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17See 8 CFR 214.2(f)(6). 

18Because the suspension of requirements under 

this notice applies throughout an academic term 

during which the suspension is in effect, DHS 

considers an F–1 nonimmigrant student who 

engages in a reduced course load or employment (or 

both) after this notice is effective to be engaging in 

a ‘‘full course of study,’’ see 8 CFR 214.2(f)(6), and 

eligible for employment authorization, through the 

end of any academic term for which such student 

is matriculated as of December 7, 2023, provided 

the student satisfies the minimum course load 

requirement in this notice. DHS also considers 

students who engage in online coursework pursuant 

to ICE coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19) 

guidance for nonimmigrant students to be in 

compliance with regulations while such guidance 

remains in effect. See ICE Guidance and Frequently 

Asked Questions on COVID–19, Nonimmigrant 

Students & SEVP-Certified Schools: Frequently 

Asked Questions, https://www.ice.gov/coronavirus 

(last visited May 10, 2022). 

some nonimmigrant students may wish 

to obtain a TPS-related EAD in light of 

certain extensions that may be available 

to EADs with an A–12 or C–19 category 

code. The nonimmigrant student should 

check the appropriate box when filling 

out Form I–821 to indicate whether a 

TPS-related EAD is being requested. 

Again, so long as the nonimmigrant 

student maintains the minimum course 

load described in this notice and does 

not otherwise violate the student’s 

nonimmigrant status, included as 

provided under 8 CFR 214.1(g), the 

nonimmigrant will be able to maintain 

compliance requirements for F–1 

nonimmigrant student status while 

having TPS. 

When a student applies simultaneously 

for TPS and benefits under this notice, 

what is the minimum course load 

requirement while an application for 

employment authorization is pending? 

The F–1 nonimmigrant student must 

maintain normal course load 

requirements for a ‘‘full course of 

study’’ 17 unless or until the 

nonimmigrant student receives 

employment authorization under this 

notice. TPS-related employment 

authorization, by itself, does not 

authorize a nonimmigrant student to 

drop below twelve credit hours, or 

otherwise applicable minimum 

requirements (e.g., clock hours for 

language students). Once approved for 

Special Student Relief employment 

authorization, the F–1 nonimmigrant 

student may drop below twelve credit 

hours, or otherwise applicable 

minimum requirements (with a 

minimum of six semester or quarter 

hours of instruction per academic term 

if at the undergraduate level, or for a 

minimum of three semester or quarter 

hours of instruction per academic term 

if at the graduate level). See 8 CFR 

214.2(f)(5)(v), (f)(6), and (f)(9)(i) and (ii). 

How does a student who has received 

a TPS-related EAD then apply for 

authorization to take a reduced course 

load under this notice? 

There is no further application 

process with USCIS if a student has 

been approved for a TPS-related EAD. 

The F–1 nonimmigrant student must 

demonstrate and provide 

documentation to the DSO of the direct 

economic hardship resulting from the 

crises in Cameroon. The DSO will then 

verify and update the student’s record 

in SEVIS to enable the F–1 

nonimmigrant student with TPS to 

reduce the course load without any 

further action or application. No other 

EAD needs to be issued for the F–1 

nonimmigrant student to have 

employment authorization. 

Can a noncitizen who has been granted 

TPS apply for reinstatement of F–1 

nonimmigrant student status after the 

noncitizen’s F–1 nonimmigrant student 

status has lapsed? 

Yes. Current regulations permit 

certain students who fall out of F–1 

nonimmigrant student status to apply 

for reinstatement. See 8 CFR 

214.2(f)(16). This provision might apply 

to students who worked on a TPSrelated EAD or dropped their course 

load before publication of this notice, 

and therefore fell out of student status. 

These students must satisfy the criteria 

set forth in the F–1 nonimmigrant 

student status reinstatement regulations. 

How long will this notice remain in 

effect? 

This notice grants temporary relief 

until December 7, 2023,18 to eligible F– 

1 nonimmigrant students. DHS will 

continue to monitor the situation in 

Cameroon. Should the special 

provisions authorized by this notice 

need modification or extension, DHS 

will announce such changes in the 

Federal Register. 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

An F–1 nonimmigrant student seeking 

off-campus employment authorization 

due to severe economic hardship 

resulting from the crises in Cameroon 

must demonstrate to the DSO that this 

employment is necessary to avoid 

severe economic hardship. A DSO who 

agrees that a nonimmigrant student 

should receive such employment 

authorization must recommend an 

application approval to USCIS by 

making a recommendation in SEVIS and 

entering information in the remarks 

field of the SEVIS student record. The 

authority to collect this information is 

in the SEVIS collection of information 

currently approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) under 

OMB Control Number 1653–0038. 

