Notice2024-19043
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: Application for Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship Document
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Published
August 26, 2024
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 165 (Monday, August 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68461-68462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19043]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[OMB Control Number 1615-0091]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection: Application for Replacement Naturalization/
Citizenship Document
AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: 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: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until September 25,
2024.
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 submitted via the Federal
eRulemaking Portal website at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> under e-Docket
ID number USCIS-2006-0052. All submissions received must include the
OMB Control Number 1615-0091 in the body of the letter, the agency name
and Docket ID USCIS-2006-0052.
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="http://www.uscis.gov">http://www.uscis.gov</a>, or call
the USCIS Contact Center at 800-375-5283 (TTY 800-767-1833).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments
The information collection notice was previously published in the
Federal Register on June 14, 2024, at 89 FR 50620, allowing for a 60-
day public comment period. USCIS did not receive any 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: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> and enter USCIS-
2006-0052 in the search box. Comments must be submitted in English, or
an English translation must be provided. The comments submitted to
USCIS via this method are visible to the Office of Management and
Budget and comply with the requirements of 5 CFR 1320.12(c). All
submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://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
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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="http://www.regulations.gov">http://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 Request: Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Application for Replacement
Naturalization/Citizenship Document.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
DHS sponsoring the collection: N-565; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or households. USCIS
uses Form N-565 to determine the applicant's eligibility for a
replacement document. An applicant may file for a replacement if they
were issued one of the documents described above and it was lost,
mutilated, or destroyed; if the document is incorrect due to a
typographical or clerical error by USCIS; if the applicant's name was
changed by a marriage, divorce, annulment, or court order after the
document was issued and the applicant now seeks a document in the new
name; or if the applicant is seeking a change of the gender listed on
their document. The only document that can be replaced on the basis of
a change to the applicant's date of birth, as evidenced by a court
order or a document issued by the U.S. government or the government of
a U.S. state, is the Certificate of Citizenship. If the applicant is a
naturalized citizen who desires to obtain recognition as a citizen of
the United States by a foreign country, he or she may apply for a
special certificate for that purpose.
USCIS may request that applicants who reside within the United
States attend an appointment at a USCIS Application Support Center to
have a photograph taken. USCIS may also require applicants to submit
additional biometrics under 8 CFR 103.2(b)(9).
(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 N-565
(paper) is 15,150 and the estimated hour burden per response is 0.967
hours; The estimated total number of respondents for the information
collection N-565 (e-file) is 15,150 and the estimated hour burden per
response is 0.737 hours; The estimated total number of respondents for
the information collection Biometrics Submission is 30,300 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 61,267 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 $3,901,125.
Dated: August 15, 2024.
Samantha L. Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland
Security.
[FR Doc. 2024-19043 Filed 8-23-24; 8:45 am]
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