30-Day Notice

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2014)]

[Notices]

[Pages 6915-6916]

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

[FR Doc No: 2014-02448]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[OMB Control Number 1615-0068]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Registration for

Classification as a Refugee, Form I-590; Revision of a Currently

Approved Collection

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), 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 notice was previously

published in the Federal Register on September 20, 2013, at 78 FR

57870, allowing for a 60-day public comment period. USCIS received one

comment in connection with the 60-day notice.

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

public comments. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until

March 7, 2014. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR

1320.10.

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

contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public

burden and associated response time, must be directed to the OMB USCIS

Desk Officer via email at [email protected]. The comments

submitted to the OMB USCIS Desk Officer may also be submitted to DHS

via the Federal eRulemaking Portal Web site at http://www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID number USCIS-2007-0036 or via

email at [email protected]. All submissions received must

include the agency name and the OMB Control Number 1615-0068.

Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material,

all submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal

eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, and will include any

personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this

information makes it public. You may wish to consider limiting the

amount of personal information that you provide in any voluntary

submission you make to DHS. For additional information please read the

Privacy Act notice that is available via the link in the footer of

http://www.regulations.gov.

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 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 Request: Revision of a Currently

Approved Collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Registration for Classification

as Refuge.

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

DHS sponsoring the collection: Form I-590; USCIS.

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

well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or households. Form I-

590 provides a uniform method for applicants to apply for refugee

status and contains the information needed for USCIS to adjudicate such

applications.

The revised Form I-590 includes additional questions that have been

transferred from Form G-646, Sworn Statement of Refugee Applying for

Admission into the United States. These questions assist USCIS in

determining whether an applicant is inadmissible to the United States.

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

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: Registration

for

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Classification--100,000 respondents at 3 hours and 20 minutes (3.33

hours) per response; Request for Interview--1,500 respondents at 1 hour

per response; DNA Evidence--100 respondents at 2 hours per response.

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

with the collection: 334,700 annual burden hours.

If you need a copy of the information collection instrument with

supplementary documents, or need additional information, please visit

http://www.regulations.gov. We may also be contacted at: USCIS, Office

of Policy and Strategy, Regulatory Coordination Division, 20

Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20529-2140; Telephone 202-272-

8377.

Dated: January 30, 2014.

Laura Dawkins,

Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy,

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

Security.

[FR Doc. 2014-02448 Filed 2-4-14; 8:45 am]

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