Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form DS-260 Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration Form and Instruction
Screenshot 4-10-2019.docx Instruction
Screenshot 4-10-2019.docx Instruction
DS-260 Online Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration Application OMB Submission_DS260_March2018.pdf www.travel.state.gov Form and Instruction
DS-260 Online Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration Application OMB Submission_DS260_March2018.pdf www.travel.state.gov Form and Instruction
DS-230 Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration DS-230.pdf Form and Instruction
DS-230 Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration DS-230.pdf Form and Instruction
(004) Tab 3 – DS-260.pdf DS-260 IC Document
(004) Tab 3 – DS-260.pdf DS-260 IC Document
(005) -- Tab 4 – DS-230.pdf DS-230 IC Document
(005) -- Tab 4 – DS-230.pdf DS-230 IC Document

Information Collection (IC) Details

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IC Title:	Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration	Agency IC Tracking Number:

Is this a Common Form? No		IC Status: Modified

Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits

CFR Citation: 22 CFR 42.63

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form and Instruction	DS-260	Online Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration Application	OMB Submission_DS260_March2018.pdf	http://www.travel.state.gov	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Instruction			Screenshot 4-10-2019.docx		Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form and Instruction	DS-230	Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration	DS-230.pdf		Yes	No	Fillable Fileable

Line of Business: International Affairs and Commerce

Subfunction: Foreign Affairs

Privacy Act System of Records
Title:	FR Citation:

Number of Respondents: 710,000	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 0

Affected Public: Individuals or Households

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 100 %

	Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	710,000	710,000
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	1,834,167	1,834,167
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	3,550,000	3,550,000

Documents for IC

Title	Document	Date Uploaded
DS-260	(004) Tab 3 – DS-260.pdf	03/30/2022
DS-230	(005) -- Tab 4 – DS-230.pdf	03/30/2022

Blank fields in records indicate information that was not collected or not collected electronically prior to July 2006.