This notice also allows an eligible F– 

1 nonimmigrant student to request 

employment authorization, work an 

increased number of hours while the 

academic institution is in session, and 

reduce their course load while 

continuing to maintain F–1 

nonimmigrant student status. 

To apply for employment 

authorization, certain F–1 

nonimmigrant students must complete 

and submit a currently approved Form 

I–765 according to the instructions on 

the form. OMB has previously approved 

the collection of information contained 

on the current Form I–765, consistent 

with the PRA (OMB Control No. 1615– 

0040). Although there will be a slight 

increase in the number of Form I–765 

filings because of this notice, the 

number of filings currently contained in 

the OMB annual inventory for Form I– 

765 is sufficient to cover the additional 

filings. Accordingly, there is no further 

action required under the PRA. 

Alejandro Mayorkas, 

Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12227 Filed 6–6–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–28–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[CIS No. 2707–21; DHS Docket No. USCIS– 

2022–0005] 

RIN 1615–ZB95 

Designation of Cameroon 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) is 

designating Cameroon for Temporary 

Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, 

effective June 7, 2022, through 

December 7, 2023. This designation 

allows Cameroonian nationals (and 

individuals having no nationality who 

last habitually resided in Cameroon) 

who have continuously resided in the 

United States since April 14, 2022, and 

who have been continuously physically 


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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 

Cameroon 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 section 244(b)(2)(A) 

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

(discussing CR and CPP date requirements). 

present in the United States since June 

7, 2022, to apply for TPS. 

DATES: 

Designation of Cameroon for TPS: The 

18-month designation of Cameroon for 

TPS is effective on June 7, 2022, and 

will remain in effect for 18 months, 

through December 7, 2023. 

Registration: The registration period 

for individuals to submit TPS 

applications begins June 7, 2022, and 

will remain in effect through December 

7, 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. 

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 Cameroon’s 

TPS designation by selecting 

‘‘Cameroon’’ 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 nationals of 

Cameroon (or individuals having no 

nationality who last habitually resided 

in Cameroon) to submit an initial 

registration application under the 

designation of Cameroon for TPS and 

apply for an Employment Authorization 

Document (EAD). Under the 

designation, individuals must submit an 

initial Cameroon TPS application (Form 

I–821) and they may also submit an 

Application for Employment 

Authorization (Form I–765), during the 

18-month initial registration period that 

runs from June 7, 2022, through 

December 7, 2023.1 In addition to 

demonstrating continuous residence in 

the United States since April 14, 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 June 

7, 2022, the effective date of this 

designation of Cameroon, before USCIS 

may grant them TPS. DHS estimates that 

approximately 11,700 individuals are 

eligible to file applications for TPS 

under the designation of Cameroon. 

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 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, 

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 Cameroon designated for 

TPS? 

Based on DHS’s review of country 

conditions in Cameroon, and in 

consultation with the Department of 

State (DOS), the Secretary has 

determined that an 18-month TPS 

designation is warranted because of 

ongoing armed conflict and the 

extraordinary and temporary conditions 

described below. 

Overview 

The extreme violence between 

government forces and armed 

separatists in the English-speaking 

regions (Northwest and Southwest) of 

Cameroon, as well as deadly attacks by 

the terrorist organization Boko Haram 

(including its breakaway faction, ISISWest Africa (ISWAP) and vigilante selfdefense groups in the Far North Region) 

continue to negatively impact the 


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3CAMEROON 2021, Amnesty International, 2022, 

available at: https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/ 

africa/west-and-central-africa/cameroon/reportcameroon/ (last visited May 13, 2022); Cameroon: 

Boko Haram Attacks Escalate in Far North, Human 

Rights Watch, Apr. 5, 2021, available at: https://

www.hrw.org/news/2021/04/05/cameroon-bokoharam-attacks-escalate-far-north (last visited May 

13, 2022; Human Rights in Africa: Review of 2019— 

Cameroon [AFR 01/1352/2020], Amnesty 

International, 2020, Apr. 8, 2020, available at: 

https://www.ecoi.net/en/document/2028266.html 

(last visited May 13, 2022). 

4See generally CAMEROON 2021, Amnesty 

International, 2022, available at: https://

www.amnesty.org/en/location/africa/west-andcentral-africa/cameroon/report-cameroon/ (last 

visited May 13, 2022); Cameroon: Boko Haram 

Attacks Escalate in Far North, Human Rights 

Watch, Apr. 5, 2021, available at: https://

www.hrw.org/news/2021/04/05/cameroon-bokoharam-attacks-escalate-far-north (last visited May 

13, 2022; Human Rights in Africa: Review of 2019— 

Cameroon [AFR 01/1352/2020], Amnesty 

International, 2020, Apr. 8, 2020, available at: 

https://www.ecoi.net/en/document/2028266.html 

(last visited May 13, 2022). 

