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Sponsors may submit a written 

request for a meeting with FDA to 

discuss any of these proposed sunscreen 

orders (see DATES). Submit meeting 

requests electronically to 

www.regulations.gov or in writing to the 

Division of Dockets Management (see 

ADDRESSES), identified with the active 

ingredient name(s), the corresponding 

docket number(s) shown in Table 1, and 

the heading ‘‘Sponsor Meeting 

Request.’’ To facilitate your request, 

please also send a copy to Kristen 

Hardin (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT). 

III. Comments 

Interested persons may submit either 

electronic comments about the proposed 

orders discussed in this document to 

http://www.regulations.gov or written 

comments to the Division of Dockets 

Management (see ADDRESSES). It is only 

necessary to send one set of comments. 

Identify comments with the appropriate 

docket number(s) and active ingredient 

name(s) shown in Table 1 for the 

proposed order(s) that the comments 

address. Comments on this notice may 

be viewed in the Division of Dockets 

Management between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, and will be 

posted to the appropriate docket(s) at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Dated: December 31, 2014. 

Leslie Kux, 

Associate Commissioner for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00002 Filed 1–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4164–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[CIS No. 2550–14; DHS Docket No. USCIS– 

2007–0028] 

RIN 1615–ZB36 

Extension of the Designation of El 

Salvador for Temporary Protected 

Status 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Through this Notice, the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) announces that the Secretary of 

Homeland Security (Secretary) is 

extending the designation of El Salvador 

for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) 

for 18 months from March 10, 2015, 

through September 9, 2016. 

The extension allows currently 

eligible TPS beneficiaries to retain TPS 

through September 9, 2016, so long as 

they otherwise continue to meet the 

eligibility requirements for TPS. The 

Secretary has determined that an 

extension is warranted because the 

conditions in El Salvador that prompted 

the TPS designation continue to be met. 

There continues to be a substantial, but 

temporary, disruption of living 

conditions in El Salvador resulting from 

a series of earthquakes in 2001, and El 

Salvador remains unable, temporarily, 

to handle adequately the return of its 

nationals. 

Through this Notice, DHS also sets 

forth procedures necessary for nationals 

of El Salvador (or aliens having no 

nationality who last habitually resided 

in El Salvador) to re-register for TPS and 

to apply for renewal of their 

Employment Authorization Documents 

(EADs) with U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS). Reregistration is limited to persons who 

have previously registered for TPS 

under the designation of El Salvador 

and whose applications have been 

granted. Certain nationals of El Salvador 

(or aliens having no nationality who last 

habitually resided in El Salvador) who 

have not previously applied for TPS 

may be eligible to apply under the late 

initial registration provisions, if they 

meet: (1) At least one of the late initial 

filing criteria; and, (2) all TPS eligibility 

criteria (including continuous residence 

in the United States since February 13, 

2001, and continuous physical presence 

in the United States since March 9, 

2001). 

For individuals who have already 

been granted TPS under the El Salvador 

designation, the 60-day re-registration 

period runs from January 7, 2015 

through March 9, 2015. USCIS will 

issue new EADs with a September 9, 

2016 expiration date to eligible El 

Salvador TPS beneficiaries who timely 

re-register and apply for EADs under 

this extension. Given the timeframes 

involved with processing TPS reregistration applications, DHS 

recognizes that not all re-registrants will 

receive new EADs before their current 

EADs expire on March 9, 2015. 

Accordingly, through this Notice, DHS 

automatically extends the validity of 

EADs issued under the TPS designation 

of El Salvador for 6 months, through 

September 9, 2015, and explains how 

TPS beneficiaries and their employers 

may determine which EADs are 

automatically extended and their impact 

on Employment Eligibility Verification 

(Form I–9) and the E-Verify processes. 

DATES: The 18-month extension of the 

TPS designation of El Salvador is 

effective March 10, 2015, and will 

remain in effect through September 9, 

2016. The 60-day re-registration period 

runs from January 7, 2015 through 

March 9, 2015March 9, 2015. (Note: It 

is important for re-registrants to timely 

re-register during this 60-day reregistration period and not to wait until 

their EADs expire.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

• For further information on TPS, 

including guidance on the application 

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 El Salvador for TPS by 

selecting ‘‘TPS Designated Country: El 

Salvador’’ from the menu on the left of 

the TPS Web page. 

• You can also contact the TPS 

Operations Program Manager at the 

Family and Status Branch, Service 

Center Operations Directorate, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

Department of Homeland Security, 20 

Massachusetts Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20529–2060; or by 

phone at (202) 272–1533 (this is not a 

toll-free number). Note: The phone 

number provided here is solely for 

questions regarding this TPS Notice. It 

is not for individual case status 

inquires. 

• Applicants seeking information 

about the status of their individual cases 

can check Case Status Online, available 

at the USCIS Web site at http://

www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS 

National Customer Service Center at 

800–375–5283 (TTY 800–767–1833). 

Service is available in English and 

Spanish. 

