I-601 60-Day Notice

[Federal Register: December 9, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 236)]

[Notices]

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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Agency Information Collection Activities: Form I-601, Extension

of a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request

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

601, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility; OMB Control

Number 1615-0029.

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On November 30, 2010, USCIS published a 60-day notice in the

Federal Register at 75 FR 74071, mistakenly announcing the revision of

the Form I-601. The 60-day notice should have announced that USCIS was

requesting comments on extending the use of the Form I-601. This notice

corrects that error. However, during this 60 day period, USCIS will be

evaluating whether to revise the Form I-601. Should USCIS decide to

revise Form I-601 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-601.

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

Immigration Services will be submitting 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

February 7, 2011.

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 Products Division,

Clearance Office, 20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Suite 5012, Washington,

DC 20529-2020. Comments may also be submitted to DHS via facsimile to

202-272-0997, or via e-mail at [email protected]. When submitting

comments by e-mail, please add the OMB Control Number 1615-0029 in the

subject box.

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

submit comments concerning the extension of the Form I-601. 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, 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 concerning the collection of information 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 agencies 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 a currently

approved information collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Application for Waiver of Grounds

of Inadmissibility.

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

Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Form I-601.

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

information collected on this form is used by U.S Citizenship and

Immigration Services (USCIS) to determine whether the applicant is

eligible for a waiver of excludability under section 212 of the

Immigration and Nationality Act.

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

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 13,676

responses at 1\1/2\ hours per response.

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

with the collection: 20,514 annual burden hours.

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

information collection instrument, please visit: http://

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

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

20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Suite 5012, Washington, DC 20529-2020,

telephone number 202-272-8377.

Dated: December 3, 2010.

Stephen Tarragon,

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

Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security.

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