Notice2025-08829
Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: Registration for Classification as a Refugee
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Published
May 19, 2025
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 90, Number 95 (Monday, May 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21325-21326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08829]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[OMB Control Number 1615-0068]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension, Without
Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: Registration for
Classification as a Refugee
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 June 18,
2025.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s)
contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public
burden
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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-2007-0036. All submissions received must include the
OMB Control Number 1615-0068 in the body of the letter, the agency name
and Docket ID USCIS-2007-0036.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy,
Regulatory Coordination Division, Jerry Rigdon, Acting 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 January 3, 2025, at 90 FR 326, allowing for a 60-
day public comment period. USCIS received seven 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-
2007-0036 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 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: Extension, Without
Change, of a Currently Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Registration for Classification
as a Refugee.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
DHS sponsoring the collection: I-590; 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-590 is the primary document in all refugee case files and becomes
part of the applicant's A-file. It is the application form by which a
person seeks refugee classification and resettlement in the United
States. It documents an applicant's legal testimony (under oath) as to
his or her identity and claim to refugee status, as well as other
pertinent information including marital status, number of children,
military service, organizational memberships, and violations of law. In
addition to being the application form submitted by a person seeking
refugee classification, Form I-590 is used to document that an
applicant was interviewed by United States Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) and record the decision by the USCIS Officer to
approve or deny the applicant for classification as a refugee.
Regardless of age, each person included in the case must have his or
her own Form I-590. Refugees applying to CBP for admission must have a
stamped I-590 in their travel packet in order to gain admission as a
refugee. They do not have refugee status until they are admitted by
CBP.
(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-590 is
50,000 and the estimated hour burden per response is 3.25 hours; the
estimated total number of respondents for the information collection I-
590 Review is 3,000 and the estimated hour burden per response is 1
hour; the estimated total number of respondents for the information
collection of DNA Evidence is 100 and the estimated hour burden per
response is 2 hours; and the estimated total number of respondents for
the information collection of Biometrics is 53,100 and the estimated
hour burden per response is 0.33 hours.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The estimated total annual hour burden associated
with this collection is 183,223 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 $12,000.
Dated: May 12, 2025.
Jerry L. Rigdon,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and
Strategy, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2025-08829 Filed 5-16-25; 8:45 am]
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