5Cameroon: Witness testimony and satellite 

images reveal the scale of devastation in 

Anglophone regions, Amnesty International, Jul. 28, 

2021, available at: https://www.amnesty.org/en/ 

latest/news/2021/07/cameroon-satellite-imagesreveal-devastation-in-anglophone-regions/ (last 

visited Apr. 14, 2022). 

6Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis at the 

Crossroads, International Crisis Group, Aug. 2, 

2017, available at: https://www.crisisgroup.org/ 

africa/central-africa/cameroon/250-cameroonsanglophone-crisis-crossroads/ (last visited Apr. 14, 

2022). 

7 ‘‘These Killings Can Be Stopped’’, Human Rights 

Watch, Jul. 19, 2018, available at: https://

www.hrw.org/report/2018/07/19/these-killings-canbe-stopped/abuses-government-and-separatistgroups-cameroons (last visited Apr. 14, 2022). 

8Ambazonia Defense Forces, Stanford University 

Center for International Security and Cooperation, 

May 2019, available at: https://

cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/mappingmilitants/profiles/ 

ambazonia-defense-forces (last visited Apr. 14, 

2022). 

9Ahead of peace talks, a who’s who of 

Cameroon’s separatist movements, The 

Humanitarian, Jul. 8, 2020, available at: https://

www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2020/07/ 

08/Cameroon-Ambazonia-conflict-peace-whos-who 

(last visited Apr. 14, 2022). 

10Country Policy and Information Note: 

Cameroon: North-West/South-West crisis, UK Home 

Office, Dec. 2020, available at: https://

www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1345186/download 

(last visited Apr. 14, 2022). 

11Cameroon: Witness testimony and satellite 

images reveal the scale of devastation in 

Anglophone regions, Amnesty International, Jul. 28, 

2021, available at: https://www.amnesty.org/en/ 

latest/press-release/2021/07/cameroon-satelliteimages-reveal-devastation-in-anglophone-regions/ 

(last visited Apr. 14, 2022). 

12Human Rights in Africa: Review of 2019— 

Cameroon [AFR 01/1352/2020], Amnesty 

International, 2020, Apr. 8, 2020, available at: 

https://www.ecoi.net/en/document/2028266.html 

(last visited May 13, 2022). 

13Cameroon 2019, Amnesty International, 2020, 

available at: https://www.amnesty.org/en/ 

documents/afr01/1352/2020/en/ (last visited Apr. 

14, 2022). 

14Separatism in Cameroon: 5 years of violent 

civil war, Deutsche Welle (DW), Oct. 1, 2021, 

available at: https://www.dw.com/en/separatism-incameroon-5-years-of-violent-civil-war/a-59369417 

(last visited Apr. 14, 2022). 

15Cameroon: Nine Killed in Army Attack, Human 

Rights Watch, Feb. 4, 2021, available at: https://

www.hrw.org/news/2021/02/04/cameroon-ninekilled-army-attack (last visited Apr. 14, 2022). 

16Cameroon: Events of 2019, Human Rights 

Watch, 2020, available at: https://www.hrw.org/ 

world-report/2020/country-chapters/cameroon (last 

visited Apr. 14, 2022). 

17Country Policy and Information Note: 

Cameroon: North-West/South-West crisis, UK Home 

Office, Dec. 2020, available at: https://

www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1345186/download 

(last visited Apr. 14, 2022). 

18Cameroon grants ‘special status’ to its restive 

regions. They don’t feel special, African Arguments, 

Jan. 2020, available at: https://

africanarguments.org/2020/01/cameroon-grantsspecial-status-anglophone-conflict/ (last visited 

Apr. 14, 2022). 

populations in the affected regions and 

beyond.3 Thousands of people have 

been killed in the English-speaking 

regions, and hundreds of thousands 

more remain in internally displaced 

person camps, while tens of thousands 

have sought refuge in the neighboring 

country of Nigeria. Moreover, the 

government has increased restrictions 

on political opposition groups and civil 

society and there are reports that the 

government of Cameroon has committed 

human rights violations and abuses. As 

detailed below, the crisis in the Englishspeaking regions, instability in the Far 

North Region, and restrictions on 

political space and reports of human 

rights violations and abuses have led to 

various challenges, including violence 

against civilians, a humanitarian crisis, 

and economic decline.4

Security Situation 

i. The Crisis in the English-Speaking 

Regions 

The English-speaking regions—the 

Southwest and Northwest—make up 

approximately 20% of the country’s 

population.5 The two regions continue 

to suffer from extreme violence, a crisis 

more severe than any other in 

contemporary Cameroon.6 In 2016, the 

peaceful protests calling for federalism 

led to fighting and to a demand for full 

independence after the government 

clamped down on protest leaders.7 On 

October 1, 2017, separatist groups 

unilaterally declared an independent 

state called the Republic of Ambazonia.8

The declaration escalated confrontation 

and paved the way for more human 

rights abuses in the two Englishspeaking regions. 

