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1 In general, individuals must be given an initial 

registration period of no less than 180 days to 

register for TPS, but the Secretary has discretion to 

provide for a longer registration period. See 8 U.S.C. 

1254a(c)(1)(A)(iv). In keeping with the 

humanitarian purpose of TPS and advancing the 

goal of ensuring ‘‘the Federal Government 

eliminates . . . barriers that prevent immigrants 

from accessing government services available to 

them’’ under Executive Order 14012, Restoring 

Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and 

Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for 

New Americans, 86 FR 8277 (Feb. 5, 2021), the 

Secretary has recently exercised his discretion to 

provide for TPS initial registration periods that 

coincide with the full period of a TPS country’s 

initial designation or redesignation. See, e.g., 86 FR 

41863 (Aug. 3, 2021) (providing 18-mos. registration 

period under new TPS designation of Haiti); 86 FR 

41986 (Aug. 4, 2021) (‘‘Extension of Initial 

Registration Periods for New Temporary Protected 

Status Applicants Under the Designations for 

Venezuela, Syria and Burma). For the same reasons, 

the Secretary is similarly exercising his discretion 

to provide applicants under this TPS designation of 

Ukraine with an 18-month initial registration 

period. 

2The ‘‘continuous physical presence date’’ (CPP) 

is the effective date of the most recent TPS 

designation of the country, which is either the 

publication date of the designation announcement 

in the Federal Register or such later date as the 

Secretary may establish. The ‘‘continuous residence 

date’’ (CR) is any date established by the Secretary 

when a country is designated (or sometimes 

redesignated) for TPS. See INA § 244(b)(2)(A) 

(effective date of designation); 244(c)(1)(A)(i–ii) 

(discussing CR and CPP date requirements). 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[CIS No. 2718–22; DHS Docket No. USCIS– 

2022–0003; 1615–ZB91] 

Designation of Ukraine for Temporary 

Protected Status 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS), 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS). 

ACTION: Notice of Temporary Protected 

Status (TPS) designation. 

SUMMARY: Through this Notice, the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) announces that the Secretary of 

Homeland Security (Secretary) has 

designated Ukraine for Temporary 

Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, 

effective April 19, 2022, or later date if 

Secretary so determines], through 

October 19, 2023. This designation 

allows eligible Ukrainian nationals (and 

individuals having no nationality who 

last habitually resided in Ukraine) who 

have continuously resided in the United 

States since April 11, 2022, and who 

have been continuously physically 

present in the United States since April 

19, 2022 to apply for TPS. 

DATES: 

Designation of Ukraine for TPS: The 

18-month designation of Ukraine for 

TPS is effective on April 19, 2022 and 

will remain in effect for 18 months, 

through October 19, 2023. 

Registration: The registration period 

for eligible individuals to submit TPS 

applications begins April 19, 2022 and 

will remain in effect through October 

19, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rena ́ Cutlip-Mason, Chief, 

Humanitarian Affairs Division, Office of 

Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, Department 

of Homeland Security, by mail at 5900 

Capital Gateway Drive, Camp Springs, 

MD 20746, or by phone at 800–375– 

5283. 

ADDRESSES: For further information on 

TPS, including guidance on the 

registration process and additional 

information on eligibility, please visit 

the USCIS TPS web page at uscis.gov/ 

tps. You can find specific information 

about Ukraine’s TPS designation by 

selecting ‘‘Ukraine’’ from the menu on 

the left side of the TPS web page. 

If you have additional questions about 

TPS, please visit uscis.gov/tools. Our 

online virtual assistant, Emma, can 

answer many of your questions and 

point you to additional information on 

our website. If you are unable to find 

your answers there, you may also call 

our USCIS Contact Center at 800–375– 

5283 (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 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 

BIA—Board of Immigration Appeals 

CFR—Code of Federal Regulations 

DHS—U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security 

DOS—U.S. Department of State 

EAD—Employment Authorization Document 

FNC—Final Nonconfirmation 

Form I–765—Application for Employment 

Authorization 

Form I–797—Notice of Action (Approval 

Notice) 

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 

FR—Federal Register 

Government—U.S. Government 

IER—U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights 

Division, Immigrant and Employee Rights 

Section 

IJ—Immigration Judge 

INA—Immigration and Nationality Act 

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 

Purpose of This Action (TPS) 

Through this notice, DHS sets forth 

procedures necessary for eligible 

nationals of Ukraine (or individuals 

having no nationality who last 

habitually resided in Ukraine) to submit 

an initial registration application under 

the designation of Ukraine for TPS and 

apply for an Employment Authorization 

Document (EAD). Under this 

designation, individuals must submit an 

initial Ukraine TPS application (Form I– 

821) and may also submit an application 

for Employment Authorization (Form I– 

765), during the 18-month initial 

registration period that runs from April 

19, 2022, through October 19, 2023.1 In 

addition to demonstrating continuous 

residence in the United States since 

April 11, 2022,2 and meeting other 

eligibility criteria, initial applicants for 

TPS under this designation must 

demonstrate that they have been 

continuously physically present in the 

United States since April 19, 2022, the 

effective date of this designation of 

Ukraine, before USCIS may grant them 

TPS. DHS estimates that approximately 

59,600 individuals may be eligible for 

TPS under the designation of Ukraine. 

What is Temporary Protected Status 

(TPS)? 

• TPS is a temporary immigration 

status granted to eligible nationals of a 

foreign state designated for TPS under 

the Immigration and Nationality Act 

(INA), or to eligible individuals without 

nationality who last habitually resided 

in the designated foreign state, 

regardless of their country of birth. 