• 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 

DHS—Department of Homeland Security 

DOS—Department of State 

EAD—Employment Authorization Document 

FNC—Final Nonconfirmation 

Government—U.S. Government 

IJ—Immigration Judge 

INA—Immigration and Nationality Act 

OSC—U.S. Department of Justice, Office of 

Special Counsel for Immigration-Related 

Unfair Employment Practices 

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 

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

1517 of title XV of the Homeland Security Act of 

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

reference to the Attorney General in a provision of 

the INA describing functions transferred from the 

Department of Justice to DHS ‘‘shall be deemed to 

refer to the Secretary’’ of Homeland Security. See 

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

of 2002, tit. XV, section 1517). 

What is Temporary Protected Status 

(TPS)? 

• TPS is a temporary immigration 

status granted to eligible nationals of a 

country designated for TPS under the 

Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 

or to persons without nationality who 

last habitually resided in the designated 

country. 

• During the TPS designation period, 

TPS beneficiaries are eligible to remain 

in the United States, may not be 

removed, and are authorized to work 

and obtain EADs, so long as they 

continue to meet the requirements of 

TPS. 

• TPS beneficiaries may also be 

granted travel authorization as a matter 

of discretion. 

• The granting of TPS does not result 

in or lead to permanent resident status. 

• When the Secretary terminates a 

country’s TPS designation through a 

separate Federal Register notice, 

beneficiaries return to the same 

immigration status they maintained 

before TPS, if any (unless that status has 

since expired or been terminated), or to 

any other lawfully obtained immigration 

status they received while registered for 

TPS. 

When was El Salvador designated for 

TPS? 

On March 9, 2001, the Attorney 

General designated El Salvador for TPS 

based on an environmental disaster 

within that country, specifically the 

devastation resulting from a series of 

earthquakes that occurred in 2001. See 

Designation of El Salvador Under 

Temporary Protected Status, 66 FR 

14214 (Mar. 9, 2001). The Secretary last 

announced an extension of TPS for El 

Salvador on May 30, 2013, based on her 

determination that the conditions 

warranting the designation continued to 

be met. See Extension of the Designation 

of El Salvador for Temporary Protected 

Status, 78 FR 32418 (May 30, 2013). 

This announcement is the tenth 

extension of TPS for El Salvador since 

the original designation in 2001. 

What authority does the Secretary of 

Homeland Security have to extend the 

designation of El Salvador for TPS? 

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

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

after consultation with appropriate U.S. 

Government agencies, to designate a 

foreign state (or part thereof) for TPS if 

the Secretary finds that certain country 

conditions exist.1 The Secretary may 

then grant TPS to eligible nationals of 

that foreign state (or aliens having no 

nationality who last habitually resided 

in that 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 country’s TPS designation or 

extension, the Secretary, after 

consultation with appropriate 

Government agencies, must review the 

conditions in a foreign state designated 

for TPS to determine whether the 

conditions for the TPS designation 

continue to be met. See INA section 

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

the Secretary determines that a foreign 

state continues to meet the conditions 

for TPS designation, the designation 

may be extended for an additional 

period of 6, 12, or 18 months. See 

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

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

determines that the foreign state no 

longer meets the conditions for TPS 

designation, the Secretary must 

terminate the designation. See INA 

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

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

Why is the Secretary extending the TPS 

designation for El Salvador through 

September 9, 2016? 

Over the past year, DHS and the 

Department of State (DOS) have 

continued to review conditions in El 

Salvador. Based on this review and after 

consulting with DOS, the Secretary has 

determined that an 18-month extension 

is warranted because the disruption in 

living conditions in affected areas of El 

Salvador resulting from the 

environmental disaster that prompted 

the March 9, 2001 designation persists. 

El Salvador was originally designated 

for Temporary Protected Status 

following a series of major earthquakes 

and aftershocks in early 2001. The first, 

on January 13, registered at 7.6 in 

magnitude on the standard seismic 

scale; the second, on February 13, 

measured 6.6 in magnitude. Together 

they killed over 1,000 people, caused 

approximately 8,000 injuries, and 

affected approximately 1.5 million 

people. Of 262 municipalities in El 

Salvador, 165 suffered serious damage 

in the first quake, while the second 

quake hit the departments of La Paz, 

San Vicente, and Cuscatla ́n the hardest. 

The earthquakes caused significant 

damage to homes, hospitals, schools, 

and transportation systems. 

The 2001 earthquakes damaged or 

destroyed 276,594 housing units. A 

2012 study by the El Salvador Ministry 

of Economy indicated the national 

housing deficit was at 446,000, a 

profound deficit for a country of 6.1 

million people. This shortage would be 

exacerbated by the return of thousands 

of Salvadoran nationals currently 

residing in the United States under TPS. 

The National Water Institution 

estimated that 40 to 50 percent of the 

Salvadoran population lacked potable 

water access due to damages to the 

water and electrical systems in the 

aftermath of the 2001 earthquakes. Over 

10 percent of El Salvador’s total 

population, mostly in rural areas, still 

lacks access to drinking water. Water 

contamination and scarcity are of 

particular concern in the San Salvador 

metropolitan area, threatening human 

health and productivity, as well as 

generating social conflict. According to 

the El Salvador Ministry of 

Environment, only 5 percent of El 

Salvador’s surface water is considered 

treatable for drinking purposes. El 

Salvador’s 59 principal wetland areas 

have been degraded and polluted by 

solid waste, untreated waste water, 

agrochemicals, and unsustainable 

resource extraction practices. According 

to El Salvador’s public water utility, 

over 278 million cubic meters of 

wastewater are produced annually. 