Since 2017, confrontation between 

government forces and separatists has 

‘‘killed more than 3,000 people, forced 

over 900,000 people from their homes, 

and kept around 800,000 children out of 

school.’’ 9 In 2020, the United Kingdom 

Home Office report assessed, ‘‘[o]ne in 

3 people in the Anglophone regions are 

in need of humanitarian aid, including 

assistance with education, food, 

healthcare, shelter, water and sanitation. 

Many of the internally displaced 

persons (IDPs) remain in the Englishspeaking regions, hiding in remote bush 

areas. Sexual assault, exploitation and 

rape are frequently reported by female 

IDPs, and humanitarian assistance is 

hampered by the volatile security 

situation, especially in remote areas.’’ 10

According to Amnesty International, 

both the Cameroonian armed forces and 

the various separatist groups involved 

in the fighting in Cameroon’s Englishspeaking regions have engaged in 

human rights abuses, and civilians are 

caught in the middle.11

Separatist groups kill security forces 

and commit serious abuses against 

civilians, including unlawful killings, 

often involving mutilations.12 They 

have targeted civil servants, relatives of 

members of defense and security forces, 

and ordinary people who fail to adhere 

to lockdowns (referred to as ‘‘ghost 

towns’’) and instructions to close 

schools.13 Ghost town operations 

require businesses to close and residents 

to largely stay home, limiting much 

economic activity. As of September 

2021, ‘‘deadly attacks by various 

separatist groups on military posts and 

vehicles of the Cameroonian army 

continue to be a daily occurrence.’’ 14

Regarding abuses by the Cameroonian 

government, its security forces have 

targeted civilians, leading analysts to 

note that ‘‘killing civilians and looting 

their homes in the name of security are 

serious human rights crimes that fuel 

the escalating cycles of violence and 

abuse in Cameroon’s Anglophone 

regions.’’ 15

In September 2019, amid increasing 

violence and following sustained 

international pressure, President Biya 

called for a national dialogue, a series of 

nationwide discussions aimed at 

addressing the crisis.16 The dialogue 

took place between September 30 and 

October 4, 2019, and resulted in a series 

of recommendations, including 

changing the country’s name back to the 

‘‘United Republic of Cameroon’’ and the 

adoption of a Special Status for the two 

English-speaking regions.17 However, 

separatist groups rejected the 

recommendations as illegitimate.18

The English-speaking regions remain 

unsafe and marred by widespread 

human rights abuses. In 2020, Amnesty 

International reported that ‘‘fighting 

between various armed groups and the 

Cameroonian armed forces has 

continued unabated for the past three 

years, with civilians bearing the brunt of 

unlawful killings, kidnappings, and 


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19Cameroon: Witness testimony and satellite 

images reveal the scale of devastation in 

Anglophone regions, Amnesty International, Jul. 28, 

2021, available at: https://www.amnesty.org/en/ 

latest/press-release/2021/07/cameroon-satelliteimages-reveal-devastation-in-anglophone-regions/ 

(last visited Apr. 14, 2022); Separatist Fighting 

Continues in Cameroon a Year After Major National 

Dialogue, Voice of America, Oct. 4, 2020, available 

at: https://www.voanews.com/africa/separatistfighting-continues-cameroon-year-after-majornational-dialogue (last visited Apr. 14, 2022); see 

also Ahead of peace talks, a who’s who of 

Cameroon’s separatist movements, The New 

Humanitarian, Jul. 8, 2020, available at: https://

www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2020/07/ 

08/Cameroon-Ambazonia-conflict-peace-whos-who 

(last visited Apr. 14, 2022). 

20Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa 

Province, Congressional Research Services, Feb. 24, 

2022, available at: https://sgp.fas.org/crs/row/ 

IF10173.pdf (last visited May 13, 2022). 

21Cameroon 2019, Amnesty International, 2020, 

available at: https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/ 

africa/west-and-central-africa/cameroon/reportcameroon/ (last visited Apr. 14, 2022); see also 

Country Report on Terrorism 2018—Chapter 1— 

Cameroon, U.S. Department of State, 2018, 

available at: https://www.ecoi.net/en/document/ 

2019254.html (last visited Apr. 14, 2022). 