• 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. 

• 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 

foreign state’s TPS designation, 


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3 ‘‘Russia invades Ukraine on multiple fronts in 

‘brutal act of war’,’’ PBS, Feb. 24, 2022, available 

at: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/russiainvades-ukraine-on-multiple-fronts-in-brutal-act-ofwar (last visited Mar. 1, 2022); Natalia Zinets and 

Aleksandar Vasovic, ‘‘Missiles rain down around 

Ukraine,’’ Reuters, Feb. 24, 2022, available at: 

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putinorders-military-operations-ukraine-demands-kyivforces-surrender-2022-02-24/ (last visited Mar. 1, 

2022). 

4Ukraine: Humanitarian Impact Situation Report 

No. 1, United Nations Office for the Coordination 

of Humanitarian Affairs, Feb. 26, 2022, available at: 

https://reliefweb.int/report/ukraine/ukrainehumanitarian-impact-situation-report-no-1-500-pm26-february-2022 (last visited Mar. 1, 2022). 5Press briefing notes on Ukraine, United Nations 

Office of the High Commissioner Human Rights, 

Mar. 1, 2022, available at: https://www.reuters.com/ 

world/europe/putins-nuclear-move-could-makesituation-much-much-more-dangerous-us-official2022-02-27/ (last visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

6 ‘‘Ukraine: UN chief calls for safe passage from 

conflict zones, rights body records 1,123 civilian 

casualties, WHO outlines health concerns,’’ UN 

News, Mar. 6, 2022, available at: https://

news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1113372 (last visited 

Mar. 8, 2022); War Crimes by Russia’s Forces in 

Ukraine, Press Statement, U.S. Secretary of State 

Antony J. Blinken, Mar. 23, 2022, available at: 

https://www.state.gov/war-crimes-by-russias-forcesin-ukraine/ (last visited Mar. 25, 2022); UN Office 

of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 

‘‘Ukraine: civilian casualty update 29 March 2022’’, 

Mar. 29, 2022, available at: https://www.ohchr.org/ 

en/news/2022/03/ukraine-civilian-casualty-update29-march-2022 (last visited Mar. 31, 2022). 

7 ‘‘Fear, darkness and newborn babies: Inside 

Ukraine’s underground shelters,’’ The Guardian, 

Feb. 26, 2022, available at: https://

www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/26/feardarkness-and-newborn-babies-inside-ukraineunderground-shelters (last visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

8 ‘‘Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in maps—latest 

updates’’, Financial Times, Mar. 1, 2022, available 

at: https://www.ft.com/content/4351d5b0-0888- 

4b47-9368-6bc4dfbccbf5 (last visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

9Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, The 

Institute for the study of War, p. 1 & p. 5, Feb. 28, 

2022, available at: https://www.understandingwar.

org/sites/default/files/Russian%

20Operations%20Assessments%20Feb28_1.pdf 

(last visited Mar. 1, 2022); ‘‘Ukraine conflict: Russia 

bombs Kharkiv’s Freedom Square and opera 

house’’, BBC, Mar. 1, 2022, available at: https://

www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60567162 (last 

visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

10 ‘‘What is happening in Mariupol, the Ukrainian 

city under Russian siege?’’ The Washington Post, 

Mar. 21, 2022, available at: https://

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/21/ 

ukraine-mariupol-seige-russia-faq/ (last visited Mar. 

25, 2022). 

11 ‘‘What is happening in Mariupol, the Ukrainian 

city under Russian siege?’’ The Washington Post, 

Mar. 21, 2022, available at: https://

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/21/

ukraine-mariupol-seige-russia-faq/ (last visited Mar. 

25, 2022). 

12Statement of ICC Prosecutor, Karim A.A. Khan 

QC, on the Situation in Ukraine: ‘I have decided to 

proceed with opening an investigation.’, 

International Criminal Court, Feb. 28, 2022, 

available at: https://www.icc-cpi.int/Pages/

item.aspx?name=20220228-prosecutor-statementukraine (last visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

13War Crimes by Russia’s Forces in Ukraine, 

Press Statement, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. 

Blinken, Mar. 23, 2022, available at: https://

www.state.gov/war-crimes-by-russias-forces-inukraine/ (last visited Mar. 25, 2022). 

14 ‘‘Arbitrary Detention, Torture and Ill-treatment 

in the Context of Armed Conflict in Eastern Ukraine 

2014–2021’’, Office of the United Nations High 

Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), p. 6, 

2021, available at: https://www.ohchr.org/ 

Documents/Countries/UA/UkraineArbDetTorture_

EN.pdf (last visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

15Arbitrary Detention, Torture and Ill-treatment 

in the Context of Armed Conflict in Eastern Ukraine 

2014–2021, Office of the United Nations High 

Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), p. 2–3, 

2021, available at: https://www.ohchr.org/

Documents/Countries/UA/UkraineArbDetTorture_

EN.pdf (last visited Mar. 1, 2022); see also, Amnesty 

International Report 2021/22: State of the World’s 

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 

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. 

Why was Ukraine designated for TPS? 

DHS has reviewed country conditions 

in Ukraine. Based on this review, and in 

consultation with the Department of 

State (DOS), the Secretary has 

determined that an 18-month 

designation is warranted due to ongoing 

armed conflict and extraordinary and 

temporary conditions described below. 