Subsequent environmental disasters 

since the 2001 earthquakes have caused 

significant damage to infrastructure, 

disrupting recovery efforts. In 2005, 

tropical storm Stan caused widespread 

flooding, landslides, and destruction of 

homes and crops throughout the 

country. A series of earthquakes in 

western El Salvador in 2006 resulted in 

the temporary displacement of 2,000 

families. Storms in 2009 (Ida) and 2010 

(Agatha) killed over 200 people, left 78 

people unaccounted for, damaged over 

1,500 houses, and affected 120,000 

Salvadorans. Severe infrastructural 

damage amounted to $343 million, of 

which more than half was related to 

roadways and bridges. In October 2011, 

tropical depression 12–E brought 10 

days of heavy rain to El Salvador. The 

storm caused an estimated $840 million 

in damage, flooding 20,000 homes, 

damaging 18 roads and 21 bridges, and 

resulting in heavy agricultural losses. 

These three storms caused an estimated 

$1.3 billion in damage, a figure equal to 

5 percent of the country’s total 2012 

gross domestic product. In June 2013, 

Tropical Storm Barry caused flooding in 

El Salvador, and in December 2013, the 

eruption of the Chaparrastique volcano 

located in eastern El Salvador forced 

thousands of people within a 2-mile 

radius to evacuate their homes. These 

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others not detailed herein, have caused 

substantial setbacks to infrastructure 

recovery and development since the 

2001 earthquakes. 

El Salvador is currently experiencing 

the effects of a severe regional drought 

that is impacting food security. In 

August 2014, the Famine Early Warning 

Systems Network reported that rainfall 

deficits in eastern areas of El Salvador 

began in late June 2014, and rainfall 

accumulation in the affected areas is 50 

to 75 percent below average. The 

Famine Early Warning Systems Network 

has also stated that ‘‘[t]his dryness is the 

worst in 10 years, including the El Nin ̃o 

year of 2009,’’ and ‘‘. . . losses incurred 

by subsistence farmers located in the 

worst-affected areas are expected to 

exceed 70 percent.’’ In addition to the 

effects of the drought, a leaf rust 

epidemic has affected 74 percent of 

coffee plants in El Salvador, causing a 

loss of millions of dollars in coffee 

production, as well as the loss of over 

300,000 jobs in that sector. 

Economic losses from the earthquakes 

were reported to be as high as $2.6 

billion, almost 15 percent of El 

Salvador’s gross domestic product. El 

Salvador’s economy continues to 

experience significant challenges. Most 

analysts expect El Salvador’s gross 

domestic product to grow 1.6 to 1.8 

percent in 2014, approximately half the 

rate of its regional neighbors. According 

to a 2013 Social Panorama of Latin 

America Report issued by the European 

Commission for Latin America and the 

Caribbean, almost half of all 

Salvadorans (45.3 percent) live in 

poverty. It is estimated that over a third 

of the country’s workforce is 

underemployed or not able to find fulltime work. In light of the highly 

problematic economic situation, a large 

influx of returning citizens at this time 

would overwhelm the labor market and 

the government’s fiscal ability to extend 

basic services to its citizens. 

Based upon this review and after 

consultation with appropriate 

Government agencies, the Secretary 

finds that: 

• The conditions that prompted the 

March 9, 2001 designation of El 

Salvador for TPS continue to be met. 

See INA sections 244(b)(1)(B), (b)(3)(A) 

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

(b)(3)(A) and (C). 

• There continues to be a substantial, 

but temporary, disruption in living 

conditions in El Salvador as a result of 

an environmental disaster. See INA 

section 244(b)(1)(B)(i), 8 U.S.C. 

1254a(b)(1)(B)(i). 

• El Salvador continues to be unable, 

temporarily, to handle adequately the 

return of its nationals (or aliens having 

no nationality who last habitually 

resided in El Salvador). See INA section 

244(b)(1)(B)(ii), 8 U.S.C. 

1254a(b)(1)(B)(ii). 

• The designation of El Salvador for 

TPS should be extended for an 

additional 18-month period from March 

10, 2015 through September 9, 2016. 

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

1254a(b)(3)(C). 

• There are approximately 204,000 

current El Salvador TPS beneficiaries 

who are expected to file for reregistration and may be eligible to retain 

their TPS under the extension. 

Notice of Extension of the TPS 

Designation of El Salvador 

By the authority vested in me as 

Secretary under INA section 244, 8 

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

consultation with the appropriate 

Government agencies, that the 

conditions that prompted the 

designation of El Salvador for TPS in 

2001 continue to be met. See INA 

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

1254a(b)(3)(A). On the basis of this 

determination, I am extending the 

designation of El Salvador for TPS for 

18 months from March 10, 2015, 

through September 9, 2016. See INA 

sections 244(b)(2) and (b)(3), 8 U.S.C. 

1254a(b)(2) and (b)(3). 

Jeh Charles Johnson, 

Secretary. 

Required Application Forms and 

Application Fees To Register or Reregister for TPS 

To register or re-register for TPS based 

on the designation of El Salvador, an 

applicant must submit each of the 

following two applications: 

1. Application for Temporary 

Protected Status (Form I–821). 

