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comments on the proposed Information
Collection Request (ICR) that is
described below. DHS is especially
interested in public comment
addressing the following issues: (1) Is
this collection necessary to the proper
functions of the Department; (2) will
this information be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate
of burden accurate; (4) how might the
Department enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (5) how might the
Department minimize the burden of this
collection on the respondents, including
through the use of information
technology? Please note that written
comments received in response to this
notice will be considered public
records.
Title of Collection: Support AntiTerrorism by Fostering Effective
Technologies Act (SAFETY Act) forms
include: DHS Form 10010, DHS Form
10009, DHS Form 10008, DHS Form
10007, DHS Form 10006, DHS Form
10005, DHS Form 10004, DHS Form
10003, DHS Form 10002, DHS Form
10001, DHS Form 100057
Prior OMB Control Number: 1640–
0016.
Type of Review: An extension of an
information collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, Businesses and
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Frequency of Collection: One per
Request
Estimated Time per Respondent: 18.2
minutes or under
Number of Respondents: 665
Total Burden Hours: 3,325
Dated: March 19, 2019.
Rick Stevens,
Chief Information Officer, Science and
Technology Directorate.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection: Request for Fee
Waiver
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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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 purpose of this notice is to
allow an additional 30 days for public
comments.
DATES: The purpose of this notice is to
allow an additional 30 days for public
comments. Comments are encouraged
and will be accepted until May 6, 2019.
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 dhsdeskofficer@
omb.eop.gov. All submissions received
must include the agency name and the
OMB Control Number 1615–0116 in the
subject line.
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 website at http://
www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS
National Customer Service Center at
(800) 375–5283; TTY (800) 767–1833.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

Reason for Changes
USCIS is primarily funded by
application and petition fees. Under
INA 286(m), 8 U.S.C. 1356(m), DHS has
the authority to establish the fees it
charges for immigration and
naturalization services to recover the
full costs of such services, including
those provided without charge, and to
recover costs associated with the
administration of the fees collected.
Therefore, the fees are set at a level that
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USCIS operations. USCIS may waive the
fee for certain immigration benefit
requests when the individual requesting
the benefit is unable to pay the fee. See
8 CFR 103.7(c). To request a fee waiver,
the individual must submit a written
waiver request for permission to have
their benefit request processed without
payment. The waiver request must state
the person’s belief that he or she is
entitled to or deserving of the benefit
requested and the reasons for his or her
inability to pay and include evidence to
support the reasons indicated. See 8
CFR 103.7(c)(2).
The proposed revision would reduce
the evidence required for a fee waiver to
only a person’s household income and
no longer require proof of whether or
not an individual receives a meanstested benefit. USCIS policy since 2011
has been to permit a fee waiver where
an applicant received a means-tested
benefit, even for a short period of time.
USCIS has found that the various
income levels used in states to grant a
means-tested benefit result in
inconsistent income levels being used to
determine eligibility for a fee waiver.
Consequently, a fee waiver may be
granted for one person who has a certain
level of income in one state, but denied
for a person with that same income who
lives in another state. Therefore, USCIS
has determined that fee waivers should
not be based on the receipt of a means
tested benefit, and the revised form will
not permit a fee waiver based on receipt
of a means-tested benefit. It will retain
the poverty-guideline threshold and
financial hardship criteria. USCIS
requested public comments on the
revised form and policy and is
proceeding with the form revision after
considering the public comments.
Therefore, USCIS will rescind Policy
Memorandum, PM–602–0011.1, Fee
Waiver Guidelines as Established by the
Final Rule of the USCIS Fee Schedule;
Revisions to Adjudicator’s Field Manual
(AFM) Chapter 10.9, AFM Update
AD11–26 (Mar. 13, 2011) and issue new
guidance on the documentation
acceptable for individuals to present to
demonstrate that they are unable to pay
a fee when requesting a fee waiver. The
applications and petitions that are
eligible for a fee waiver are provided in
8 CFR 103.7(c)(3) and will not be
changed by this form and policy change.
Comments
The information collection notice was
previously published in the Federal
Register on September 28, 2018, at 83
FR 49120, allowing for a 60-day public
comment period. USCIS did receive
1,198 comments in connection with the
60-day notice.