Overview 

On February 24, 2022, Russia 

massively expanded its unprovoked 

military invasion of Ukraine, marking 

the largest conventional military action 

in Europe since World War II.3 There is 

widespread fear and flight of Ukrainian 

nationals as Russia’s forces have 

continued to engage in significant, 

sustained bombardment of major cities 

across the country, including attacks on 

Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv.4 This ongoing 

armed conflict poses a serious threat to 

the safety of nationals returning to 

Ukraine. Extraordinary and temporary 

conditions, including destroyed 

infrastructure, scarce resources, and 

lack of access to healthcare, prevent 

Ukrainian nationals from returning to 

their homeland in safety. 

Ongoing Armed Conflict and Human 

Rights Abuses 

Russia’s expanded military invasion 

of Ukraine has placed civilians at 

significant risk of physical harm 

throughout the country.5 As of late 

March 2022, Russia’s forces have 

engaged in sustained shelling 

campaigns of cities and towns across 

Ukraine that have harmed, killed, and 

injured civilians and struck hospitals, 

schools, and apartment buildings, 

resulting in at least 3,039 reported 

civilian casualties according to the 

United Nations, with more casualties 

expected.6

Artillery attacks and air strikes by 

Russia’s military forces have become 

regular occurrences in Kyiv and other 

cities across Ukraine since the start of 

the February 2022 invasion.7 Aerial 

bombardments in and around major 

cities have been reported as Russia’s 

forces continue to target critical 

infrastructure.8 Russia’s ground forces 

have been advancing on four primary 

axes: From Belarus in the North; from 

Russia in the Northeast; from the 

Russia-controlled Donbas region in the 

East; and Russia-occupied Crimea in the 

South. 

The scale of attacks harming 

infrastructure in the city of Kharkiv, 

where a historic opera house, concert 

hall, and government building in the 

city’s center were destroyed, has 

dramatically increased, resulting in 

numerous civilian casualties.9 In the 

city of Mariupol, Russia’s forces have 

shelled the city, killing civilians with 

strikes on homes, schools, hospitals and 

shelters, while preventing pathways for 

humanitarian aid and civilian 

evacuation.10 Residents of the city 

‘‘have described a freezing hellscape 

riddled with dead bodies and destroyed 

buildings’’ where thousands ‘‘are cut off 

from the world in the besieged city.’’ 11

The Prosecutor of the International 

Criminal Court in The Hague has stated 

that ‘‘there is a reasonable basis to 

believe that both alleged war crimes and 

crimes against humanity have been 

committed in Ukraine’’ during the past 

eight years, so his Office is proceeding 

with active investigations, and that its 

investigations will ‘‘encompass any new 

alleged crimes falling within the 

jurisdiction of [the] Office’’ that are 

committed in Ukraine.12 Based on 

information currently available, the U.S. 

government has assessed that members 

of Russia’s forces have committed war 

crimes in Ukraine.13

Ongoing human rights abuses in the 

Donbas region and in Russia-occupied 

Crimea demonstrate the risk to 

Ukraine’s territories under control by 

Russia’s forces and Russia’s proxies. In 

2014, armed groups began seizing 

government buildings and territory 

across the eastern Donbas region 

bordering Russia.14 The Office of the 

U.N. High Commissioner for Human 

Rights indicated that torture, sexual 

violence, beatings, asphyxiation, 

electrocution, deprivation, isolation, 

and threats were used to extract 

confessions or information, and force 

cooperation during the 2014 

hostilities.15 Under a local occupation 


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Human Rights, Amnesty International, p. 375, 2021, 

available at: https://www.amnesty.org/en/wpcontent/uploads/2021/06/English.pdf (last visited 

Mar. 1, 2022). 

16Crimea: Persecution of Crimean Tatars 

Intensifies, Human Rights Watch, Nov. 14, 2017, 

available at: https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/11/14/ 

crimea-persecution-crimean-tatars-intensifies (last 

visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

17Ukraine—Complex Emergency, U.S. Agency for 

International Development, Mar. 25, 2022, available 

at: https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/ 

documents/2022-03-25_USG_Ukraine_Complex_

Emergency_Fact_Sheet_8.pdf (last visited Apr.12, 

2022). 

18 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview—Ukraine, 

UNOCHA, p. 4, Feb. 11, 2022, available at: https:// 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/ 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/ 

files/ukraine_2022_hno_eng_2022-02-11.pdf (last 

visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

19 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview—Ukraine, 

UNOCHA, p. 6, Feb. 11, 2022, available at: https:// 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/ 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/ 

files/ukraine_2022_hno_eng_2022-02-11.pdf (last 

visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

20 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview—Ukraine, 

UNOCHA, p. 34, Feb. 11, 2022, available at: https:// 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/ 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/ 

files/ukraine_2022_hno_eng_2022-02-11.pdf (last 

visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

21Protection Monitoring in 98 communities in the 

0–5 km zone from the ‘‘contact line,’’ UNHCR, Feb. 