• If you are filing an application for 

late initial registration, you must pay 

the fee for the Application for 

Temporary Protected Status (Form I– 

821). See 8 CFR 244.2(f)(2) and 244.6 

and information on late initial filing on 

the USCIS TPS Web page at http://

www.uscis.gov/tps. 

• If you are filing an application for 

re-registration, you do not need to pay 

the fee for the Application for 

Temporary Protected Status (Form I– 

821). See 8 CFR 244.17. and 

2. Application for Employment 

Authorization (Form I–765). 

• If you are applying for late initial 

registration and want an EAD, you must 

pay the fee for the Application for 

Employment Authorization (Form I– 

765) only if you are age 14 through 65. 

No fee for the Application for 

Employment Authorization (Form I– 

765) is required if you are under the age 

of 14 or are 66 and older and applying 

for late initial registration. 

• If you are applying for reregistration, you must pay the fee for the 

Application for Employment 

Authorization (Form I–765) only if you 

want an EAD, regardless of age. 

• You do not pay the fee for the 

Application for Employment 

Authorization (Form I–765) if you are 

not requesting an EAD, regardless of 

whether you are applying for late initial 

registration or re-registration. 

You must submit both completed 

application forms together. If you are 

unable to pay for the Application for 

Employment Authorization (Form I– 

765) and/or biometrics fee, you may 

apply for a fee waiver by completing a 

Request for Fee Waiver (Form I–912) or 

submitting a personal letter requesting a 

fee waiver, and by providing satisfactory 

supporting documentation. For more 

information on the application forms 

and fees for TPS, please visit the USCIS 

TPS Web page at http://www.uscis.gov/ 

tps. Fees for the Application for 

Temporary Protected Status (Form I– 

821), the Application for Employment 

Authorization (Form I–765), and 

biometric services are also described in 

8 CFR 103.7(b)(1)(i). 

Biometric Services Fee 

Biometrics (such as fingerprints) are 

required for all applicants 14 years of 

age or older. Those applicants must 

submit a biometric services fee. As 

previously stated, if you are unable to 

pay for the biometric services fee, you 

may apply for a fee waiver by 

completing a Request for Fee Waiver 

(Form I–912) or by submitting a 

personal letter requesting a fee waiver, 

and providing satisfactory supporting 

documentation. For more information 

on the biometric services fee, please 

visit the USCIS Web site at http://

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

required to visit an Application Support 

Center to have your biometrics 

captured. 

Re-filing a Re-registration TPS 

Application After Receiving a Denial of 

a Fee Waiver Request 

USCIS urges all re-registering 

applicants to file as soon as possible 

within the 60-day re-registration period 

so that USCIS can process the 

applications and issue EADs promptly. 

Filing early will also allow those 

applicants who may receive denials of 

their fee waiver requests to have time to 

re-file their applications before the reregistration deadline. If, however, an 

applicant receives a denial of his or her 

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file by the re-registration deadline, the 

applicant may still re-file his or her 

application. This situation will be 

reviewed to determine whether the 

applicant has established good cause for 

late re-registration. However, applicants 

are urged to re-file within 45 days of the 

date on their USCIS fee waiver denial 

notice, if at all possible. See INA section 

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

CFR 244.17(c). For more information on 

good cause for late re-registration, visit 

the USCIS TPS Web page at http://

www.uscis.gov/tps. Note: As previously 

stated, although a re-registering TPS 

beneficiary age 14 and older must pay 

the biometric services fee (but not the 

initial TPS application fee) when filing 

a TPS re-registration application, the 

applicant may decide to wait to request 

an EAD, and therefore not pay the 

Application for Employment 

Authorization (Form I–765) fee, until 

after USCIS has approved the 

individual’s TPS re-registration, if he or 

she is eligible. If you choose to do this, 

you would file the Application for 

Temporary Protected Status (Form I– 

821) with the fee and the Application 

for Employment Authorization (Form I– 

765) without the fee and without 

requesting an EAD. 

Mailing Information 

Mail your application for TPS to the 

proper address in Table 1. 

TABLE 1—MAILING ADDRESSES

If . . . Mail to . . . 

Are applying for re-registration and you live in the following states/territories: U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Attn: 

TPS El Salvador, P.O. Box 8635, Chicago, IL 60680–8635. 

Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, 

Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New 

Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South 

Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, Washington DC, West Virginia.

Non-U.S. Postal Delivery Service: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services, Attn: TPS El Salvador, 131 S. Dearborn—3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60603–5517. 

Are applying for re-registration and you live in the following states/territories: U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Attn: 

TPS El Salvador, P.O. Box 660864, Dallas, TX 75266. 

Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arkansas, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, 

Northern Mariana Islands, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, 

Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virgin Islands, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

Non-U.S. Postal Delivery Service: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services, Attn: TPS El Salvador, 2501 S. State Highway, 121 Business Suite 400, Lewisville, TX 75067. 

Are applying for re-registration and you live in the following states: ....... U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Attn: 

TPS El Salvador, P.O. Box 21800, Phoenix, AZ 85036. 

Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington .................................. Non-U.S. Postal Delivery Service: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services, Attn: TPS El Salvador, 1820 E. Skyharbor Circle S, Suite 

100, Phoenix, AZ 85034. 

Are applying for the first time as a late initial registration (this is for all 

states/territories).

U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Attn: 

TPS El Salvador, P.O. Box 8635, Chicago, IL 60680–8635, Non-US 

Postal Delivery Service: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

Attn: TPS El Salvador, 131 S. Dearborn—3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 

60603–5517. 

If you were granted TPS by an 

Immigration Judge (IJ) or the Board of 

Immigration Appeals (BIA), and you 

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

grant of TPS by an IJ or the BIA, please 

mail your application to the appropriate 

address in Table 1. Upon receiving a 

Notice of Action (Form I–797) from 

USCIS, please send an email to the 

appropriate USCIS Service Center 

handling your application providing the 

receipt number and stating that you 

submitted a re-registration and/or 

request for an EAD based on an IJ/BIA 

grant of TPS. Upon receiving a Notice of 

Action (Form I–797) from USCIS, please 

send an email to TPSijgrant.vsc@

uscis.dhs.gov with the receipt number 

and state that you submitted a reregistration and/or request for an EAD 

based on an IJ/BIA grant of TPS. You 

can find detailed information on what 

further information you need to email 

and the email addresses on the USCIS 

TPS Web page at http://www.uscis.gov/ 

tps. 

E-Filing 

If you are re-registering for TPS 

during the re-registration period and 

you do not need to submit any 

supporting documents or evidence, you 

are eligible to file your applications 

electronically. For more information on 

e-filing, please visit http://

www.uscis.gov/e-filing. 

Employment Authorization Document 

(EAD) 

May I request an interim EAD at my 

local USCIS office? 

No. USCIS will not issue interim 

EADs to TPS applicants and reregistrants at local offices. 

Am I eligible to receive an automatic 6- 

month extension of my current EAD 

through September 9, 2015? 

Provided that you currently have TPS 

under the designation of El Salvador, 

this Notice automatically extends your 

EAD by 6 months if you: 

• Are a national of El Salvador (or an 

alien having no nationality who last 

habitually resided in El Salvador); 

• Received an EAD under the last 

extension of TPS for El Salvador; and 

• Have an EAD with a marked 

expiration date of March 9, 2015, 

bearing the notation ‘‘A–12’’ or ‘‘C–19’’ 

on the face of the card under 

‘‘Category.’’ 

Although this Notice automatically 

extends your EAD through September 9, 

2015, you must re-register timely for 

TPS in accordance with the procedures 

described in this Notice if you would 

like to maintain your TPS. 

When hired, what documentation may I 

show to my employer as proof of 

employment authorization and identity 

when completing Employment 

Eligibility Verification (Form I–9)? 

You can find a list of acceptable 

document choices on the ‘‘Lists of 

Acceptable Documents’’ for 

Employment Eligibility Verification 

(Form I–9). You can find additional 

detailed information on the USCIS I–9 

Central Web page at http://

www.uscis.gov/I-9Central. Employers 

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employees by using Employment 

Eligibility Verification (Form I–9). 

Within 3 days of hire, an employee must 

present proof of identity and 

employment authorization to his or her 

employer. 

You may present any document from 

List A (reflecting both your identity and 

employment authorization) or one 

document from List B (reflecting 

identity) together with one document 

from List C (reflecting employment 

authorization). You may present an 

acceptable receipt for List A, List B, or 

List C documents as described in the 

Form I–9 Instructions. An EAD is an 

acceptable document under ‘‘List A.’’ 

Employers may not reject a document 

based on a future expiration date. 

If your EAD has an expiration date of 

March 9, 2015, and states ‘‘A–12’’ or 

‘‘C–19’’ under ‘‘Category,’’ it has been 

extended automatically for 6 months by 

virtue of this Federal Register Notice, 

and you may choose to present your 

EAD to your employer as proof of 

identity and employment authorization 

for Employment Eligibility Verification 

(Form I–9) through September 9, 2015, 

(see the subsection titled ‘‘How do my 

employer and I complete the 

Employment Eligibility Verification 

(Form I–9) using an automatically 

extended EAD for a new job?’’ for 

further information). To minimize 

confusion over this extension at the 

time of hire, you may also show your 

employer a copy of this Federal Register 

Notice confirming the automatic 

extension of employment authorization 

through September 9, 2015. As an 

alternative to presenting your 

automatically extended EAD, you may 

choose to present any other acceptable 

document from List A, or a combination 

of one selection from List B and one 

selection from List C. 

What documentation may I show my 

employer if I am already employed but 

my current TPS-related EAD is set to 

expire? 

Even though EADs with an expiration 

date of March 9, 2015, that state ‘‘A–12’’ 

or ‘‘C–19’’ under ‘‘Category’’ have been 

automatically extended for 6 months by 

this Federal Register Notice, your 

employer will need to ask you about 

your continued employment 

authorization once March 9, 2015 is 

reached to meet its responsibilities for 

Employment Eligibility Verification 

(Form I–9). However, your employer 

does not need a new document to 

reverify your employment authorization 

until September 9, 2015, the expiration 

date of the automatic extension. Instead, 

you and your employer must make 

corrections to the employment 

authorization expiration dates in 

Section 1 and Section 2 of Employment 

Eligibility Verification (Form I–9) (see 

the subsection titled ‘‘What corrections 

should my current employer and I make 

to Employment Eligibility Verification 

(Form I–9) if my EAD has been 

automatically extended?’’ for further 

information). In addition, you may also 

show this Federal Register Notice to 

your employer to explain what to do for 

Employment Eligibility Verification 

(Form I–9). 

