60-Day Notice

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 62 (Thursday, March 31, 2016)]

[Notices]

[Pages 18636-18637]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2016-07265]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[OMB Control Number 1615-0023]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Application To Register

Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, Form I-485, and Adjustment of

Status Under Section 245(i), Supplement A to Form I-485; Revision of a

Currently Approved Collection

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of

Homeland Security.

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: 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 revision 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

May 31, 2016.

ADDRESSES: All submissions received must include the OMB Control Number

1615-0023 in the subject box, the agency name and Docket ID USCIS-2009-

0020. 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 e-Docket ID number USCIS-2009-

0020;

(2) Email. Submit comments to USCISFRComment@uscis.dhs.gov;

(3) 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, Acting 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 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-

2009-0020 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

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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: Revision of a Currently

Approved Collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Application To Register Permanent

Residence or Adjust Status and Adjustment of Status Under Section

245(i).

(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the

DHS sponsoring the collection: Form I-485 and Supplement A to Form I-

485; USCIS.

(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as

well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or households. The

information collected is used to determine eligibility to adjust status

under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

(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 paper version of Form I-485 is

344,400 and the estimated hour burden per response is 6.25 hours. The

estimated total number of respondents for the electronic version of

Form I-485 is 229,600 and the estimated hour burden per response is

5.25 hours. The estimated total number of respondents for the paper

version of Form I-485A is 21,600 and the estimated hour burden per

response is .5 hours. The estimated total number of respondents for the

electronic version of the Form I-485A is 14,400 and the estimated hour

burden per response is .17 hours. The estimated total number of

respondents for the Biometric Processing is 460,991 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 3,910,508 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 $196,882,000.

Dated: March 28, 2016.

Samantha Deshommes,

Acting Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and

Strategy, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of

Homeland Security.

[FR Doc. 2016-07265 Filed 3-30-16; 8:45 am]

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