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or an acceptable List A, List B, or List
C receipt as 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). 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 Employment
Eligibility Verification (Form I–9) and EVerify procedures is available on the
IER Web site at https://www.justice.gov/
ier 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 of such documents are:

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(1) Your current EAD;
(2) A copy of your receipt notice
(Form I–797C) for your application to
renew your current EAD providing an
automatic extension of your currently
expired or expiring EAD;
(3) A copy of your Application for
Temporary Protected Status Notice of
Action (Form I–797) for this reregistration; and
(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.
Check with the government agency
regarding which document(s) the agency
will accept. Some benefit-granting
agencies use the USCIS Systematic
Alien Verification for Entitlements
(SAVE) program to confirm the current
immigration status of applicants for
public benefits. 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 the
following link: https://save.uscis.gov/
casecheck/, then by clicking the ‘‘Check
Your Case’’ button. CaseCheck is a free
service that lets you follow the progress
of your SAVE verification using your
date of birth and one immigration
identifier 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 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 on the
SAVE Web site at http://www.uscis.gov/
save.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–0116]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Extension, Without Change,
of a Currently Approved Collection;
Request for Fee Waiver; Request for
Fee Exemption
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration (USCIS) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment upon this proposed extension
of a currently approved collection of
information. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the information collection notice
is published in the Federal Register to
obtain comments regarding the nature of
the information collection, the
categories of respondents, the estimated
burden (i.e., the time, effort, and
resources used by the respondents to
respond), the estimated cost to the
respondent, and the actual information
collection instruments.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 60 days until
December 11, 2017.
ADDRESSES: All submissions received
must include the OMB Control Number
1615–0116 in the body of the letter, the
agency name and Docket ID USCIS–
2010–0008. To avoid duplicate
submissions, please use only one of the
following methods to submit comments:
(1) Online. Submit comments via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal Web site at
http://www.regulations.gov under eDocket ID number USCIS–2010–0008;
(2) Mail. Submit written comments to
DHS, USCIS, Office of Policy and
Strategy, Chief, Regulatory Coordination
Division, 20 Massachusetts Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20529–2140.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy,
Regulatory Coordination Division,
Samantha Deshommes, Chief, 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20529–2140, telephone
number 202–272–8377 (This is not a
toll-free number. Comments are not
accepted via telephone message). Please
note contact information provided here
is solely for questions regarding this
notice. It is not for individual case
status inquiries. Applicants seeking
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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).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments
You may access the information
collection instrument with instructions,
or additional information by visiting the
Federal eRulemaking Portal site at:
http://www.regulations.gov and enter
USCIS–2010–0008 in the search box.
Regardless of the method used for
submitting comments or material, all
submissions will be posted, without
change, to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov,
and will include any personal
information you provide. Therefore,
submitting this information makes it
public. You may wish to consider
limiting the amount of personal
information that you provide in any
voluntary submission you make to DHS.
DHS may withhold information
provided in comments from public
viewing that it determines may impact
the privacy of an individual or is
offensive. For additional information,
please read the Privacy Act notice that
is available via the link in the footer of
http://www.regulations.gov.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
should address one or more of the
following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Overview of This Information
Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection:
Extension, Without Change, of a
Currently Approved Collection.

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(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Request for Fee Waiver; Request for Fee
Exemption.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: Form I–912;
USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households. USCIS uses the data
collected on this form to verify that the
applicant is unable to pay for the
immigration benefit being requested.
USCIS will consider waiving a fee for an
application or petition when the
applicant or petitioner clearly
demonstrates that he or she is unable to
pay the fee. The regulations do not
require that requests for fee waivers be
submitted on a particular form
prescribed by DHS, thus the applicant
may request that the fee be waived by
attaching a written request to the front
of their immigration benefit request. Fee
waivers may also be requested by
completing and submitting Form I–912.
Form I–912 standardizes the collection
and analysis of statements and
supporting documentation provided by
the applicant with the fee waiver
request. Form I–912 also streamlines
and expedites the USCIS review,
approval, or denial of the fee waiver
request by clearly laying out the most
salient data and evidence necessary for
the determination of inability to pay.
Officers evaluate all factors,
circumstances, and evidence supplied
in support of a fee waiver request when
making a final determination. Each case
is unique and is considered on its own
merits. If the fee waiver is granted, the
application will be processed. If the fee
waiver is not granted, USCIS will notify
the applicant and instruct him or her to
file a new application with the
appropriate fee. Certain applications
and petitions may allow for filing of fee
exemptions; the specific forms have
information regarding the option and
the requirements to request an
exemption.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: The estimated total number of
respondents for the information
collection I–912 is 594,000 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
1.17 hours; for the information
collection Non-Form Request for Fee
Waiver the estimated total number of
respondents is 8,400 and the estimated
hour burden per response is 1.17 hours;
for the information collection 8 CFR
103.7(d) Director’s exception request the
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is 128 and the estimated hour burden
per response is 1.17 hours.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The total estimated annual
hour burden associated with this
collection is 704,957 hours.
(7) An estimate of the total public
burden (in cost) associated with the
collection: The estimated total annual
cost burden associated with this
collection of information is $2,259,780.
Dated: October 5, 2017.
Samantha Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–0020]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Extension, Without Change,
of a Currently Approved Collection:
Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or
Special Immigrant
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration (USCIS) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment upon this proposed extension
of a currently approved collection of
information. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the information collection notice
is published in the Federal Register to
obtain comments regarding the nature of
the information collection, the
categories of respondents, the estimated
burden (i.e., the time, effort, and
resources used by the respondents to
respond), the estimated cost to the
respondent, and the actual information
collection instruments.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 60 days until
December 11, 2017.
ADDRESSES: All submissions received
must include the OMB Control Number
1615–0020 in the body of the letter, the
agency name and Docket ID USCIS–
2007–0024. To avoid duplicate
submissions, please use only one of the
following methods to submit comments:
SUMMARY:

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