By September 9, 2015, the expiration 

date of the automatic extension, your 

employer must reverify your 

employment authorization. At that time, 

you must present any document from 

List A or any document from List C on 

Employment Eligibility Verification 

(Form I–9) to reverify employment 

authorization, or an acceptable List A or 

List C receipt described in the Form I– 

9 Instructions. Your employer should 

complete either Section 3 of the 

Employment Eligibility Verification 

(Form I–9) originally completed for the 

employee or, if this Section has already 

been completed or if the version of 

Employment Eligibility Verification 

(Form I–9) has expired (check the date 

in the upper right-hand corner of the 

form), complete Section 3 of a new 

Employment Eligibility Verification 

(Form I–9) using the most current 

version. Note that your employer may 

not specify which List A or List C 

document employees must present, and 

cannot reject an acceptable receipt. 

Can my employer require that I produce 

any other documentation to prove my 

status, such as proof of my Salvadoran 

citizenship? 

No. When completing Employment 

Eligibility Verification (Form I–9), 

including re-verifying employment 

authorization, employers must accept 

any documentation that appears on the 

‘‘Lists of Acceptable Documents’’ for 

Employment Eligibility Verification 

(Form I–9) that reasonably appears to be 

genuine and that relates to you or an 

acceptable List A, List B, or List C 

receipt. Employers may not request 

documentation that does not appear on 

the ‘‘Lists of Acceptable Documents.’’ 

Therefore, employers may not request 

proof of Salvadoran citizenship when 

completing Employment Eligibility 

Verification (Form I–9) for new hires or 

reverifying the employment 

authorization of current employees. If 

presented with EADs that have been 

automatically extended, employers 

should accept such EADs as valid List 

A documents so long as the EADs 

reasonably appear to be genuine and to 

relate to the employee. Refer to the Note 

to Employees section of this 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. 

What happens after September 9, 2015, 

for purposes of employment 

authorization? 

After September 9, 2015, employers 

may no longer accept the EADs that this 

Federal Register Notice automatically 

extended. Before that time, however, 

USCIS will endeavor to issue new EADs 

to eligible TPS re-registrants who 

request them. These new EADs will 

have an expiration date of September 9, 

2016, and can be presented to your 

employer for completion of 

Employment Eligibility Verification 

(Form I–9). Alternatively, you may 

choose to present any other legally 

acceptable document or combination of 

documents listed on the Employment 

Eligibility Verification (Form I–9). 

How do my employer and I complete 

Employment Eligibility Verification 

(Form I–9) using an automatically 

extended EAD for a new job? 

When using an automatically 

extended EAD to complete Employment 

Eligibility Verification (Form I–9) for a 

new job prior to September 9, 2015, you 

and your employer should do the 

following: 

1. For Section 1, you should: 

a. Check ‘‘An alien authorized to 

work;’’ 

b. Write your alien number (USCIS 

number or A-number) in the first space 

(your EAD or other document from DHS 

will have your USCIS number or Anumber printed on it; the USCIS 

number is the same as your A-number 

without the A prefix); and 

c. Write the automatically extended 

EAD expiration date (September 9, 

2015) in the second space. 

2. For Section 2, employers should 

record the: 

a. Document title; 

b. Document number; and 

c. Automatically extended EAD 

expiration date (September 9, 2015). 

By September 9, 2015, employers 

must reverify the employee’s 

employment authorization in Section 3 

of the Employment Eligibility 

Verification (Form I–9). 

What corrections should my current 

employer and I make to Employment 

Eligibility Verification (Form I–9) if my 

EAD has been automatically extended? 

If you are an existing employee who 

presented a TPS-related EAD that was 


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valid when you first started your job, 

but that EAD has now been 

automatically extended, you and your 

employer should correct your 

previously completed Employment 

Eligibility Verification (Form I–9) as 

follows: 

1. For Section 1, you should: 

a. Draw a line through the expiration 

date in the second space; 

b. Write ‘‘September 9, 2015’’ above 

the previous date; 

c. Write ‘‘TPS Ext.’’ in the margin of 

Section 1; and 

d. Initial and date the correction in 

the margin of Section 1. 

2. For Section 2, employers should: 

a. Draw a line through the expiration 

date written in Section 2; 

b. Write ‘‘September 9, 2015’’ above 

the previous date; 

c. Write ‘‘TPS Ext.’’ in the margin of 

Section 2; and 

d. Initial and date the correction in 

the margin of Section 2. 

By September 9, 2015, when the 

automatic extension of EADs expires, 

employers must reverify the employee’s 

employment authorization in Section 3. 

If I am an employer enrolled in E-Verify, 

what do I do when I receive a ‘‘Work 

Authorization Documents Expiration’’ 

alert for an automatically extended 

EAD? 

