD is 

seeking approval from OMB for the 

information collection described in 

Section A. The Federal Register notice 

that solicited public comment on the 

information collection for a period of 60 

days was published on April 27, 2018 

at 83 FR 18587. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: Single 

Family Premium Collection SubsystemPeriodic (SFPCS). 

OMB Approved Number: 2502–0536. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Form Number: None. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use: The 

Single Family Premium Collection 

Subsystem-Periodic (SFPCS–P) allows 

the lenders to remit the Periodic 

Mortgagee Insurance using funds 

obtained from the mortgagor during the 

collection of the monthly mortgage 

payment. The SFPCS–P strengthens 

HUD’s ability to manage and process 

periodic single-family mortgage 

insurance premium collections and 

corrections to submitted data. It also 

improves data integrity for the SingleFamily Mortgage Insurance Program. 

Therefore, the FHA approved lenders 

use the automated Clearing House 

(ACH) application for all transmissions 

with SFPCS–P. The authority for this 

collection of information is specified in 

24 CFR 203.264 AND 24 CFR 203.269. 

In general, the lenders use the ACH 

application to remit the periodic 

premium payments through SFPCS–P 

for the required FHA insured cases and 

to comply with the Credit Reform Act. 

Respondents (i.e., Affected Public): 

Business or other for-profit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

641. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

7,692. 

Frequency of Response: 12. 

Average Hours per Response: 0.15. 

Total Estimated Burdens: 1,153.80. 

B. Solicitation of Public Comment 

This notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

parties concerning the collection of 

information described in Section A on 

the following: 

(1) 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) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond: Including through 


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