60-day notice

[Federal Register: April 12, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 70)]

[Notices]

[Page 20361-20362]

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-907, Extension

of a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: 60-day notice of information collection under review: Form I-

907, Request for Premium Processing Service; OMB Control No. 1615-0048.

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

Immigration Services (USCIS) 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 June

13, 2011.

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

revise the

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Form I-907. Should USCIS decide to revise Form I-907 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-907.

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,

Office of the Executive Secretariat, Clearance Officer, 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]. When submitting comments by email please add the OMB

Control Number 1615-0048 in the subject box.

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

submit comments concerning 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.

Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected

agencies concerning the proposed 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 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: Request for Premium Processing

Service.

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

Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Form I-907.

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. USCIS

uses the information provided on Form I-907 to provide petitioners the

opportunity to request faster processing of certain employment-based

petitions and applications.

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

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond:

Filing by Mail: 96,000 responses at 30 minutes (.50) per

response.

Electronically: 4,000 responses at 20 minutes (.333) per

response.

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

with the collection: 49,332 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., Room

5012, Washington, DC 20529-2020, Telephone number 202-272-8377.

Dated: April 6, 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. 2011-8681 Filed 4-11-11; 8:45 am]

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