Notice2024-19842
Agency Information Collection Activities; Emergency Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: Online Request To Be a Supporter and Declaration of Financial Support
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Published
September 3, 2024
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Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Abstract
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration (USCIS) will be submitting this collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) with a request for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. USCIS is requesting that OMB approve this emergency revision by September 20, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 71384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19842]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[OMB Control Number 1615-0157]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Emergency Revision of a
Currently Approved Collection: Online Request To Be a Supporter and
Declaration of Financial Support
AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration (USCIS) will be submitting this collection of
information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) with a request
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995. USCIS is requesting that OMB approve this emergency revision
by September 20, 2024.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Overview of This Information Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection: Emergency Revision of a
Currently Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Online Request to be a Supporter
and Declaration of Financial Support.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
DHS sponsoring the collection: I-134A; USCIS.
(4) Abstract: USCIS uses Form I-134A to determine whether a U.S.-
based individual meets the necessary qualifications to serve as a
supporter of the beneficiary named on the Form I-134A for the duration
of their temporary stay in the United States. This includes collecting
information to conduct security checks and assess whether the supporter
has sufficient financial resources and access to those funds to support
the beneficiary as well as to obtain information concerning whether the
beneficiary merits a favorable exercise of discretion under the
statutory parole standard. Form I-134A is filed by a U.S.-based
individual (the potential supporter) to request to be a supporter,
agree to provide financial support to the beneficiary named on the form
for the duration of the beneficiary's period of stay in the United
States, and to provide information concerning why the beneficiary
warrants a discretionary grant of parole.
In this request, USCIS will require submission of biometrics by
supporters as a condition of submission and require payment of a
biometric services fee of $30. These changes are needed to enable USCIS
to better validate the identity and qualifications of the supporter(s)
and perform additional background checks and security vetting. Within
the 6-month period following emergency approval, USCIS will seek public
comment of the information collection package as provided under 5 CFR
part 1320 and the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Dated: August 29, 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. 2024-19842 Filed 8-30-24; 8:45 am]
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