USCIS Form I-590 TOC

TABLE OF CHANGES – FORM

Form I-590, Registration for Classification as Refugee

OMB Number: 1615-0068

07/23/2025

Reason for Revision: Biometrics NPRM

Project Phase: OMB Review

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Edition Date xx/xx/2026 (01/20/2025)

Current Page Number and Section	Current Text	Proposed Text
Page 15, Instructions	[Page 15] Instructions … 6. Biometrics. You may be required, to provide fingerprints, photograph, and/or additional signature to verify your identity, obtain additional information, and conduct background and security checks, including a check of criminal history records. You will be informed when and where you will need to provide these biometrics. If you fail to provide these biometrics as requested, USCIS may reject, close, or deny your form. 7. Requests for More Information. We may request that you provide more information or evidence to support your form. You may submit legible photocopies of documents requested, unless the Instructions specifically state that you must submit an original document. USCIS may request an original document at the time of filing or at any time during processing of your form. If you submit original documents when not required, the documents may be destroyed or remain a part of the record, and USCIS will not automatically return them to you. …	[Page 15] Instructions … 6. Biometrics. USCIS may require you to appear for an interview. Every individual who is an applicant, petitioner, derivative, beneficiary, or sponsor of an immigration benefit request or other request submitted to USCIS is required to submit biometrics, unless USCIS exempts the requirement. Each individual will be notified of the time, date, and location of their biometric services appointment, unless USCIS exempts the requirement to submit biometrics. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may store the biometrics submitted by an individual and use or reuse biometrics to conduct background and security checks, including a check of criminal history records maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), verify identity, produce documents, determine eligibility for immigration and naturalization benefits, or to perform any other functions necessary for the administration and enforcement of the immigration and naturalization laws, or any other legal authority. In some situations, USCIS may require the submission of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or DNA test results as part of the biometrics submission requirement. In such instances, DNA test results will be used as primary evidence to determine eligibility for the benefit sought by demonstrating the existence or absence of a genetic relationship or biological sex as applicable to the respective form. USCIS will only accept DNA test results from laboratories accredited by the AABB (formerly the American Association of Blood Banks). A list of laboratories can be viewed at aabb.org/sa/facilities/Pages/RTestAccrFac.aspx. If you are required to provide biometrics at your biometric services appointment, you must sign a statement, under penalty of perjury, attesting that your submitted application, petition, or request, one that you provided on behalf of your derivative beneficiary, or one submitted on your behalf, and all documents filed with and in support of the application, petition, or request, were complete, true, and correct at the time of filing. If you fail to submit biometrics or fail to appear for your scheduled biometric services appointment, absent extraordinary circumstances, USCIS may deny your application. For applicants and dependents who appear before an immigration judge, failure to attend a biometric services appointment may result in the immigration judge finding that your application was abandoned, and USCIS may also deny any other application you filed with USCIS. 7. Requests for More Information. We may request that you provide more information or evidence to support your form. You may submit legible photocopies of documents requested, unless the Instructions specifically state that you must submit an original document. USCIS may request an original document at the time of filing or at any time during processing of your form. If you submit original documents when not required, the documents may be destroyed or remain a part of the record, and USCIS will not automatically return them to you. …
Page 15, SSA Privacy Act Statement	[Page 15] SSA Privacy Act Statement …	[no change]
		[Page 16] FBI Privacy Notice USCIS may use your biometrics to obtain the criminal history records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), for identity verification, to determine eligibility, to create immigration documents (for example, Permanent Resident Card, Employment Authorization Document), or any purpose authorized by the Immigration and Nationality Act. You may obtain a copy of your own FBI record using the procedures outlined at 28 CFR 16.30-16.34. For more information, please visit: fbi.gov/services/cjis/compact-council/guiding-principles-noncriminal-justice-applicants-privacy-rights. For information regarding how the FBI will use your fingerprints, please visit fbi.gov/services/cjis/compact-council/privacy-act-statement.
Page 15-16, DHS Privacy Notice	[Page 15] DHS Privacy Notice ..	[no change]
Page 16, Paperwork Reduction Act	[Page 16] Paperwork Reduction Act An agency may not conduct or sponsor an information collection, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The public reporting burden for Form I-590 is estimated at 3 hours for gathering information; 20 minutes (.33 hours) for submitting biometric information; 1 hour for review the request; and 2 hours for collecting DNA evidence (if applicable). Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Office of Policy and Strategy, Regulatory Coordination Division, 5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Mail Stop #2140, Camp Springs, MD 20588-0009; OMB No 1615-0068. Do not mail your completed Form I-590 to this address.	[Page 16] Paperwork Reduction Act An agency may not conduct or sponsor an information collection, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The public reporting burden for Form I-590 is estimated at 3 hours for gathering information; 1 hour for review the request; and 2 hours for collecting DNA evidence (if applicable). The collection of biometrics is estimated to require 1.17 hours. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Office of Policy and Strategy, Regulatory Coordination Division, 5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Mail Stop #2140, Camp Springs, MD 20588-0009; OMB No 1615-0068. Do not mail your completed Form I-590 to this address.

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