2021, available at: https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=

eyJrIjoiYzdhZTNjODYtZTFkZS00ODMxL

Tk5MGEtNDQwNDczOTU4Zjc4IiwidCI6ImU1Y

zM3OTgxLTY2NjQtNDE

zNC04YTBjLTY1NDNkMmFmODBiZSIsImMiOjh9 

(last visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

22 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview—Ukraine, 

UNOCHA, p. 35, Feb. 11, 2022, available at: https:// 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/ 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/ 

files/ukraine_2022_hno_eng_2022-02-11.pdf (last 

visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

23 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview—Ukraine, 

UNOCHA, p. 35, Feb. 11, 2022, available at: https:// 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/ 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/ 

files/ukraine_2022_hno_eng_2022-02-11.pdf (last 

visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

24 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview—Ukraine, 

UNOCHA, p. 35, Feb. 11, 2022, available at: https:// 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/ 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/ 

files/ukraine_2022_hno_eng_2022-02-11.pdf (last 

visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

25Risk Assessment of the ‘‘Voda Donbasu’’ Water 

System, UNICEF, Oct. 2019, available at: https://

www.unicef.org/ukraine/reports/VD-riskassessment-2019 (last visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

26Ukraine: Humanitarian Impact, Situation 

Report No. 01, OCHA Ukraine, Feb. 26, 2022, 

available at: https://reliefweb.int/report/ukraine/ 

ukraine-humanitarian-impact-situation-report-no-1- 

500-pm-26-february-2022 (last visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

27 ‘‘Fear, darkness and newborn babies: Inside 

Ukraine’s underground shelters’’, The Guardian, 

Feb. 26, 2022, available at: https://

www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/26/feardarkness-and-newborn-babies-inside-ukraineunderground-shelters (last visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

28Russia hits Ukrainian oil and gas facilities in 

wave of attacks, Al Jazeera, Feb. 27, 2022, available 

at: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/27/ 

russia-ukraine-oil-gas-fuel-airport-attacks (last 

visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

29 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview—Ukraine, 

UNOCHA, p. 79, Feb. 11, 2022, available at: https:// 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/ 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/ 

files/ukraine_2022_hno_eng_2022-02-11.pdf (last 

visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

30 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview—Ukraine, 

UNOCHA, p. 51, Feb. 11, 2022, available at: https:// 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/ 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/ 

files/ukraine_2022_hno_eng_2022-02-11.pdf (last 

visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

31 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview—Ukraine, 

UNOCHA, p. 73, Feb. 11, 2022, available at: https:// 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/ 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/ 

files/ukraine_2022_hno_eng_2022-02-11.pdf (last 

visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

32 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview—Ukraine, 

UNOCHA, p. 39, Feb. 11, 2022, available at: https:// 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/ 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/ 

files/ukraine_2022_hno_eng_2022-02-11.pdf (last 

visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

authority installed by the Russian 

government, the human rights situation 

in Crimea deteriorated precipitously, 

with reports of ‘‘members of Crimean 

Tatar community and their supporters, 

including journalists, bloggers, activists, 

and others being subjected to 

harassment, intimidation, threats, 

intrusive and unlawful searches of their 

homes, physical attacks, and enforced 

disappearances.’’ 16

Humanitarian Situation 

The unprovoked war Russia has 

brought against Ukraine ‘‘continues to 

result in civilian deaths and generate 

further population displacement, 

damage civilian infrastructure, and 

exacerbate humanitarian needs across 

the country.’’ 17 After eight years of on 

ongoing conflict with Russia, 2.9 

million people in Ukraine were 

‘‘projected to be in need of 

humanitarian assistance in 2022, the 

majority of whom, some 54 percent, are 

women and girls.’’ 18 Older persons are 

among the most affected, as ‘‘[t]hirty 

percent of people in need of 

humanitarian assistance are older than 

60 years of age’’ with women facing 

particular hardships.19 Children and 

persons with disabilities have faced 

additional difficulties including access 

to health care and other services. In 

particular, ‘‘[m]any older persons with 

disabilities do not have an official 

disability certificate, which does not 

allow them to receive a disability 

allowance from the Government of 

Ukraine.’’ 20

Destruction of Infrastructure and Scarce 

Resources 

Since 2014, the armed conflict in the 

Donbas region has caused significant 

damage to systems and services in the 

affected areas, impacting transport and 

road infrastructure, energy, and water, 

with over 200,000 people living in areas 

now cut off from essential services and 

local markets.21 Attacks harming 

infrastructure in the region have also 

affected access to essential services such 

as health care, transportation, utilities, 

and education. Prior to the 2022 

invasion, UNOCHA estimated that 

approximately 1 million children would 

be impacted by the ongoing conflict in 

the Donbas region and that 380,000 of 

them would need assistance and 

protection.22 More than 750 educational 

facilities have been damaged during the 

conflict 23 and ‘‘over 250,000 children 

living near the contact line regularly 

experience shelling and exposure to 

landmines and explosive remnants of 

war, which has made them more prone 

to physical injuries and mental health 

issues’’.24

Ukraine faced problems of aging 

infrastructure before the February 2022 

invasion, which this invasion has 

exacerbated.25 Since February 24, 

significant infrastructural damage in 

Ukraine from Russia’s air strikes has 

‘‘left hundreds of thousands of people 

without electricity or water, while 

bridges and roads damaged by shelling 

have left communities cut off from 

markets for food and other basic 

supplies.’’ 26 Amid air raid sirens, 

civilians have sought safety 

underground in subway stations, 

basements, and bunkers.27 Also, on 

February 27, 2022, Russia’s missiles hit 

a number of targets vital to Ukraine’s 

infrastructure, including an oil facility 

near Kyiv, a gas pipeline in Kharkiv, 

and the Zhuliany Airport.28

Food security is a concern in Ukraine 

with 1.1 million Ukrainian nationals in 

need of food assistance—more than a 

third of these being severely and 

moderately food insecure.29 The impact 

on women has been more pronounced 

and ‘‘all available data show that 

female-headed households are an 

estimated 1.3 times more often 

experiencing food insecurity, compared 

to the overall population.’’ 30 In 

February 2022, UNOCHA estimated that 

2.5 million Ukrainian nationals were in 

need of water, sanitation and hygiene 

assistance.31 Those without access to 

alternative water sources have been 

most heavily impacted.32

Lack of Access to Healthcare 

Shortly after Russia began this 

offensive in 2022, UNOCHA reported 

that in Ukraine, the ‘‘most pressing 

humanitarian needs are emergency 

medical services, critical medicines, 

health supplies and equipment, safe 

water for drinking and hygiene, and 

shelter and protection for those 


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33Ukraine: Humanitarian Impact, Situation 

