30-Day Notice

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 31, 2017)]

[Notices]

[Pages 24987-24988]

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

[FR Doc No: 2017-11103]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[OMB Control Number 1615-0023]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently

Approved Collection: Application To Register Permanent Residence or

Adjust Status, Adjustment of Status Under Section 245(i), and

Confirmation of Bona Fide Job Offer or Request for Job Portability

Under INA Section 204(j)

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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

and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the subject

information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 and the regulations at 5 CFR 1320.10. This notice

is intended to obtain input from the interested public on the need for

the information requested, and suggestions on how to improve the form,

instructions and information collection requirements.

DATES: Comments will be accepted until June 22, 2017.

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]. Comments may

also be submitted via fax at (202) 395-5806. (This is not a toll-free

number.) All submissions received must include the agency name and the

OMB Control Number 1615-0023.

You may wish to consider limiting the amount of personal

information that you provide in any voluntary submission you make. For

additional information please read the Privacy Act notice that is

available via the link in the footer of http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy,

Regulatory Coordination Division, Samantha Deshommes, Chief, 20

Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20529-2140, Telephone number

(202) 272-8377 (This is not a toll-free number; comments are not

accepted via telephone message.). Please note contact information

provided here is solely for questions regarding this notice. It is not

for individual case status inquiries. Applicants seeking information

about the status of their individual cases can check Case Status

Online, available at the USCIS Web site at http://www.uscis.gov, or

call the USCIS National Customer Service Center at (800) 375-5283; TTY

(800) 767-1833.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments

The information collection notice was previously published in the

Federal Register on March 31, 2017, at 82 FR 16053, allowing for a 60-

day public comment period. USCIS received

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comments in connection with the 60-day notice.

You may access the information collection instrument with

instructions, or additional information by visiting the Federal

eRulemaking Portal site at: http://www.regulations.gov and enter USCIS-

2009-0020 in the search 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 Request: Revision of a Currently

Approved Collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Application To Register Permanent

Residence or Adjust Status, Adjustment of Status Under Section 245(i),

and Confirmation of Bona Fide Job Offer or Request for Job Portability

Under INA Section 204(j).

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

DHS sponsoring the collection: Form I-485, Supplement A, and Supplement

J to Form I-485; USCIS.

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

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

information collected is used to determine eligibility to adjust status

under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and to

confirm a bona fide job offer or a request for job portability under

INA Section 204(j).

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

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond:

Form I-485--652,599 respondents responding at an estimated 6 hours

15 minutes per response.

Form I-485 Supplement A--36,000 respondents responding at an

estimated 1 hour and 15 minutes per response.

Form I-485 Supplement J--28,309 respondents responding at an

estimated 1 hour per response.

Biometrics Processing--An estimated 522,089 respondents will be

required to provide biometrics which requires an estimated 1 hour and

10 minutes per response.

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

with the collection: The total estimated annual hour burden associated

with this collection is 4,762,897 hours.

(7) An estimate of the total public burden (in cost) associated

with the collection: The estimated total annual cost burden associated

with this collection of information is $233,841,457.

Dated: May 24, 2017.

Samantha Deshommes,

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

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

Security.

[FR Doc. 2017-11103 Filed 5-30-17; 8:45 am]

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