Notice2022-10018
Extension and Redesignation of South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status-Correction
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Published
May 10, 2022
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Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Abstract
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is making a correction to the notice titled "Extension and Redesignation of South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status" that published in the Federal Register on March 3, 2022, at 87 FR 12190. USCIS is correcting a typographical error in the "General Employment-Related Information for TPS Applicants and Their Employers" section of the notice to correct the date from September 17, 2021 to May 2, 2022 as the eligibility date that should be showing on South Sudan TPS-based Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) in order to receive an automatic 180-day EAD extension through November 1, 2022.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28030-28031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10018]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[CIS No. 2712-22; DHS Docket No. USCIS-2014-004]
RIN 1615-ZB79
Extension and Redesignation of South Sudan for Temporary
Protected Status--Correction
AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department
of Homeland Security (DHS).
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a component
of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is making a correction to
the notice titled ``Extension and Redesignation of South Sudan for
Temporary Protected Status'' that published in the Federal Register on
March 3, 2022, at 87 FR 12190. USCIS is correcting a typographical
error in the ``General Employment-Related Information for TPS
Applicants and Their Employers'' section of the notice to correct the
date from September 17, 2021 to May 2, 2022 as the eligibility date
that should be showing on South Sudan TPS-based Employment
Authorization Documents (EADs) in order to receive an automatic 180-day
EAD extension through November 1, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
<bullet> You may contact Ren[aacute] Cutlip-Mason, Chief,
Humanitarian Affairs Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, by mail at 5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Camp Springs, MD
20746, or by phone at 800-375-5283.
<bullet> For further information on TPS, including guidance on the
registration and re-registration process and additional information on
eligibility, please visit the USCIS TPS web page at <a href="http://www.uscis.gov/tps">http://www.uscis.gov/tps</a>. You can find specific information about this
extension of South Sudan's TPS designation by selecting ``South Sudan''
from the menu on the left side of the TPS web page.
<bullet> If you have additional questions about TPS, please visit
<a href="http://uscis.gov/tools">uscis.gov/tools</a>. Our online virtual assistant, Emma, can answer many of
your questions and point you to additional information on our website.
If you are unable to find your answers there, you may also call our
USCIS Contact Center at 800-375-5283 (TTY 800-767-1833).
<bullet> Applicants seeking information about the status of their
individual cases may check Case Status Online, available on the USCIS
website at <a href="http://uscis.gov">uscis.gov</a>, or visit the USCIS Contact Center at <a href="http://uscis.gov/contactcenter">uscis.gov/contactcenter</a>.
<bullet> Further information will also be available at local USCIS
offices upon publication of this Notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 3, 2022, DHS published a notice in
the Federal Register at 87 FR 12190. USCIS is making a correction to
that published notice. The correction is as follows:
On page 12198, under the question ``Am I eligible to receive an
automatic 180-day extension of my current EAD through November 1, 2022,
using this Federal Register notice?'' USCIS is revising the second
sentence to correct the referenced expiration date on the face of the
card for TPS EADs issued under the prior TPS South Sudan extension.
This date should reflect May 2, 2022, not September 17, 2021.
Applicable to automatic extension periods of current EADs for this
population, DHS published a Temporary Final Rule on May 4, 2022 that
temporarily increased the automatic 180-day extension under 8 CFR
274a.13(d) to up to 540 days for those TPS beneficiaries that file to
renew their existing EAD.\1\ Accordingly, for TPS beneficiaries who are
covered under the South Sudan TPS Notice and file to renew their EAD
with a May 2, 2022 expiration date on the face of the card during the
filing period described under the South Sudan TPS Notice, the Temporary
Final Rule permits an automatic extension of their EAD for up
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to 540 days after the expiration date on the face of the EAD.
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\1\ See ``Temporary Increase of the Automatic Extension Period
of Employment Authorization and Documentation for Certain Renewal
Applicants'' (May 4, 2022, 87 FR 26614).
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Correction
In FR 2022-04573, on page 12198 in the Federal Register of March 3,
2022, in the second column, USCIS is correcting the second sentence as
follows:
Regardless of your country of birth, provided that you currently
have a South Sudan TPS-based EAD with an expiration date of May 2,
2022, on the face of the card, bearing the notation A-12 or C-19 under
Category, this notice automatically extends your EAD through November
1, 2022.\2\
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\2\ Again, for applicants who filed a request to renew their
existing EAD and their EAD has a facial expiration of May 2, 2022,
the May 4th Temporary Final Rule automatically extends that EAD for
up to 540 days through October 24, 2023.
Samantha Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland
Security.
[FR Doc. 2022-10018 Filed 5-9-22; 8:45 am]
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