Report No. 01, OCHA Ukraine, Feb. 26, 2022, 

available at: https://reliefweb.int/report/ukraine/ 

ukraine-humanitarian-impact-situation-report-no-1- 

500-pm-26-february-2022 (last visited Mar. 1, 2022). 34 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview—Ukraine, 

UNOCHA, p. 87, Feb. 11, 2022, available at: https:// 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/ 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/ 

files/ukraine_2022_hno_eng_2022-02-11.pdf (last 

visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

35 Impact of Health Reform on the Primary 

Healthcare Level in Conflict-Affected Areas of 

Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, Me ́dicos del Mundo, 

June 2021, available at: https://reliefweb.int/report/ 

ukraine/impact-healthcare-reform-primaryhealthcare-level-conflict-affected-areas-donetsk-and 

(last visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

36Emergency in Ukraine: External Situation 

Report #3, World Health Organization, Mar. 17, 

2022, available at: https://www.who.int/ 

publications/i/item/WHO-EURO-2022-5152-44915- 

63936 (last visited Mar. 25, 2022). 

37 ‘‘Fear, darkness and newborn babies: Inside 

Ukraine’s underground shelters’’, The Guardian, 

Feb. 26, 2022, available at: https://

www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/26/feardarkness-and-newborn-babies-inside-ukraineunderground-shelters (last visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

38 ‘‘We are devoted to this work because the 

health and lives of people are at stake’’, United 

Nations Office of the High Commissioner Human 

Rights, Aug. 16, 2022, available at: https://

www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/Ukraineand-COVID-19.aspx (last visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

39WHO Health Emergency Dashboard, WHO 

(COVID–19) Homepage—Ukraine, WHO, available 

at: https://covid19.who.int/region/euro/country/ua 

(last visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

40WHO Health Emergency Dashboard, WHO 

(COVID–19) Homepage—Ukraine, WHO, available 

at: https://covid19.who.int/region/euro/country/ua 

(last visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

41 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview—Ukraine, 

UNOCHA, p. 34, Feb. 11, 2022, available at: https:// 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/ 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/ 

files/ukraine_2022_hno_eng_2022-02-11.pdf (last 

visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

42 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview—Ukraine, 

UNOCHA, p. 34, Feb. 11, 2022, available at: https:// 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/ 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/ 

files/ukraine_2022_hno_eng_2022-02-11.pdf (last 

visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

43Registration of Internal Displacement, UNHCR, 

Mar. 5, 2021, available at: https://app.powerbi.com/ 

view?r=eyJrIjoiY2RhMmEx

MjgtZWRlMS00YjcwLWI0M

zktNmEwNDkwYzdmYTM0IiwidCI6Im

U1YzM3OTgxLTY2NjQtNDEzNC04YTBjLTY1N

DNkMmFmODBiZSIsImMiOjh9 (last visited Mar. 1, 

2022). 

44 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview—Ukraine, 

UNOCHA, p. 34, Feb. 11, 2022, available at: https:// 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/ 

www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/

files/ukraine_2022_hno_eng_2022-02-11.pdf (last 

visited Mar. 1, 2022). 

45Operational Data Portal, UNHCR, Mar. 30, 

2022, available at: https://data2.unhcr.org/en/ 

situations/ukraine (last visited Mar. 31, 2022). 

46Rapid Gender Analysis of Ukraine: Secondary 

data review, UNHCR, Mar. 29, 2022, https://

data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/91723 (last 

visited Apr. 4, 2022). 

47 INA § 244(b)(1) ascribes this power to the 

Attorney General. Congress transferred this 

authority from the Attorney General to the Secretary 

of Homeland Security. See Homeland Security Act 

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

48 INA § 244(b)(1) ascribes this power to the 

Attorney General. Congress transferred this 

authority from the Attorney General to the Secretary 

of Homeland Security. See Homeland Security Act 

of 2002, Public Law 107–296, 116 Stat. 2135. The 

Secretary may designate a country (or part of a 

country) for TPS on the basis of ongoing armed 

conflict such that returning would pose a serious 

threat to the personal safety of the country’s 

nationals and habitual residents, environmental 

disaster (including an epidemic), or extraordinary 

and temporary conditions in the country that 

prevent the safe return of the country’s nationals. 

For environmental disaster-based designations, 

certain other statutory requirements must be met, 

including that the foreign government must request 

TPS. A designation based on extraordinary and 

temporary conditions cannot be made if the 

Secretary finds that allowing the country’s nationals 

to remain temporarily in the United States is 

contrary to the U.S. national interest. Id., at 

§ 244(b)(1). 

