Notice2023-19369
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: Application To Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
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Published
September 8, 2023
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Abstract
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 revision 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 173 (Friday, September 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62102-62103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19369]
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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
AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 60-day notice.
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SUMMARY: 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 revision 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 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: All submissions received must include the OMB Control Number
1615-0023 in the body of the letter, the agency name and Docket ID
USCIS-2009-0020. Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal
website at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> under e-Docket ID number USCIS-
2009-0020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy,
Regulatory Coordination Division, Samantha Deshommes, Chief, telephone
number (240) 721-3000 (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 <a href="https://www.uscis.gov">https://www.uscis.gov</a>, or
call the USCIS Contact Center at 800-375-5283 (TTY 800-767-1833).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Comments
You may access the information collection instrument with
instructions or additional information by visiting the Federal
eRulemaking Portal site at: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and entering
USCIS-2009-0020 in the search box. All submissions will be posted,
without change, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, 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 <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
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: Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Application to Register Permanent
Residence or Adjust Status; Supplement A to Form I-485, Adjustment of
Status Under Section 245(i); Supplement J, Confirmation of Bona Fide
Offer or Request for Job Portability Under Section 204(j); National
Interest Waiver.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
DHS sponsoring the collection: I-485, Supplement A, Supplement J,
National Interest Waiver; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or households. The Form
I-485 is used to request and determine eligibility for adjustment of
permanent residence status. The Form I-485 Supplement A is used to
adjust status under section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (Act). The Form I-485 Supplement J is used if you are an
employment-based applicant for adjustment of status who is filing or
has previously filed a Form I-485 as the principal beneficiary of a
valid Form I-140 in an employment-based immigrant visa category that
requires a job offer, and you now seek, in connection with your Form I-
485, to (1) confirm that the job offered in your Form I-140 is a bona
fide offer you intent to accept or (2) request job portability under
INA section 204(j) to a new, full-time permanent job offer that you
intent to accept, once your Form I-485 is approved. The Physicians
National Interest Waiver will be used to notify foreign physician
applicants of the medical service requirements for national interest
waiver physicians applying for adjustment of status.
(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-485 is
603,500 and the estimated hour burden per response is 7.04 hours; the
estimated total number of respondents for the information collection
Supplement A is 51,072 and the estimated hour burden per response is
1.06 hours; the estimated total number of respondents for the
information collection Supplement J is 65,311 and the estimated hour
burden per response is 0.68 hours; the estimated total number of
respondents for the information collection Biometrics Processing is
603,500 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 5,053,283 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 $207,000,500.
Dated: September 1, 2023.
Samantha L Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland
Security.
[FR Doc. 2023-19369 Filed 9-7-23; 8:45 am]
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