30-day notice

[Federal Register: March 8, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 45)]

[Notices]

[Page 12750]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Agency Information Collection Activities: Form I-829, Extension

of an Existing Information Collection Request; Comment Request

ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form I-

829, Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions. OMB Control No.

1615-0045.

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

Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following

information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection was previously

published in the Federal Register on November 30, 2010, at 75 FR 74070,

allowing for a 60-day public comment period. USCIS received one comment

for this information collection.

The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for

public comments. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until

April 7, 2011. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR

1320.10.

Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained

in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and

associated response time, should be directed to the Department of

Homeland Security (DHS), and to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) USCIS Desk Officer. Comments may be submitted to: USCIS, Chief,

Regulatory Products Division, Office of the Executive Secretariat, 20

Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20529-2020. Comments may also

be submitted to DHS via facsimile to 202-272-0997 or via e-mail at

[email protected], and to the OMB USCIS Desk Officer via facsimile at

202-395-5806 or via e-mail at [email protected]. When

submitting comments by e-mail, please make sure to add OMB Control

Number 1615-0045 in the subject box.

Note: The address listed in this notice should only be used to

submit comments concerning the extension of this information

collection. Please do not submit requests for individual case status

inquiries to this address. If you are seeking information about the

status of your individual case, please check ``My Case Status''

online at: https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard.do, or call the

USCIS National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283 (TTY 1-800-

767-1833).

Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected

agencies should address one or more of the following four points:

(1) Evaluate whether the 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 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 an existing

information collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Petition by Entrepreneur to

Remove Conditions.

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

Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Form I-829.

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 and households. This

form is used by a conditional resident alien entrepreneur who obtained

such status through a qualifying investment, to apply to remove

conditions on his or her conditional residence, and on the conditional

residence for his or her spouse and children.

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

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 441 responses

at 1 hours and 8 minutes (65 minutes) per response.

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

with the collection: 476 annual burden hours. If you need a copy of

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

http://www.regulations.gov/.

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

Office of the Executive Secretariat, 20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20529-2020, Telephone number 202-272-8377.

Dated: March 2, 2011.

Stephen Tarragon,

Senior Analyst, Regulatory Products Division, Office of the Executive

Secretariat, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of

Homeland Security.

[FR Doc. 2011-5235 Filed 3-7-11; 8:45 am]

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