22Cameroon, International Crisis Group, available 

at: https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/centralafrica/cameroon (last visited Apr. 14, 2022); see 

also Cameroon: Events of 2019, Human Rights 

Watch, 2020, available at: https://www.hrw.org/ 

world-report/2020/country-chapters/cameroon (last 

visited Apr. 14, 2022). 

23Boko Haram Violence against Civilians Spiking 

in Northern Cameroon, Africa Center for Strategic 

Studies, Nov. 13, 2020, available at: https://

africacenter.org/spotlight/boko-haram-violenceagainst-civilians-spiking-in-northern-cameroon/ 

(last visited Apr. 14, 2022). 

24Cameroon: Boko Haram Attacks Escalate in Far 

North, Human Rights Watch, Apr. 15, 2021, 

available at: https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/04/05/ 

cameroon-boko-haram-attacks-escalate-far-north 

(last visited Apr. 14, 2022). 

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

documents/download/91170 (last visited April 14, 

2022); UNHCR Cameroon MCO Factsheet—January 

2022, Mar. 9, 2022, available at: https://

reliefweb.int/report/cameroon/unhcr-cameroonmco-factsheet-january-2022 (last visited Apr. 15, 

2022). 

26UNHCR, Operational Date Portal, Refugee 

Situations Cameroon, available at: https://

data2.unhcr.org/en/country/cmr (last visited May 

13, 2022). 

27 Food Insecurity Crisis Mounting in Africa, 

Africa Center for Strategic Studies, Feb.16, 2021, 

available at: https://africacenter.org/spotlight/foodinsecurity-crisis-mounting-africa/ (last visited Apr. 

14, 2022). 

28Thousands of Cameroonians seek refuge in 

Nigeria, UNHCR, Oct. 13, 2017, available at: 

https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/briefing/2017/ 

10/59f83dfe4/thousands-cameroonians-seek-refugenigeria.html (last visited Apr. 14, 2022). 

29Cameroon Economic Outlook, African 

Development Bank (ADB), available at: https://

www.afdb.org/en/countries/central-africa/cameroon 

(last visited Apr. 14, 2022). 

30Cameroon in Focus, Congressional Research 

Service, Mar. 12, 2019, available at: https://

crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10279 

(last visited Apr. 14, 2022). 

31Country Policy and Information Note: 

Cameroon: North-West/South-West crisis, UK Home 

Office, Dec. 2020, available at: https://

www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1345186/download 

(last visited Apr. 14, 2022); see also Easing 

Cameroon’s Ethno-political Tensions, On and 

Offline, International Crisis Group, Dec. 3, 2020, 

available at: https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/ 

central-africa/cameroon/295-easing-cameroonsethno-political-tensions-and-offline (last visited 

Apr. 14, 2022). 

32The Socio-Political Crisis in the Northwest and 

Southwest Regions of Cameroon: Assessing the 

Economic and Social Impacts, World Bank Group, 

Jan. 2021, available at: https://

documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/

795921624338364910/pdf/The-Socio-PoliticalCrisis-in-the-Northwest-and-Southwest-Regions-ofCameroon-Assessing-the-Economic-and-SocialImpacts.pdf (last visited Apr. 14, 2022). 

33The Socio-Political Crisis in the Northwest and 

Southwest Regions of Cameroon: Assessing the 

Economic and Social Impacts, World Bank Group, 

Jan. 2021, available at: https://

documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/

795921624338364910/pdf/The-Socio-PoliticalCrisis-in-the-Northwest-and-Southwest-Regions-ofCameroon-Assessing-the-Economic-and-SocialImpacts.pdf (last visited Apr. 14, 2022). 

34Conflicts in Cameroon exacerbate existing food 

insecurity, Deutsche Welle, May 28, 2021, available 

at: https://www.dw.com/en/conflicts-in-cameroonexacerbate-existing-food-insecurity/av-57709937 

(last visited Apr. 14, 2022). 

