Online Request to be a Supporter and Declaration of Financial Support
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Emergency
07/07/2023
Approved with change
07/07/2023
07/07/2023
Approved under emergency processing for six months contingent on USCIS initiating normal clearance procedures at 5 CFR 1320.10 by publishing a 60-day notice for public comment within 45 days of this approval. The 60-day notice will summarize all recent changes that have been approved under emergency processing and will be shared with OIRA for review 3 business days before transmittal to the Federal Register for publication. Any previous emergency terms of clearance regarding "sex" and social security numbers continues to apply.
table that charts list comparision
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
01/31/2024
6 Months From Approved
07/31/2023
625,000
0
400,000
791,250
0
598,500
0
0
0
DHS uses Form I-134A to determine whether a U.S.-based individual has sufficient financial resources and access to those funds to support the beneficiary for the duration of their temporary stay in the United States.
Form I-134A is used by a U.S. based individual (the supporter) to request to be considered as a supporter and to agree to provide financial support to the beneficiary named on the form during the beneficiaryâs period of stay in the United States.
Form I-134A is filed online and is only available for use by specific parole processes. This information collection supports the action being taken by the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand the ability for certain U.S.-based individuals to request to be considered to be a supporter of a beneficiary seeking to be paroled into the United States. Biographic information about the beneficiary provided on Form I-134A will be used for biographic security screening and advance travel authorization from DHS (OMB Control Number 1651-0143) for eligible nationals. Prior to the transmission of this biographic information from USCIS to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for this purpose, the beneficiary will be requested to confirm electronically the accuracy of the biographic information provided on their behalf by the respondent.
DHS will implement changes to the current Cuban Family Reunification Parole (CFRP) and Haitian Family Reunification Parole (HFRP) programs and establish new Family Reunification Parole (FRP) processes for certain Colombian, Salvadoran, Guatemalan, and Honduran beneficiaries of approved Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative. These updated and new FRP processes would provide lawful pathways as an alternative to irregular migration to help relieve pressure at the Southwest Border (SWB) and reunite families, consistent with the U.S. national interest and its foreign policy priorities. DHS has decided to implement an FRP process consistent with Executive Order (EO) 14010 Section 3(b)(ii) and the Collaborative Migration Management Strategy issued by the National Security Council (NSC), and the recommendation has been coordinated between USCIS and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Delaying the information collection approval would be contrary to the public interest because it would undermine the above-referenced time-sensitive negotiations and efforts to manage migration collaboratively with foreign partners.
USCIS seeks emergency processing of the USCIS Form I-134A and USCIS Form I-131 information collection packages in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.13. USCIS certifies that the requirements of 5 CFR 1320.13(a) are met and that:
⢠The collection of information is needed immediately and is essential to the mission of the agency.
⢠The use of normal clearance procedures is reasonably likely to prevent or disrupt the collection of information.
⢠Public harm is reasonably likely to result if normal clearance procedures are followed.
USCIS Form I-134A is being expanded to add eligible countries. USCIS is adding (1) associated changes to the instructions and FRP process-specific fields to identify eligible beneficiaries (2) a familial relationship evidence requirement, and (3) a free text box for the supporter to provide an explanation for why the potential beneficiary should be considered for humanitarian or significant public benefit parole. The respondent population will increase. There is no change to the total estimated annual cost burden to respondents.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form I-134A Online Request to be a Supporter and Declaration of Financial Support
I-134-003_EMG-REV-FRP_Memo.pdf
I-134A-003_EMG_REV_SPTSTMT_v4.docx
Documentation of the relationship of parolee/beneficiary's derivative and add-on beneficiaries