If you are an employer who 

participates in E-Verify and you have an 

employee who is a TPS beneficiary who 

provided a TPS-related EAD when he or 

she first started working for you, you 

will receive a ‘‘Work Authorization 

Documents Expiring’’ case alert when 

this EAD is about to expire. Usually, 

this message is an alert to complete 

Section 3 of the Employment Eligibility 

Verification (Form I–9) to reverify an 

employee’s employment authorization. 

For existing employees with TPS-related 

EADs that have been automatically 

extended, employers should dismiss 

this alert by clicking the red ‘‘X’’ in the 

‘‘dismiss alert’’ column and follow the 

instructions above explaining how to 

correct the Employment Eligibility 

Verification (Form I–9). By September 9, 

2015, employment authorization must 

be reverified in Section 3. Employers 

should never use E-Verify for 

reverification. 

Note to All Employers 

Employers are reminded that the laws 

requiring proper employment eligibility 

verification and prohibiting unfair 

immigration-related employment 

practices remain in full force. This 

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@dhs.gov. Calls and 

emails are accepted in English and 

many other languages. For questions 

about avoiding discrimination during 

the employment eligibility verification 

process, employers may also call the 

U.S. Department of Justice, Office of 

Special Counsel for Immigration-Related 

Unfair Employment Practices (OSC) 

Employer Hotline at 800–255–8155 

(TTY 800–237–2515), which offers 

language interpretation in numerous 

languages, or email OSC at osccrt@

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 at I-9Central@dhs.gov. Calls are 

accepted in English and many other 

languages. Employees or applicants may 

also call the U.S. Department of Justice, 

Office of Special Counsel for 

Immigration-Related Unfair 

Employment Practices (OSC) Worker 

Information Hotline at 800–255–7688 

(TTY 800–237–2515) for information 

regarding employment discrimination 

based upon citizenship status, 

immigration status, or national origin, or 

for information regarding discrimination 

related to Employment Eligibility 

Verification (Form I–9) and E-Verify. 

The OSC Worker Information 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 described in the Employment 

Eligibility Verification (Form I–9) 

Instructions. Employers may not require 

extra or additional documentation 

beyond what is required for 

Employment Eligibility Verification 

(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 Employment 

Eligibility Verification (Form I–9) differs 

from federal or state government 

records. 

Employers may not terminate, 

suspend, delay training, withhold pay, 

lower pay or take any adverse action 

against an employee based on the 

employee’s decision to contest a TNC or 

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

case result is received when E-Verify 

cannot verify an employee’s 

employment eligibility. An employer 

may terminate employment based on a 

case result of FNC. Work-authorized 

employees who receive an FNC may call 

USCIS for assistance at 888–897–7781 

(TTY 877–875–6028). An employee that 

believes he or she was discriminated 

against by an employer in the E-Verify 

process based on citizenship or 

immigration status, or based on national 

origin, may contact OSC’s Worker 

Information Hotline at 800–255–7688 

(TTY 800–237–2515). Additional 

information about proper 

nondiscriminatory Employment 

Eligibility Verification (Form I–9) and EVerify procedures is available on the 

OSC Web site at http://www.justice.gov/ 

crt/about/osc/ and the USCIS Web site 

at http://www.dhs.gov/E-verify. 

Note Regarding Federal, State, and 

Local Government Agencies (Such as 

Departments of Motor Vehicles) 

While Federal Government agencies 

must follow the guidelines laid out by 

the Federal Government, State and local 

government agencies establish their own 

rules and guidelines when granting 

certain benefits. Each State may have 

different laws, requirements, and 

determinations about what documents 

you need to provide to prove eligibility 

for certain benefits. Whether you are 

applying for a Federal, State, or local 

government benefit, you may need to 

provide the government agency with 

documents that show you are a TPS 

beneficiary and/or show you are 

authorized to work based on TPS. 

Examples are: 

(1) Your unexpired EAD that has been 

automatically extended, or your EAD 

that has not expired; 

(2) A copy of this Federal Register 

Notice if your EAD is automatically 

extended under this Notice; 

(3) A copy of your Application for 

Temporary Protected Status Notice of 

Action (Form I–797) for this reregistration; 

(4) A copy of your past or current 

Application for Temporary Protected 

Status Notice of Action (Form I–797), if 

you received one from USCIS; and/or 

(5) If there is an automatic extension 

of work authorization, a copy of the fact 

sheet from the USCIS TPS Web site that 

provides information on the automatic 

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Check with the government agency 

regarding which document(s) the agency 

will accept. You may also provide the 

agency with a copy of this Federal 

Register Notice. 

Some benefit-granting agencies use 

the USCIS Systematic Alien Verification 

for Entitlements Program (SAVE) to 

verify the current immigration status of 

applicants for public benefits. If such an 

agency has denied your application 

based solely or in part on a SAVE 

response, the agency must offer you the 

opportunity to appeal the decision in 

accordance with the agency’s 

procedures. If the agency has received 

and acted upon or will act upon a SAVE 

verification and you do not believe the 

response is correct, you may make an 

InfoPass appointment for an in-person 

interview at a local USCIS office. 

