Application for Employment Authorization

ICR 202006-1615-005

OMB: 1615-0040

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Form and Instruction
Modified
Form
Modified
Supporting Statement A
2020-07-01
Supplementary Document
2020-06-30
Supplementary Document
2020-06-30
Supplementary Document
2020-06-30
Supplementary Document
2020-06-30
Supplementary Document
2020-06-01
Supplementary Document
2018-02-09
Supplementary Document
2018-02-09
Supplementary Document
2018-02-09
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
203680
Modified
203678 Modified
203677
Modified
20321 Modified
ICR Details
1615-0040 202006-1615-005
Historical Active 202006-1615-001
DHS/USCIS I-765, I-765WS
Application for Employment Authorization
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved with change 07/21/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 07/13/2020
This form change is approved to take effect on August 25, 2020. USCIS will display both the current version and the new Asylum EAD Rule version of the form for a period of time up to the effective date of the new form, which is concurrent with the effective date of the associated rulemaking (August 25, 2020). USCIS will clearly identify filing dates for each form version and provide instructions on when and how to correctly file both versions. Upon the effective date of the new version of the form, USCIS will remove the old version of the form from its website. Approved for two years only due to partial GPEA compliance.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
07/31/2022 36 Months From Approved 06/30/2022
5,346,541 0 5,176,535
12,530,645 0 11,934,966
732,339,524 0 400,895,820

USCIS will use the information collected to determine eligibility for work authorization and for the issuance of an employment authorization document.

US Code: 8 USC 1153 Name of Law: Immigration Nationality Act
  
None

1615-AC27 Final or interim final rulemaking 85 FR 124 06/26/2020

No

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 5,346,541 5,176,535 0 170,006 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 12,530,645 11,934,966 0 595,679 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 732,339,524 400,895,820 0 331,443,704 0 0
Yes
Changing Regulations
Yes
Changing Regulations
USCIS is making a number of changes to the I-765 information collection as a result of this rule. A series of questions was added to Form I-765 that will allow USCIS to evaluate if applicants filing under the (c)(8) eligibility category meet the rule’s requirement of, for example, having lawfully entered the United States through a port of entry. Applicants who did not enter lawfully are provided an opportunity to explain the circumstances of their unlawful entry. Additionally, under the rule, all applicants under the (c)(8) eligibility category will be required to pay the $85 biometric services fee and attend a biometric services appointment. This expands the number of employment authorization eligibility categories required to submit biometrics after filing Form I-765, and increases the respondent population for the biometric processing information collection. New, expanded instructions relating to the requirements of the rule and the new questions on the form were added to the I-765 Instructions. These instructions provide information regarding the biometric services appointment requirement; the consequences on employment authorization eligibility of having filed for asylum after the one-year filing deadline; the lawful entry requirement; the potential consequences on employment authorization under the (c)(8) category of having been convicted of certain types of crimes; the evidence required in association with any arrests or convictions; the types of delays that USCIS will consider “applicant-caused”; and the impacts applicant-caused delays may have on employment authorization. The Instructions also clarify that the (c)(11) eligibility category is not available to applicants who were paroled into the United States on the basis of having established a credible fear of persecution or torture.

$963,015,425
No
    Yes
    Yes
No
No
No
No
Melanie Frank 202 527-4488 melanie.r.frank2@uscis.dhs.gov

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
07/13/2020


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