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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–2010–0008 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:
Request for Fee Waiver.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: I–912; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract:
Primary: Individuals or households.
USCIS uses the data collected on this
form to verify that the applicant is
unable to pay for the immigration
benefit being requested. USCIS will
consider waiving a fee for an
application or petition when the
applicant or petitioner clearly
demonstrates that he or she is unable to
pay the fee. Form I–912 standardizes the
collection and analysis of statements
and supporting documentation provided
by the applicant with the fee waiver
request. Form I–912 also streamlines
and expedites USCIS’s review, approval,
or denial of the fee waiver request by
clearly laying out the most salient data
and evidence necessary for the
determination of inability to pay.
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making a final determination. Each case
is unique and is considered on its own
merits. If the fee waiver is granted, the
application will be processed. If the fee
waiver is not granted, USCIS will notify
the applicant and instruct him or her to
file a new application with the
appropriate fee.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: The estimated total number of
respondents for the information
collection I–912 is 350,000 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
1.17 hours; for the information
collection DACA Exemptions the
estimated total number of respondents
is 108 and the estimated hour burden
per response is 1.17 hours; for the
information collection 8 CFR 103.7(d)
Director’s exception request the
estimated total number of respondents
is 20 and the estimated hour burden per
response is 1.17 hours.
(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 409,650 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 $1,312,980.
Dated: March 29, 2019.
Samantha L. Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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Extension of the Designation of South
Sudan for Temporary Protected Status
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Through this Notice, the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) announces that the Secretary of
Homeland Security (Secretary) is
extending the designation of South
Sudan for Temporary Protected Status

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(TPS) for 18 months, from May 3, 2019,
through November 2, 2020. The
extension allows currently eligible TPS
beneficiaries to retain TPS through
November 2, 2020, so long as they
otherwise continue to meet the
eligibility requirements for TPS.
This Notice also sets forth procedures
necessary for nationals of South Sudan
(or aliens having no nationality who last
habitually resided in South Sudan) to
re-register for TPS and to apply for
Employment Authorization Documents
(EADs) with U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS). USCIS
will issue new EADs with a November
2, 2020 expiration date to eligible
beneficiaries under South Sudan’s TPS
designation who timely re-register and
apply for EADs under this extension.
DATES: Extension of Designation of
South Sudan for TPS: The 18-month
extension of the TPS designation of
South Sudan is effective May 3, 2019,
and will remain in effect through
November 2, 2020. The 60-day reregistration period runs from April 5,
2019 through June 4, 2019. (Note: It is
important for re-registrants to timely reregister during this 60-day period and
not to wait until their EADs expire.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
• You may contact Samantha
Deshommes, Branch Chief, Regulatory
Coordination Division, Office of Policy
and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, U.S. Department
of Homeland Security, by mail at 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20529–2060, or by
phone at 800–375–5283.
• For further information on TPS,
including guidance on the reregistration process and additional
information on eligibility, please visit
the USCIS TPS web page at http://
www.uscis.gov/tps. You can find
specific information about this
extension of South Sudan’s TPS
designation by selecting ‘‘South Sudan’’
from the menu on the left side of the
TPS web page.
• If you have additional questions
about TPS, please visit uscis.gov/tools.
Our online virtual assistant, Emma, can
answer many of your questions and
point you to additional information on
our website. If you are unable to find
your answers there, you may also call
our USCIS Contact Center at 800–375–
5283.
• Applicants seeking information
about the status of their individual cases
may check Case Status Online, available
on the USCIS website at http://
www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS
Contact Center at 800–375–5283 (TTY
800–767–1833).

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