60 Day Notice

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Health and Human Services Statistical Data for Refugee/Asylee Adjusting Status

60 Day Notice

OMB: 1615-0070

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[Federal Register: May 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 97)]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY


U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services


Agency Information Collection Activities: Form I-643, Extension

of an Existing Information Collection; Comment Request


ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form I-

643, Health and Human Services Statistical Data for Refugee/Asylee

Adjusting Status; OMB Control No. 1615-0070.


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

Immigration Services 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 July 20, 2009.

During this 60-day period, USCIS will be evaluating whether to

revise the Form I-643. Should USCIS decide to revise the Form I-634, we

will advise the public when we publish the 30-day notice in the Federal

Register in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The public

will then have 30 days to comment on any revisions to the Form I-643.

Written comments and suggestions regarding the item contained in

this notice, and especially regarding the estimated public burden and

associated response time, should be directed to the Department of

Homeland Security (DHS), USCIS, Chief, Regulatory Products Division,

Clearance Office, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 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 e-

mail, please add the OMB Control Number 1615-0070 in the subject box.

Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected

agencies concerning the collection of information 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 agency's estimate of the burden of

the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;


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(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 an existing

information collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Health and Human Services

Statistical Data for Refugee/Asylee Adjusting Status.

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

Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Form I-643.

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. Refugees

and Asylees, Cuban/Haitian Entrants under section 202 of Public Law 99-

603, and Amerasians under Public Law 97-359, must use this form when

applying for adjustment of status, with the U.S. Citizenship and

Immigration Services (USCIS). USCIS will provide the data collected on

this form to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 195,000

responses at 55 minutes (.916) per response.

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

with the collection: 178,620 annual burden hours.

If you need a copy of the information collection instrument, please

visit: http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main.

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

111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20529-2210, telephone

number 202-272-8377.


Dated: May 15, 2009.

Stephen Tarragon,

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

Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security.

[FR Doc. E9-11832 Filed 5-20-09; 8:45 am]


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