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pertinent to eligibility under the Victims
of Trafficking and Violence Protection
Act (VTVPA), Public Law 106–386, and
a request for employment.
(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–914 is 3,432 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
2.63 hours. The estimated total number
of respondents for the information
collection I–914 Supplement A is 1,720
and the estimated hour burden per
response is 1.08 hours. The estimated
total number of respondents for the
information collection I–914
Supplement B is 2,402 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
3.83 hours. The estimated total number
of respondents for the information
collection of biometrics is 5,152 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 21,517 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 $5,905,400.
Dated: July 21, 2023.
Samantha L. 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 1615–0105]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection: Notice of Entry
of Appearance as Attorney or
Accredited Representative
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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AGENCY:

The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) invites
the general public and other Federal
agencies to comment upon this
proposed revision of a currently

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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
September 25, 2023.
ADDRESSES: All submissions received
must include the OMB Control Number
1615–0105 in the body of the letter, the
agency name and Docket ID USCIS–
2008–0037. Submit comments via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal website at
https://www.regulations.gov under eDocket ID number USCIS–2008–0037.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy,
Regulatory Coordination Division,
Samantha Deshommes, Chief, telephone
number (240) 721–3000 (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 website
at https://www.uscis.gov, or call the
USCIS Contact Center at 800–375–5283
(TTY 800–767–1833).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Adding Paralegals and Other Law Firm
Employees
DHS is proposing to revise the subject
information collection to allow an
attorney or accredited representative to
name a paralegal that they supervise
who would be permitted to
communicate with USCIS in named
limited circumstances. See the form and
form instructions in the documents for
the specific changes being proposed.
DHS is proposing to limit the change
to the form to allow for the addition of
a paralegal and not extend it to any
employee of the organization or firm
supervised by the practitioner of record
on the Notice of Entry of Appearance as
Attorney or Accredited Representative.
USCIS believes that the employee who
is provided with the authority to
communicate with USCIS on a case
should have education, experience and
training in regulatory compliance and
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understand the distinction between
administrative tasks and independent
legal advice. The term paralegal is not
defined by law or regulated by all states
or state bar associations but education
and training is generally associated with
being a paralegal.1 USCIS believes that
the term ‘‘paralegal’’ is sufficiently used
and understood by the public to be an
individual qualified to afford
protections to affected parties who
submit immigration benefit requests that
exceed what would be provided by
another employee.
USCIS specifically requests comments
on the limitation from the practitioner
community and others who may be
affected on the limitation to paralegals,
if that limitation should be maintained,
and if not, detailed reasons why it
should not.
How To Comment
You may access the information
collection instrument with instructions
or additional information by visiting the
Federal eRulemaking Portal site at:
https://www.regulations.gov and
entering USCIS–2008–0037 in the
search box. All submissions will be
posted, without change, to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at https://
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
https://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
1 See, e.g., NFPA: The National Federation of
Paralegal Associations, Inc. at https://
www.paralegals.org/default.aspx (last viewed June
20, 2023) (Stating, ‘‘A paralegal is a person,
qualified through education, training or work
experience to perform substantive legal work that
requires knowledge of legal concepts and is
customarily, but not exclusively, performed by a
lawyer. This person may be retained or employed
by a lawyer, law office, governmental agency or
other entity or may be authorized by administrative,
statutory or court authority to perform this work.
Substantive shall mean work requiring recognition,
evaluation, organization, analysis, and
communication of relevant facts and legal concept.’’

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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.

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(1) Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a Currently Approved
Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Notice of Entry of Appearance as
Attorney or Accredited Representative.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: G–28; G–28I;
USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Business or other forprofit. The data collected via the G–28
information collection instruments is
used by DHS to determine eligibility of
the individual to appear as a
representative. Form G–28 is used by
attorneys admitted to practice in the
United States and accredited
representatives of charitable
organizations recognized by the Board
of Immigration Appeals. Form G–28I is
used by attorneys admitted to the
practice of law in countries other than
the United States and only in matters in
DHS offices outside the geographical
confines of the United States. If the
representative is eligible, the form is
filed with the case and the information
is entered into DHS systems.
(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 G–28 (paper filed) is
4,181,229 and the estimated hour
burden per response is .940 hours; the
estimated total number of respondents
for the information collection G–28
(online filed) is 464,581 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
.783 hours; the estimated total number
of respondents for the information
collection G–28I (paper filed) is 31,362

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Dated: July 21, 2023.
Samantha L. Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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and the estimated hour burden per
response is .700 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 4,316,022 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 $0.00.

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7070–N–43]

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Informed Consumer Choice
Disclosure and Application for FHA
Insured Mortgages OMB Control No.:
2502–0059
Office of Policy Development
and Research, Chief Data Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

HUD is seeking approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for the information collection
described below. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is
requesting comment from all interested
parties on the proposed collection of
information. The purpose of this notice
is to allow for an additional 30 days of
public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: August 28,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Interested persons are
also invited to submit comments
regarding this proposal and comments
should refer to the proposal by name
and/or OMB Control Number and
should be sent to: Colette Pollard,
Clearance Officer, REE, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street SW, Room 8210, Washington,
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DC 20410–5000; email
PaperworkReductionActOffice@
hud.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, REE, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 7th Street SW,
Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410;
email at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov or
telephone 202–402–3400. This is not a
toll-free number. HUD welcomes and is
prepared to receive calls from
individuals who are deaf or hard of
hearing, as well as individuals with
speech or communication disabilities.
To learn more about how to make an
accessible telephone call, please visit
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/
telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.
The Federal Register notice that
solicited public comment on the
information collection for a period of 60
days was published on May 27, 2022 at
87 FR 32182.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Application for FHA Insured Mortgages.
OMB Approval Number: 2502–0059.
Type of Request: Revision of currently
approved collection.
Form Number: HUD–92900–A, HUD–
92900–B, HUD–92900–LT, HUD–92561,
Model Notice for Informed Consumer
Choice Disclosure, Model Pre-Insurance
Review/Checklist, Settlement
Certification (previously known as
Addendum to HUD–1) and HUD–92544.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: Specific
forms and related documents are needed
to determine the eligibility of the
borrower and proposed mortgage
transaction for FHA’s mortgage
insurance endorsement. Additional
documentation requirements for
refinances with partial claims. Lenders
seeking FHA’s insurance prepare certain
forms to collect data.
Respondents: Individuals (loan
applicants) and Business or other forprofit (lenders).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,912.
Estimated Number of Responses:
6,212.229.
Frequency of Response: One for each
FHA-insured mortgage.
Average Hours per Response: 1.35
hour (0.74) (varies per form and type of
loan).

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