widespread destruction of houses and 

villages.’’ 19

ii. Attacks by Boko Haram in the Far

North Region

Boko Haram and its breakaway 

faction, ISWAP,20 continue to engage in 

violence in the Far North region.21 In 

that region, the ongoing armed conflict 

between government forces and Boko 

Haram has killed over 3,000 

Cameroonians, displaced about 250,000 

and triggered the rise of vigilante selfdefense groups.22

In November 2020, the Africa Center 

for Strategic Studies described the 

situation in the Far North Region as 

follows: ‘‘Northern Cameroon has 

experienced the sharpest spike of Boko 

Haram violence in the Lake Chad Basin 

over the past 12 months, namely in the 

form of attacks on civilians . . . The 

number of violent incidents linked to 

militant Islamist groups in Cameroon’s 

Far North Region jumped 90 percent, to 

roughly 400 events, over the past 12 

months . . . Most of the violence 

reported in Cameroon has been in the 

form of attacks against civilians (over 59 

percent). The number of attacks against 

civilians in Cameroon over the last 12 

months (234) is higher than in Nigeria 

(100), Niger (92), and Chad (12) 

combined. These attacks consist of Boko 

Haram raids, kidnapping for recruitment 

and ransom, and looting of villages and 

displaced persons camps.’’ 23 According 

to a Human Rights Watch report, Boko 

Haram has stepped up attacks on 

civilians in towns and villages in the 

Far North region since December 2020, 

killing at least 80 civilians, and looting 

hundreds of homes in the region.24

Humanitarian Crisis 

As of February 2022, the extreme 

violence in Cameroon had triggered a 

large and growing humanitarian crisis, 

creating 936,767 IDPs within 

Cameroon.25 Additionally, Cameroon 

hosts 478,066 refugees, 8,368 asylum 

seekers, and 518,853 returnees (former 

IDPs).26 While people have been 

displaced in the English-speaking 

regions due to confrontation between 

government forces and separatist armed 

groups, IDPs in Cameroon’s Far North 

Region were displaced by escalating 

Boko Haram attacks.27 With respect to 

refugees, UNHCR has reported that tens 

of thousands of Cameroonians have 

sought refuge in neighboring Nigeria, 

and many others have fled to nearby 

forests.28

In addition, Cameroon is experiencing 

economic deterioration linked to the 

aforementioned violence, impacts of the 

COVID–19 pandemic, and oil prices.29

In the English-speaking regions, the 

crisis has ‘‘devastated the local economy 

and contributed to food insecurity in an 

already poor and remote region.’’ 30 The 

violence has significantly impacted the 

economy. In hard-to-reach areas where 

non-state armed groups have increased 

their presence, ‘‘[t]he weekly ‘ghost 

town’ [or lockdown] days, set up by 

nonstate armed groups, particularly 

affect displaced persons and host 

communities, limiting their movements 

and, therefore, their economic and 

agricultural activities.’’ 31

According to the World Bank, the 

extreme violence in the Englishspeaking regions has resulted in the 

significant destruction of critical assets; 

schools, health facilities, and 

infrastructure have been deliberately 

targeted and destroyed. Moreover, the 

arrival of IDPs in the West and Littoral 

regions has overstrained a health sector 

that was already lacking in adequate 

workforce, supplies, and services in 

those regions.32

Food insecurity in Cameroon is a 

serious concern. According to the World 

Bank, the food situation in the 

Northwest and Southwest regions is 

alarming and continues to worsen.33

Additionally, ‘‘[a]griculture has been 

greatly disrupted in Cameroon’s Far 

North region, where the army is fighting 

against a Boko Haram insurgency, and 

the West, where English speaking 

separatist [sic] are trying to create a 

breakaway state.’’ 34 According to the 

Africa Center for Strategic Studies, 4.9 


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35 Food Insecurity Crisis Mounting in Africa, 

Africa Center for Strategic Studies, Feb. 16, 2021, 

available at: https://africacenter.org/spotlight/foodinsecurity-crisis-mounting-africa/ (last visited Apr. 

14, 2022). 

36 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights 

Practices: Cameroon, U.S. Department of State, 

2021, available at: https://www.state.gov/reports/ 

2021-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/ 

cameroon/ (last visited Apr. 14, 2022). 

37Cameroon: Key Issues and U.S. Policy, 

Congressional Research Service, Sept. 22, 2021, 

available at: https://crsreports.congress.gov/ 

product/pdf/R/R46919/2 (last visited: Apr. 14, 

2022). 

38Cameroon: Opposition Leaders Arrested, 

Human Rights Watch, Feb. 1, 2019, available at: 

https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/01/30/cameroonopposition-leaders-arrested (last visited Apr. 14, 

2022). 

39HRW World Report for Events of 2019, Human 

Rights Watch, 2020, available at: https://

www.hrw.org/world-report/2020/country-chapters/ 

cameroon; the main opposition leader, Maurice 

Kamto, who declared himself the winner of the 

2018 presidential election, was arrested in February 

2019 but released in October 2019. Kamto’s 

political party, the Cameroon Renaissance 

Movement (Le Mouvement pour la Renaissance du 

Cameroun-MRC), boycotted the February 2020 

municipal and parliamentary elections, arguing that 

electoral laws must be reviewed before any polls. 

