60-Day Notice

[Federal Register: February 11, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 27)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: National

Interest Waivers; Supplemental Evidence to I-140 and I-485; OMB Control

No. 1615-0063.

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The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and

Immigration Services (USCIS) has submitted the following information

collection request for review and clearance in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection is

published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.

Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for sixty days until April

13, 2009.

Written comments and suggestions regarding items contained in this

notice, and especially with regard to the estimated public burden and

associated response time should be directed to the Department of

Homeland Security (DHS), USCIS, Chief, Regulatory

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Management Division, Clearance Office, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW.,

Suite 3008, Washington, DC 20529-2210. Comments may also be submitted

to DHS via facsimile to 202-272-8352, or via e-mail at

[email protected]. When submitting comments by email add the OMB Control

No. (1615-0063) in the subject box.

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 whether the information will have practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies 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.

Overview of this information collection:

(1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently

approved information collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: National Interest Waivers;

Supplemental Evidence to I-140 and I-485.

(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the

Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: No Agency

Form Number; File No. OMB-22. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration

Services.

(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as

well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or Households. The

supplemental documentation will be used by the U.S. Citizenship and

Immigration Services to determine eligibility for national interest

waiver requests and to finalize the request for adjustment to lawful

permanent resident status.

(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 8,000

responses, two responses per respondent, at one (1) hour per response.

An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with

the collection: 16,000 annual burden hours.

If you have additional comments, suggestions, or need a copy of the

information collection instrument, please visit the USCIS Web site at:

http://www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp.

We may also be contacted at: USCIS, Regulatory Management Division,

111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Suite 3008, Washington, DC 20529-2210,

Telephone number 202-272-8377.

Dated: February 4, 2009.

Stephen Tarragon,

Deputy Chief, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and

Immigration Services.

[FR Doc. E9-2778 Filed 2-10-09; 8:45 am]

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