Approved for two
years due to partial GPEA compliance.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
07/31/2017
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2015
70,000
0
124,696
93,450
0
166,469
1,519,000
0
0
Section 212(a)(9)(B)(i)(I) and (II) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act) provides for the
inadmissibility of certain aliens who have accrued unlawful
presence in the United States. There is also a waiver provision
incorporated into section 212(a)(9)(B)(v) of the Act, which allows
the Secretary of Homeland Security to exercise discretion to waive
the unlawful presence grounds of inadmissibility on a case-by-case
basis. The information collection required on an Application for
Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver of Inadmissibility, Form
I-601A, is necessary for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS) to determine whether the applicant meets not only the
requirements to participate in the streamlined waiver process
provided by regulation, but also whether the applicant is eligible
to receive the provisional unlawful presence waiver.
There has been a decrease
(73,019 annual burden hours) in the annual burden hours previously
reported for this information collection. USCIS previously reported
166,469 burden hours and it is now reporting 93,450 burden hours.
This change can be attributed to a change in USCIS's estimate for
the number of respondents by 27,346 less respondents (previously
estimated 62,348 respondents while it is now estimates 35,000
respondents). USCIS refined our respondents estimate to 35,000
through receipt data collected since the March 4, 2013 issuance of
the form. The new respondents estimate was multiplied by the
average burden per respondents, of 1.5 and 1.17 respectively, to
reach the adjustment amounts of 52,500 and 40, 950 and the
resultant 73, 019 decrease in respondent hours.
$23,450,000
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
David Johnson 202
272-1046
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.