The boycott paved the way for the ruling party to 

secure an overwhelming majority in parliament. 40Easing Cameroon’s Ethno-political Tensions, 

On and Offline, International Crisis Group, Dec. 3, 

2020, available at: https://www.crisisgroup.org/ 

africa/central-africa/cameroon/295-easingcameroons-ethno-political-tensions-and-offline (last 

visited Apr. 14, 2022). 41Cameroon: Boko Haram Attacks Escalate in Far 

North, Human Rights Watch, Apr. 5, 2021, available 

at: https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/04/05/ 

cameroon-boko-haram-attacks-escalate-far-north 

(last visited May 13, 2022). 42Cameroon: Boko Haram Attacks Escalate in Far 

North, Human Rights Watch, Apr. 5, 2021, available 

at: https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/04/05/ 

cameroon-boko-haram-attacks-escalate-far-north 

(last visited May 13, 2022). 43Cameroon—Global Humanitarian Overview 

2022, United Nations, 2022, available at: https://

gho.unocha.org/cameroon (last visited May 13, 

2022). 44 INA § 244(b)(1) prescribes 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. 

45 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, 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). 

46This 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). 

million Cameroonians faced acute food 

insecurity.35

Government Restrictions on Political 

Space and Human Rights Violations 

and Abuses 

In its 2021 annual report, DOS 

indicated that human rights violations 

and abuses in Cameroon include reports 

of ‘‘unlawful or arbitrary killings, 

including extrajudicial killings by the 

government and nonstate armed groups; 

forced disappearances by the 

government; torture and cases of cruel, 

inhuman, or degrading treatment or 

punishment by the government and 

nonstate armed groups; . . . serious 

abuses in a conflict, including 

abductions and unlawful recruitment 

and use of child soldiers by nonstate 

armed groups; serious restrictions on 

freedom of expression and media, 

including violence, threats of violence, 

or unjustified arrests or prosecutions 

against journalists, censorship, and 

criminal libel laws; substantial 

interference with the right of peaceful 

assembly and freedom of association, 

including overly restrictive laws on the 

organization, funding, or operation of 

nongovernmental organizations and 

civil society organizations; . . .’’ 36

Observers assert that the government 

has increased restrictions on political 

opposition groups and civil society 

since President Biya won a seventh term 

in 2018.37 Politically, the situation has 

remained tense, due in part to disputes 

over the 2018 presidential elections.38

Before that election, ‘‘Cameroonian 

authorities cracked down on the 

political opposition, violently broke up 

peaceful protests, and arrested hundreds 

of opposition party leaders, members, 

and supporters.’’ 39 Additionally, 

political tensions continue between the 

government and the main opposition— 

Cameroon Renaissance Movement—led 

by Maurice Kamto.40

The ongoing violence in Cameroon 

has had significant civilian costs.41 The 

two most disruptive crises are those 

between government forces and armed 

separatists in the English-speaking 

Northwest and Southwest regions of 

Cameroon and attacks by armed groups, 

such as Boko Haram jihadists, ISWAP 

combatants, and vigilante self-defense 

groups, in the Far North Region.42 These 

two crises continue to have severe 

consequences for the population 

throughout the country and more 

specifically in the affected regions.43

Thousands of people have been killed in 

the English-speaking regions, while 

hundreds of thousands more remain in 

IDP camps and tens of thousands have 

sought refuge in the neighboring 

country of Nigeria. Deadly attacks in the 

Far North region by Boko Haram and 

ISWAP continue unabated. 

Additionally, reports of human rights 

violations and abuses may create a 

precarious situation for some civilians. 

These three issues—crisis in the 

English-speaking regions, instability in 

the Far North region, and reports of 

human rights violations and abuses— 

have been creating various 

insurmountable challenges for people 

across Cameroon, including violence 

against civilians, economic decline and 

resulting humanitarian crises. 

What authority does the Secretary have 

to designate Cameroon for TPS? 

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

1254a(b)(1), authorizes the Secretary,44

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.45 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, or termination of or 

extension of a designation. See INA 

section 244(b)(5)(A); 8 U.S.C. 

1254a(b)(5)(A).46 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 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). 

Notice of the Designation of Cameroon 

for TPS 

By the authority vested in me as 

Secretary under INA section 244, 8 


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47Find information about online filing at Forms 

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

48https://myaccount.uscis.gov/users/sign_up. 

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

consultation with the appropriate U.S. 