49This issue of judicial review is the subject of 

litigation. See, e.g., Ramos v. Wolf, 975 F.3d 872 

(9th Cir. 2020), petition for en banc rehearing filed 

Nov. 30, 2020 (No. 18–16981); Saget v. Trump, 375 

F. Supp. 3d 280 (E.D.N.Y. 2019). 

displaced from their home.’’ 33 The need 

for humanitarian health care is high, 

and approximately 1.52 million 

Ukrainian nationals are in need of 

health care assistance.34

Challenges within Ukraine’s health 

care system have been exacerbated by 

the massive expansion of armed conflict 

amidst a pandemic.35 Strikes hitting 

medical facilities have resulted in 

injuries and deaths, including among 

health care workers, and have resulted 

in critical shortages of medical supplies 

in some areas.36 Kyiv city authorities 

reported over 80 babies were born in 

bomb shelters in the first two nights.37

The COVID–19 pandemic already put 

significant strain on Ukraine’s health 

care system by stretching its limited 

capacity.38 In February 2022, Ukraine 

experienced its worst wave of COVID– 

19 cases thus far, bringing the total 

number of cases over 5 million and the 

number of deaths topping 100,000.39

Hospitals have struggled with the 

volume of COVID cases and Ukraine has 

one of the lowest vaccination rates in 

Europe.40

Displacement 

Prior to Russia’s full-scale military 

invasion into Ukraine on February 24, 

2022, a large number of Ukrainian 

citizens had already been internally 

displaced by the Russia-backed conflict 

in the Donbas region and Russia’s 

occupation of Crimea since 2014.41 As 

of March 5, 2021, well before the onset 

of the 2022 invasion by Russia, the 

Ukrainian Ministry of Social Policy had 

already registered 1,461,770 individuals 

as internally displaced persons (IDPs).42

Among these nearly 1.5 million IDPs, 

195,320 were children, 724,786 were 

elderly and 51,478 were persons with 

disabilities.43 Moreover, life in Ukraine 

for many IDPs was dire with an 

estimated 300,000 IDPs having been 

identified as in need of livelihood 

assistance and food assistance for the 

year 2022, even before the beginning of 

Russia’s offensive in February.44

The newly intensified and 

widespread conflict has caused more 

than four million people to flee Ukraine 

for Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, 

Moldova, and beyond.45 The United 

Nations notes that ‘‘women and girls 

face higher risks of human rights 

violations and sexual exploitation and 

abuse, including transactional sex, 

survival sex and conflict-related sexual 

violence.’’ 46

What authority does the Secretary have 

to designate Ukraine for TPS? 

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

1254a(b)(1), authorizes the Secretary,47

after consultation with appropriate 

agencies of the U.S. Government, to 

designate a foreign state (or part thereof) 

for TPS if the Secretary determines that 

certain country conditions exist.48 The 

decision to designate any foreign state 

(or part thereof) is a discretionary 

decision, and there is no judicial review 

of any determination with respect to the 

designation, termination, or extension of 

a designation. See INA section 

244(b)(5)(A); 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(5)(A).49

The Secretary, in his or her discretion, 

may then grant TPS to eligible nationals 

of that foreign state (or individuals 

having no nationality who last 

habitually resided in the designated 

foreign state). See INA section 

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

At least 60 days before the expiration 

of a foreign state’s TPS designation or 

extension, the Secretary, after 

consultation with appropriate U.S. 

Government agencies, must review the 

conditions in the foreign state 

designated for TPS to determine 

whether they continue to meet the 

conditions for the TPS designation. See 

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

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

determines that the foreign state 

continues to meet 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). 


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50Find information about online filing at Forms 

Available to File Online, https://www.uscis.gov/fileonline/forms-available-to-file-online. 

51https://myaccount.uscis.gov/users/sign_up. 

Notice of the Designation of Ukraine for 

TPS 

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 U.S. 

Government agencies, the statutory 

conditions supporting Ukraine’s 

designation for TPS on the basis of 

ongoing armed conflict and 

extraordinary and temporary conditions 

are met. See INA section 244(b)(1)(A) 

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

I estimate approximately 59,600 

individuals are eligible to apply for TPS 

under the designation of Ukraine. On 

the basis of this determination, I am 

designating Ukraine for TPS for 18 

months, from April 19, 2022 through 

October 19, 2023. See INA section 

244(b)(1)(C) and (b)(2); 8 U.S.C. 

1254a(b)(1)(C), and (b)(2). 

Alejandro N. Mayorkas, 

Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security. 

Eligibility and Employment 

Authorization for TPS 

Required Application Forms and 

Application Fees To Register for TPS 

To register for TPS based on the 

designation of Ukraine, you must 

submit a Form–821, Application for 

Temporary Protected Status and pay the 

filing fee or request a fee waiver, by 

submitting Form I–912, Request for Fee 

Waiver. You may be required to pay the 

biometric services fee. If you can 

demonstrate an inability to pay the 

biometric services fee, you may request 

to have the fee waived. Please see 

additional information under the 

‘‘Biometric Services Fee’’ section of this 

notice. 

You are not required to submit Form 

I–765 or have an EAD but see below for 

more information if you want to work in 

the United States. 

For more information on the 

application forms and fees for TPS, 

please visit the USCIS TPS web page at 

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). 

How can TPS beneficiaries obtain an 

employment authorization document 

(EAD)? 

Everyone must provide their 

employer with documentation showing 

that they have the legal right to work in 

the United States. TPS beneficiaries are 

eligible to obtain an EAD, which proves 

their legal right to work. TPS applicants 

who want to obtain an EAD must file a 

Form I–765, Application for 

Employment Authorization and pay the 

Form I–765 fee or request a fee waiver, 

by submitting Form I–912, Request for 

Fee Waiver. TPS applicants may file this 

form along with their TPS application, 

or at a later date, provided their TPS 

application is still pending or has been 

approved. 