Detailed information on how to make 

corrections, make an appointment, or 

submit a written request to correct 

records under the Freedom of 

Information Act can be found at the 

SAVE Web site at http://www.uscis.gov/ 

save, then by choosing ‘‘How to Correct 

Your Records’’ from the menu on the 

right. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00031 Filed 1–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

eBond Test Modifications and 

Clarifications: Continuous Bond 

Executed Prior to or Outside the 

eBond Test May Be Converted to an 

eBond by the Surety and Principal, 

Termination of an eBond, Identification 

of Principal on an eBond by Filing 

Identification Number, and Email 

Address Correction 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: General notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces 

modifications and clarifications to U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP’s) 

voluntary National Customs Automation 

Program eBond test, scheduled to 

deploy January 3, 2015. This test 

provides for the transmission in 

Automated Commercial Environment of 

electronic bond contracts (eBonds) 

between principals and sureties, with 

CBP as third-party beneficiary, for the 

purpose of linking those eBonds to the 

transactions they are intended to secure. 

The modifications and clarifications to 

CBP’s eBond test concern: The method 

by which continuous bonds executed 

prior to or outside of the eBond test may 

be converted to eBonds by the surety 

and principal; a surety or principal’s 

ability to terminate an eBond; the 

identification of the principal on an 

eBond by the filing identification 

number; and an email address 

correction. 

DATES: The eBond test modifications 

and clarifications set forth in this notice 

will go into effect January 7, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and/or questions 

concerning this notice or any aspect of 

the test may be submitted to CBP via 

email to eBondTest@cbp.dhs.gov, with 

the subject line identifier reading 

‘‘Comment/Questions on eBond test.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

policy related questions, contact Kara 

Welty, Chief, Debt Management Branch, 

Revenue Division, Office of 

Administration, at kara.welty@dhs.gov. 

For technical questions, contact John 

Everett, Entry Summary, Accounts, and 

Revenue Branch, ACE Business Office, 

Office of International Trade, at 

john.r.everett@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

I. eBond Test 

In a notice published in the Federal 

Register (79 FR 70881) on November 28, 

2014, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) announced a plan to 

conduct a voluntary National Customs 

Automation Program (NCAP) eBond 

test. The eBond test, scheduled to 

deploy on January 3, 2015, provides for 

the transmission in Automated 

Commercial Environment (ACE) of 

electronic bond contracts (eBonds) 

between principals and sureties, with 

CBP as the third-party beneficiary, for 

the purpose of linking those eBonds to 

the transactions they are intended to 

secure (eBond system). The notice 

invited public comment concerning the 

test, described the eligibility, procedural 

and documentation requirements for 

voluntary participation in the test, and 

outlined the development and 

evaluation methodology to be used in 

the test. The eBond test terms and 

conditions set forth in 79 FR 70881 

remain in effect for the duration of the 

eBond test, subject to the modifications 

and clarifications set forth in this notice 

and any subsequent eBond test 

modifications published in the Federal 

Register. 

II. Modifications and Clarifications to 

the eBond Test 

A. Continuous Bonds Executed Prior to 

or Outside the eBond Test May Be 

Converted to eBonds by the Surety and 

Principal 

In the eBond test notice published in 

79 FR 70881 (also referred to in this 

notice as the ‘‘original eBond test 

notice’’), CBP indicated that continuous 

bonds executed prior to January 3, 2015, 

will be accessible in the eBond system 

for administration purposes but will not 

be subject to eBond test rules. Instead, 

pre-January 3, 2015 continuous bonds 

will remain subject to the CBP bond 

regulations in 19 CFR part 113, and 

riders of such bonds must be submitted 

to CBP in the format and manner 

detailed in 19 CFR part 113. Similarly, 

after the eBond test commences on 

January 3, 2015, sureties and principals 

who choose not to participate in the 

eBond test will still be able to submit 

bonds to CBP in the format and manner 

detailed in 19 CFR part 113, and those 

bonds will be accessible in the eBond 

system for administration purposes. 

This notice announces a modification 

to the eBond test to permit participating 

sureties/surety agents, acting on behalf 

of the sureties and principals, to convert 

pre-January 3, 2015 continuous bonds 

and other continuous bonds executed 

outside of the eBond test (collectively 

referred to hereinafter as ‘‘paper 

continuous bonds’’) into eBonds subject 

to the rules set forth in this notice and 

the original eBond test notice. Under the 

terms of the original eBond test notice, 

a participating surety or the surety’s 

agent may, via a CBP-approved 

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), 

transmit limited changes to the terms 

and conditions of an active continuous 

eBond that are contractually binding on 

the principal(s) and surety(ies). At this 

time, such changes include: 

(1) Transmitting an addition eBond 

rider (clarified below to be a User 

Addition eBond rider); 

(2) Transmitting a deletion eBond 

rider (clarified below to be a User 

Deletion eBond rider); 

(3) Transmitting a reconciliation 

eBond rider; 

(4) Terminating a reconciliation 

eBond rider; 

(5) Transmitting a U.S. Virgin Islands 

eBond rider; and 

(6) Terminating the eBond. 

This notice announces a modification 

to the eBond test whereby a 

participating surety or the surety’s agent 

may also transmit, via EDI, the same 

types of limited changes to the terms 

and conditions of an active paper 


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