Government agencies, the statutory 

conditions supporting Cameroon’s 

designation for TPS on the basis of 

ongoing armed conflict and 

extraordinary and temporary conditions 

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

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

I estimate approximately 11,700 

individuals may be eligible for TPS 

under the designation of Cameroon. On 

the basis of this determination, I am 

designating Cameroon for TPS for 18 

months, from June 7, 2022, through 

December 7, 2023. See INA section 

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

1254a(b)(1), 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 Cameroon, you must 

submit a Form I–821, Application for 

Temporary Protected Status, and pay 

the filing fee (or request a fee waiver, 

which you may submit on 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 biometrics services fee, you 

may request to have the fee waived. 

Please see additional information under 

the ‘‘Biometric Services Fee’’ section of 

this notice. 

To work in the United States, you are 

not required to submit Form I–765 or 

have an Employment Authorization 

Document (EAD) but see below for more 

information if you want to work in the 

United States. 

How can TPS beneficiaries obtain an 

Employment Authorization Document 

(EAD)? 

All employees 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, 

which you may submit on 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. 

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). 

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 December 7, 2023. You 

may also file for your EAD 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 Cameroon’s designation 

to file Form I–821 and related requests 

for EADs online or by mail. When filing 

an initial 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.47 To file these forms online, you 

must first create a USCIS online 

account.48

Mail filing: Mail your application for 

TPS to the proper address in Table 1. 

Table 1—Mailing Addresses 

Mail your completed Form I–821, 

Application for Temporary Protected 

Status and Form I–765, Application for 

Employment Authorization, Request for 

Fee Waiver (Form I–912), if applicable, 

and supporting documentation to the 

proper address in Table 1. 

TABLE 1—MAILING ADDRESSES

If . . . Mail to . . . 

You are using the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) ....................................... USCIS, Attn: TPS Cameroon, P.O. Box 4091, Carol Stream, IL 60197– 

4091. 

You are using FedEx, UPS, or DHL ........................................................ USCIS, Attn: TPS Cameroon (Box 4091), 2500 Westfield Drive, Elgin, 

IL 60124–7836. 

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 ‘‘Cameroon.’’ 

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 


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• 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 are . . . Mail to . . . 

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

Filing Form I–131 based on a pending or approved Form I–821, and 

you are using the U.S. Postal Service (USPS): You must include a 

copy of the receipt notice (Form I–797C) showing we accepted or 

approved your Form I–821.

USCIS, Attn: I–131 TPS, P.O. Box 660167, Dallas, TX 75266–0867. 

Filing Form I–131 based on a pending or approved Form I–821, and 

you are using FedEx, UPS, or DHL: You must include a copy of the 

receipt notice (Form I–797C) showing we accepted or approved your 

Form I–821.

USCIS, 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 https://www.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 https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central. 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 December 7, 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 

Cameroonian 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 Cameroonian 

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 

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 I-9Central@

uscis.dhs.gov. USCIS accepts calls and 

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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 https://www.justice.gov/ 

ier and the USCIS and E-Verify websites 

at https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central and 

https://www.e-verify.gov. 

Note Regarding Federal, State, and 

Local Government Agencies (Such as 

Departments of Motor Vehicles) 

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 EAD with category 

code A12 or C19 to prove that they have 

TPS or a pending TPS application. 

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 a TPS 

beneficiary, show you are authorized to 

work based on TPS or other status, or 

that may be used by DHS to determine 

if you have TPS or another immigration 

status. Examples of such documents are: 

• Your new EAD with a TPS category 

code of A12 or C19, regardless of your 

country of birth; 

• Your Form I–94, Arrival/Departure 

Record; or 

• Your Form I–797, Notice of Action, 

reflecting approval of your Form I–765; 

or 

• Your Form I–797, Notice of Action, 

reflecting approval or receipt of a 

current Form I–821, 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 

https://www.save.uscis.gov/casecheck/. 

CaseCheck is a free service that lets 

you follow the progress of your SAVE 

verification case using your date of birth 

and one immigration identifier number 

(A-number, USCIS number or Form I–94 

number) or Verification Case Number. If 

an agency has denied your application 

based solely or in part on a SAVE 

response, the agency must offer you the 

opportunity to appeal the decision in 

accordance with the agency’s 

procedures. If the agency has received 

and acted on or will act on a SAVE 

verification and you do not believe the 

SAVE response is correct, the SAVE 

website, www.uscis.gov/save/saveresources, has detailed information on 

how to make corrections or update your 

immigration record, make an 

appointment, or submit a written 

request to correct records. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12229 Filed 6–6–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0033998; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 

Oshkosh, WI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The University of Wisconsin 

Oshkosh has completed an inventory of 

human remains in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and any present-day Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. 

Representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request to the University of Wisconsin 

Oshkosh. If no additional requestors 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 

this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the University of 

Wisconsin Oshkosh at the address in 

this notice by July 7, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adrienne Frie, University of Wisconsin 

Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh, 


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