60-Day Notice

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 171 (Thursday, September 4, 2014)]

[Notices]

[Pages 52739-52740]

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

[FR Doc No: 2014-20957]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[OMB Control Number 1615-0125]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Secondary Inspections

Tool, Form M-1061; Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved

Collection

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and

Immigration Services (USCIS) invites the general public and other

Federal agencies to comment upon this proposed extension of a currently

approved collection of information. In accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the information collection notice is

published in the Federal Register to obtain comments regarding the

nature of the information collection, the categories of respondents,

the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort, and resources used by the

respondents to respond), the estimated cost to the respondent, and the

actual information collection instruments.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until

November 3, 2014.

ADDRESSES: All submissions received must include the OMB Control Number

1615-0125 in the subject box, the agency name and Docket ID USCIS-2011-

0008. To avoid duplicate submissions, please use only one of the

following methods to submit comments:

(1) Online. Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal Web

site at www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID number USCIS-2011-0008;

(2) Email. Submit comments to [email protected];

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(3) Mail. Submit written comments to DHS, USCIS, Office of Policy

and Strategy, Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, 20 Massachusetts

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20529-2140.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments

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. DHS may withhold information provided in

comments from public viewing that it determines may impact the privacy

of an individual or is offensive. 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: Extension, Without Change, of a

Currently Approved Collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Secondary Inspections Tool.

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

DHS sponsoring the collection: Form M-1061; USCIS.

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

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

Secondary Inspections Tool (SIT) is an internet-based tool that

processes, displays, and retrieves biometric and biographic data from

the Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT) within the US-

Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) system.

USCIS officers in USCIS District/Field Offices will be instructed to

use SIT at the time of a required interview in connection with an

immigration or naturalization benefit request, or an individual's

appearance at a USCIS District/Field Office to receive a document

evidencing an immigration benefit, following a required appearance at

an Application Support Center (ASC) for fingerprinting. This

information collection is necessary for USCIS to collect and process

the required biometric and biographic data from an applicant,

petitioner, sponsor, beneficiary, or other individual residing in the

United States.

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

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 1,363,141

responses at 5 minutes (.083 hours) per response.

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

with the collection: 113,140 annual burden hours.

If you need a copy of the information collection instrument with

instructions, or additional information, please visit the Federal

eRulemaking Portal site at: 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 number 202-272-8377.

Dated: August 28, 2014.

Laura Dawkins,

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

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

Security.

[FR Doc. 2014-20957 Filed 9-3-14; 8:45 am]

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