30-Day Notice

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2011)]

[Notices]

[Page 33328]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2011-14083]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Agency Information Collection Activities; New Information

Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: USCIS

intake page for Pay.Gov; OMB Control No. 1615-New.

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On March 3, 2011, USCIS published a 60-day notice in the Federal

Register at 76 FR 11805 announcing the new information collection, Visa

Processing Fee Payment. The notice invited comments during the 60-day

comment period. USCIS did not receive any comments on the 60-day

notice. USCIS published a 30-day notice in the Federal Register on May

9, 2011, at 76 FR 26750. Subsequently, USCIS did not receive any

comments on the 30-day notice.

After the 30-day notice was published in the Federal Register USCIS

changed the name of the information collection from ``Visa Processing

Fee Payment'' to ``USCIS intake page for Pay.Gov''. This change will

allow this information collection request to be used to collect the

information necessary to process more than one fee through Pay.gov as

may be necessary.

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. This collection results from the development of

a system to receive, track, and reconcile fee payments for a Request

for Civil Surgeon Designation, Collection of Biometric Services Fees

from overseas residents, and collection of the DHS Immigrant Visa

Domestic Processing Fee.

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

public comments. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until

July 8, 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, 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 ``USCIS intake

page for Pay.Gov'' 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 agency's 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: New information collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: USCIS intake page for Pay.Gov.

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

Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: No Form

Number; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

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

well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or households. This

information collection is necessary for USCIS to track payment of the

visa processing fee and reconcile the payment received in the Federal

Financial Management System (FFMS), and the applicant's file.

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

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: Immigrant Visa

Application: 500,000 responses at 10 minutes (.166 hours) per response.

Civil Surgeon Designation Application: 1,200 responses at 10 minutes

(.166 hours) per response. Overseas Biometrics Services: 20,000

responses at 10 minutes (.166 hours) per response.

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

with the collection: 86,519 annual burden hours.

If you need a copy of the 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 202-272-8377.

Dated: June 2, 2011.

Sunday Aigbe,

Chief, Regulatory Products Division, Office of the Executive

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

Homeland Security.

[FR Doc. 2011-14083 Filed 6-7-11; 8:45 am]

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