Notice2024-29538
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Affidavit of Relationship (AOR)
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Published
December 16, 2024
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State Department
Abstract
The Department of State has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on this collection from all interested individuals and organizations. The purpose of this Notice is to allow 30 days for public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 241 (Monday, December 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 101681-101682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29538]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 12607]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Affidavit of
Relationship (AOR)
ACTION: Notice of request for public comment and submission to OMB of
proposed collection of information.
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SUMMARY: The Department of State has submitted the information
collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
we are requesting comments on this collection from all interested
individuals and organizations. The purpose of this Notice is to allow
30 days for public comment.
DATES: Submit comments up to January 15, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct requests for additional
information regarding the collection listed in this notice, including
requests for copies of the proposed collection instrument and
supporting documents, to Daniel Carson--2025 E Street, NW Washington
DC, 20520 who may be reached on (202) 227-6016 or at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dfbcbeadacb0b1bbaf9facabbeabbaf1b8b0a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a9cac8dbdac6c7cdd9e9daddc8ddcc87cec6df">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
<bullet> Title of Information Collection: Affidavit of Relationship
(AOR).
<bullet> OMB Control Number: 1405-0206.
<bullet> Type of Request: Reinstatement of a previously approved
collection.
<bullet> Originating Office: PRM/A.
<bullet> Form Number: DS-7656.
<bullet> Respondents: A respondent in the United States completes
the AOR to: (a) establish that he or she was admitted to the United
States as a refugee or granted asylum; (b) provide a list of qualifying
family members (spouse, unmarried children under 21, and parents) who
may wish to apply for refugee resettlement to the United States; and
(c) establish that the family members are nationals of qualifying
countries under the P-3 program.
<bullet> Estimated Number of Respondents: 300.
<bullet> Estimated Number of Responses: 300.
<bullet> Average Time per Response: Ninety Minutes.
<bullet> Total Estimated Burden Time: 450 hours.
<bullet> Frequency: On occasion.
<bullet> Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain a
Benefit.
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department to:
<bullet> Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department.
<bullet> Evaluate the accuracy of our time and cost burden estimate
for this proposed collection, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used.
<bullet> Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected.
<bullet> Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to respond,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Please note that comments submitted in response to this Notice are
public record. Before including any detailed personal information, you
should be aware that your comments as submitted, including your
personal information, will be available for public review.
Abstract of Proposed Collection
The Affidavit of Relationship (AOR) is required by the Department
of State to establish qualification for access to the Priority-3 (P-3)
Family Reunification category of the United States Refugee Admissions
Program (USRAP). The P-3 category, along with the other categories of
cases that have access to USRAP, is outlined in the annual Report to
Congress on Proposed Refugee Admissions, which is submitted on behalf
of the President in fulfillment of the requirements of section 207(d)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157) and authorized
by the annual Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions. The P-3
category is available to qualifying family members of U.S.-based
residents (persons already admitted to the U.S. as refugees or who were
granted asylum in the United States, including persons who may now be
lawful permanent residents or U.S. citizens). Qualifying family members
of U.S.-based residents include spouses, unmarried children under age
21, and parents. Eligible P-3 nationalities are determined on an annual
basis by the President.
In order to access the USRAP through P-3, an applicant must have an
Affidavit of Relationship (AOR) filed on his or her behalf by a U.S-
based family member. The AOR also informs the U.S-based family member
that DNA evidence of all claimed parent-child relationships between the
U.S-based family member and parents and/or unmarried children under 21
is required as a condition of access to P-3 processing; it further
informs the U.S-based family member that the costs of DNA testing will
be borne by the U.S. government. DNA testing between the QFM and any
derivative applicant(s) (unmarried child under the age of 21), to prove
the existence of their claimed family relationship, will be at no
expense to the U.S. government.
Methodology
This information collection currently involves the limited use of
electronic techniques. An anchor may complete an AOR at any local
office of a Resettlement Agency (RA) that has a cooperative agreement
with the Department of State to assist refugees who have been resettled
in the United States. In order to file an AOR, a U.S-based family
member must be at least 18 years of age and have been admitted to the
United States as a refugee or granted asylum in the United States no
more than five years prior to the filing of the AOR. The AOR is
available electronically, is completed electronically with the
assistance of RA staff, and is submitted electronically by RA staff to
a Department of State-contracted facility, where it is manually
uploaded into the USRAP case management system. In addition, the RA
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local office prints a copy for the respondent's ink signature, then
submits the signed form to the RA headquarters.
Kelly A Gauger,
Deputy Director, PRM/A, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2024-29538 Filed 12-13-24; 8:45 am]
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