The Refugee Biographic Data describes
a refugee applicants personal characteristics and is needed to
match the refugee with a sponsoring voluntary agency to ensure
initial reception and placement in the U.S. under the United States
Refugee Program. Biographic information is collected in a
face-to-face interview of the applicant overseas. An employee of an
Overseas Processing Entity, under contract with PRM, collects the
information and enters it into the Worldwide Refugee Admissions
Processing System(WRAPS).
US Code:
8
USC 1522(b) Name of Law: Authorization for Programs for
Domestic Resettlement of and Assistance of Refugees
US Code: 8
USC 1101(a) Name of Law: IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT
The number of hours reported on
our last submission was 22,500, based on FY 2016 projected refugee
admissions of 45,000. However, the number of hours being reported
in this submission is 30,372 based on the 10,124 refugee cases we
anticipate collecting this data from in FY2021. As a result of
Presidential mandates, additional biographic data must be gathered
from each refugee applicant in FY 2021, and therefore, the
collection timeframe required has increased for each refugee case,
which varies upon size.
$455,580
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Delicia Spruell 202 453-9257
spruellda@state.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.