[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28030-28031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10018]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[CIS No. 2712-22; DHS Docket No. USCIS-2014-004]
RIN 1615-ZB79


Extension and Redesignation of South Sudan for Temporary 
Protected Status--Correction

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department 
of Homeland Security (DHS).

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a component 
of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is making a correction to 
the notice titled ``Extension and Redesignation of South Sudan for 
Temporary Protected Status'' that published in the Federal Register on 
March 3, 2022, at 87 FR 12190. USCIS is correcting a typographical 
error in the ``General Employment-Related Information for TPS 
Applicants and Their Employers'' section of the notice to correct the 
date from September 17, 2021 to May 2, 2022 as the eligibility date 
that should be showing on South Sudan TPS-based Employment 
Authorization Documents (EADs) in order to receive an automatic 180-day 
EAD extension through November 1, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    <bullet> You may contact Ren[aacute] Cutlip-Mason, Chief, 
Humanitarian Affairs Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. 
Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland 
Security, by mail at 5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Camp Springs, MD 
20746, or by phone at 800-375-5283.
    <bullet> For further information on TPS, including guidance on the 
registration and re-registration 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 South Sudan's TPS designation by selecting ``South Sudan'' 
from the menu on the left side of the TPS web page.
    <bullet> 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).
    <bullet> 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.
    <bullet> Further information will also be available at local USCIS 
offices upon publication of this Notice.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 3, 2022, DHS published a notice in 
the Federal Register at 87 FR 12190. USCIS is making a correction to 
that published notice. The correction is as follows:
    On page 12198, under the question ``Am I eligible to receive an 
automatic 180-day extension of my current EAD through November 1, 2022, 
using this Federal Register notice?'' USCIS is revising the second 
sentence to correct the referenced expiration date on the face of the 
card for TPS EADs issued under the prior TPS South Sudan extension. 
This date should reflect May 2, 2022, not September 17, 2021.
    Applicable to automatic extension periods of current EADs for this 
population, DHS published a Temporary Final Rule on May 4, 2022 that 
temporarily increased the automatic 180-day extension under 8 CFR 
274a.13(d) to up to 540 days for those TPS beneficiaries that file to 
renew their existing EAD.\1\ Accordingly, for TPS beneficiaries who are 
covered under the South Sudan TPS Notice and file to renew their EAD 
with a May 2, 2022 expiration date on the face of the card during the 
filing period described under the South Sudan TPS Notice, the Temporary 
Final Rule permits an automatic extension of their EAD for up

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to 540 days after the expiration date on the face of the EAD.
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    \1\ See ``Temporary Increase of the Automatic Extension Period 
of Employment Authorization and Documentation for Certain Renewal 
Applicants'' (May 4, 2022, 87 FR 26614).
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Correction

    In FR 2022-04573, on page 12198 in the Federal Register of March 3, 
2022, in the second column, USCIS is correcting the second sentence as 
follows:
    Regardless of your country of birth, provided that you currently 
have a South Sudan TPS-based EAD with an expiration date of May 2, 
2022, on the face of the card, bearing the notation A-12 or C-19 under 
Category, this notice automatically extends your EAD through November 
1, 2022.\2\
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    \2\ Again, for applicants who filed a request to renew their 
existing EAD and their EAD has a facial expiration of May 2, 2022, 
the May 4th Temporary Final Rule automatically extends that EAD for 
up to 540 days through October 24, 2023.

Samantha Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland 
Security.
[FR Doc. 2022-10018 Filed 5-9-22; 8:45 am]
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