Refiling an Initial TPS Registration 

Application After Receiving a Denial of 

a Fee Waiver Request 

If you receive a denial of a fee waiver 

request, you must refile your Form I– 

821 for TPS along with the required fees 

during the registration period, which 

extends until October 19, 2023. You 

may also file for your Employment 

Authorization Document on Form I–765 

with payment of the fee along with your 

TPS application or at any later date you 

decide you want to request an EAD 

during the registration period. 

Filing Information 

USCIS offers the option to applicants 

for TPS under Ukraine’s designation to 

file Form I–821 and related requests for 

EADs online or by mail. When filing a 

TPS application, applicants can also 

request an EAD by submitting a 

completed Form I–765, Request for 

Employment Authorization, with their 

Form I–821. 

Online filing: Form I–821 and I–765 

are available for concurrent filing 

online.50 To file these forms online, you 

must first create a USCIS online 

account.51

Mail filing: Mail your application for 

TPS to the proper address in Table 1. 

Table 1—Mailing Addresses 

Mail your completed Application for 

Form I–821, Temporary Protected Status 

and Form I–765, Application for 

Employment Authorization, Form I– 

912, Request for Fee Waiver, if 

applicable, and supporting 

documentation to the proper address in 

Table 1. 


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TABLE 1—MAILING ADDRESSES

If you . . . Mail to . . . 

Are a beneficiary under the TPS designation for Ukraine and you live in 

the following states: 

• Alabama 

• Alaska 

• American Samoa 

• Arizona 

• Arkansas 

• Colorado 

• Connecticut 

• Delaware 

• District of Columbia 

• Florida 

• Georgia 

• Guam 

• Hawaii 

• Idaho 

• Illinois 

• Indiana 

• Iowa 

• Kansas 

• Kentucky 

• Louisiana 

• Maine 

• Maryland 

• Massachusetts 

• New York 

• Ohio 

USCIS Chicago Lockbox. 

U.S. Postal Service (USPS): U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Attn: TPS Ukraine, P.O. Box 4464, Chicago, IL 60680–4464. 

FedEx, UPS, or DHL: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Attn: 

TPS Ukraine (Box 4464), 131 S Dearborn St., 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 

60603–5517. 

Are a beneficiary under the TPS designation for Ukraine and you live in 

the following states: 

• California 

• New Jersey 

• Michigan 

• Minnesota 

• Mississippi 

• Missouri 

• Montana 

• Nebraska 

• Nevada 

• New Hampshire 

• New Mexico 

• North Carolina 

• North Dakota 

• Northern Mariana Islands 

• Oklahoma 

• Oregon 

• Pennsylvania 

• Puerto Rico 

• Rhode Island 

• South Carolina 

• South Dakota 

• Tennessee 

• Texas 

• Utah 

• Vermont 

• Virgin Islands 

• Virginia 

• Washington 

• West Virginia 

• Wisconsin 

• Wyoming 

USCIS Phoenix Lockbox. 

U.S. Postal Service (USPS): U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Attn: TPS Ukraine, P.O. Box 24047, Phoenix, AZ 85074–4047. 

FedEx, UPS, or DHL: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Attn: 

TPS Ukraine (Box 24047), 1820 E Skyharbor Circle S, Suite 100, 

Phoenix, AZ 85034–4850. 

If you were granted TPS by an 

immigration judge (IJ) or the Board of 

Immigration Appeals (BIA) and you 

wish to request an EAD, please mail 

your Form I–765 application to the 

appropriate mailing address in Table 1. 

When you are 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 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 (i.e., registering) for TPS on 

the USCIS website at uscis.gov/tps 

under ‘‘Ukraine.’’ 


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Travel 

TPS beneficiaries may also apply for 

and be granted travel authorization as a 

matter of discretion. You must file for 

travel authorization if you wish to travel 

outside the United States. If granted, 

travel authorization gives you 

permission to leave the United States 

and return during a specific period. To 

request travel authorization, you must 

file Form I–131, Application for Travel 

Document, available at www.uscis.gov/i131. You may file Form I–131 together 

with your Form I–821 or separately. 

When filing the Form I–131, you must: 

• Select Item Number 1.d. in Part 2 

on the Form I–131; and 

• Submit the fee for the Form I–131, 

or request a fee waiver, which you may 

submit on Form I–912, Request for Fee 

Waiver. 

If you are filing Form I–131 together 

with Form I–821, send your forms to the 

address listed in Table 1. If you are 

filing Form I–131 separately based on a 

pending or approved Form I–821, send 

your form to the address listed in Table 

2 and include a copy of Form I–797 for 

the approved or pending Form I–821. 

TABLE 2—MAILING ADDRESSES

If you . . . Mail to . . . 

Are filing Form I–131 together with a Form I–821, Application for Temporary Protected Status.The address provided in Table 1. 

Are filing Form I–131 based on a pending or approved Form I–821, 

you must include a copy of the receipt notice (Form I–797C) showing 

we accepted or approved your Form I–821.

USCIS Dallas Lockbox. 

U.S. Postal Service (USPS): 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Attn: I–131 TPS, P.O. Box 

660167, Dallas, TX 75266–0867. 

FedEx, UPS, or DHL: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Attn: 

I–131 TPS, 2501 S State Hwy. 121 Business, Ste. 400, Lewisville, 

TX 75067. 

Biometric Services Fee for TPS 

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 the biometric services fee, you may 

request a fee waiver, which you may 

submit on Form I–912, Request for Fee 

Waiver. For more information on the 

application forms and fees for TPS, 

please visit the USCIS TPS web page at 

uscis.gov/tps. If necessary, you may be 

required to visit an Application Support 

Center to have your biometrics 

captured. For additional information on 

the USCIS biometric screening process, 

please see the USCIS Customer Profile 

Management Service Privacy Impact 

Assessment, available at dhs.gov/ 

privacy. 

General Employment-Related 

Information for TPS Applicants and 

Their Employers 

How can I obtain information on the 

status of my TPS application and EAD 

request? 

To get case status information about 

your TPS application, as well as the 

status of your TPS-based EAD request, 

you can check Case Status Online at 

uscis.gov, or visit the USCIS Contact 

Center at uscis.gov/contactcenter. If 

your Form I–765 has been pending for 

more than 90 days, and you still need 

assistance, you may ask a question 

about your case online at egov.uscis.gov/ 

e-request/Intro.do or call the USCIS 

Contact Center at 800–375–5283 (TTY 

800–767–1833). 

When hired, what documentation may 

I show to my employer as evidence of 

identity and employment authorization 

when completing Form I–9? 

You can find the Lists of Acceptable 

Documents on the last page of Form I– 

9, Employment Eligibility Verification, 

as well as the Acceptable Documents 

web page at uscis.gov/i-9-central/ 

acceptable-documents. Employers must 

complete Form I–9 to verify the identity 

and employment authorization of all 

new employees. Within three days of 

hire, employees must present acceptable 

documents to their employers as 

evidence of identity and employment 

authorization to satisfy Form I–9 

requirements. 

You may present any document from 

List A (which provides evidence of both 

identity and employment authorization) 

or one document from List B (which 

provides evidence of your identity) 

together with one document from List C 

(which provides evidence of 

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 uscis.gov/I–9Central. An EAD is an 

acceptable document under List A. 

If I have an EAD based on another 

immigration status, can I obtain a new 

TPS-based EAD? 

Yes, if you are eligible for TPS, you 

can obtain a new TPS-based EAD, 

regardless of whether you have an EAD 

or work authorization based on another 

immigration status. If you want to 

obtain a new TPS-based EAD valid 

through October 19, 2023, then you 

must file Form I–765, Application for 

Employment Authorization, and pay the 

associated fee (unless USCIS grants your 

fee waiver request). 

Can my employer require that I provide 

any other documentation such as 

evidence of my status or proof of my 

Ukrainian citizenship or a Form I–797C 

showing that I registered for TPS for 

Form I–9 completion? 

No. When completing Form I–9, 

employers must accept any 

documentation you choose to present 

from 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 proof of Ukrainian 

citizenship or proof of registration for 

TPS when completing Form I–9 for new 

hires or reverifying the employment 

authorization of current employees. 

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. 

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 

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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 I-9Central@

uscis.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, 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@

uscis.dhs.gov. USCIS accepts calls in 

English, Spanish and many other 

languages. Employees or job applicants 

may also call the IER Worker Hotline at 

800–255–7688 (TTY 800–237–2515) for 

information regarding employment 

discrimination based on 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 Form I–9 differs from 

records available to DHS. 

Employers may not terminate, 

suspend, delay training, withhold or 

lower pay, or take any adverse action 

against an employee because of a TNC 

while the case is still pending with EVerify. A Final Nonconfirmation (FNC) 

case result is received when E-Verify 

cannot confirm 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 justice.gov/ 

ierandtheUSCISandEVerifywebsitesatuscis.gov/i-9-central 

and e-verify.gov. 

Note Regarding Federal, State, and 

Local Government Agencies (Such as 

Departments of Motor Vehicles) 

For Federal purposes, individuals 

approved for TPS may show their Form 

I–797, Notice of Action, indicating 

approval of their Form I–821 

application, or their A12 or C19 EAD to 

prove that they have TPS. However, 

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 covered 

under TPS or show you are authorized 

to work based on TPS. Examples of such 

documents are: 

• Your new EAD with a category code 

of A12 or C19 for TPS, regardless of 

your country of birth; 

• A copy of your Form I–94, Arrival/ 

Departure Record; or 

• Form I–797, the notice of approval, 

for your Form I–821, 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 SAVE program to 

confirm the current immigration status 

of applicants for public benefits. SAVE 

can verify when an individual has TPS 

based on the documents above. 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 

uscis.gov/save/save-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 

SAVE verification case number or an 

immigration identifier number that you 

provided to the benefit-granting agency. 

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 on or will act on a SAVE 

verification and you do not believe the 

final SAVE response is correct, please 

see the SAVE Records: Fast Facts For 

Benefit Applicants sheet under SAVE 

Resources at https://www.uscis.gov/ 

save/save-resources for information 

about how to correct or update your 

immigration record. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08390 Filed 4–18–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6317–N–01] 

Mortgagee Review Board: 

Administrative Actions 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing–Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with section 

202(c)(5) of the National Housing Act, 

this notice advises of the cause and 

description of administrative actions 

taken by HUD’s Mortgagee Review 

Board against FHA-approved 

mortgagees. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy A. Murray, Secretary to the 

Mortgagee Review Board, 451 Seventh 

Street SW, Room B–133/3150, 

Washington, DC 20410–8000; telephone 

(202) 402–2701 (this is not a toll-free 

number). Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the 

Federal Information Service at (800) 

877–8339 (this is a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

202(c)(5) of the National Housing Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1708(c)(5)) requires that HUD 

‘‘publish in the Federal Register a 

description of and the cause for 

administrative action against a[n FHAapproved] mortgagee’’ by HUD’s 

Mortgagee Review Board (‘‘Board’’). In 

compliance with the requirements of 


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