Notice2025-13519
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Extension of a Previously Approved Collection; Title-Request by Organization for Accreditation or Renewal of Accreditation of Non-Attorney Representative (Form EOIR-31A)
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Published
July 18, 2025
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Justice Department
Abstract
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Department of Justice (DOJ), will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 136 (Friday, July 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34011-34012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13519]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1125-0013]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Extension of a Previously Approved Collection;
Title--Request by Organization for Accreditation or Renewal of
Accreditation of Non-Attorney Representative (Form EOIR-31A)
AGENCY: Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Department
of Justice (DOJ), will be submitting the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until
August 18, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have comments especially on the
estimated public burden or associated response time, suggestions, or
need a copy of the proposed information collection instrument with
instructions or additional information, please contact: Justine Fuga,
Associate General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Executive
Office for Immigration Review, 5107 Leesburg Pike, Suite 2600, Falls
Church, VA 22041, telephone: (703)-305-0265,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8cc9c3c5dea2dcdecda2cfe3e1e1e9e2f8ffccf9ffe8e3e6a2ebe3fa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="81c4cec8d3afd1d3c0afc2eeecece4eff5f2c1f4f2e5eeebafe6eef7">[email protected]</span></a> or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c68cb3b5b2afa8a3e880b3a1a786b3b5a2a9ace8a1a9b0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="42083731362b2c276c04372523023731262d286c252d34">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal Register at 90 FR 12178, allowing a
60-day comment period. Written comments and suggestions from the public
and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information
are encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of the
following four points:
--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of EOIR, including whether
the information will have practical utility;
--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;
--Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and/or
--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.
Written comments and recommendations for this information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website <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 and entering either the title of the information collection or
the OMB Control Number 1125-0013. This information collection request
may be viewed at <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view DOJ,
information collections currently under review by OMB.
DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than
three (3) years without renewal. The DOJ notes that information
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection: Extension of a previously
approved collection.
2. Title of the Form/Collection: Request by Organization for
Accreditation or Renewal Accreditation of Non-Attorney Representative.
3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: The agency form number
is EOIR-31A, and the sponsoring DOJ component is EOIR.
4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Affected Public: Non-profit organizations
seeking accreditation or renewal of accreditation of its
representatives by the Assistant Director for Policy (or the Assistant
Director for Policy's delegate) at EOIR.
Abstract: This information collection will allow an organization to
seek initial or renewed accreditation of a non-attorney representative
to appear in immigration proceedings before EOIR and/or the Department
of Homeland Security (DHS). This information collection is necessary to
determine whether a representative meets the eligibility requirements
for accreditation pursuant to 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1229a, 1362 and 8 CFR
1292.11-19. Requests can be made using a fillable .pdf application or
electronic submission. EOIR has made non-substantive changes to the
current Form EOIR-31A. These changes include revisions to the form's
Privacy Act notice; addition of the expiration date for OMB approval on
the form; updates to the address to which applications can be
submitted; and addition of an alternative method by which applications
can be submitted.
5. Obligation to Respond: The information requested on this form is
authorized by 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1229a,
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1362 and 8 CFR 1292.11-19 in order to determine whether the
organization has established a practitioner's eligibility to represent
clients in immigration proceedings before EOIR's immigration courts,
EOIR's Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), and/or DHS. This is a
voluntary collection of information and will be used by EOIR to assess
an organization's eligibility for recognition and a representative's
eligibility for accreditation; however, failure to provide the
requested information may preclude consideration of an accreditation
request.
6. Total Estimated Number of Respondents: It is estimated that 747
respondents will complete the form annually for initial accreditation
and 314 respondents will complete the form annually for renewal of
accreditation.
7. Estimated Time per Respondent: It is estimated that it will take
an average of 3 hours per response for initial accreditation and an
average of 7 hours per response for renewal of accreditation.
8. Frequency: It is estimated that respondents will complete the
form annually.
9. Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 4,439 hours.
10. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
Total Burden Hours
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Time per
Activity Number of Frequency Total annual response Total annual
respondents responses (hours) burden (hours)
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Initial EOIR-31A Applications 747 1/annually....... 747 3 2,241
Renewal EOIR-31A Applications 314 1/annually....... 314 7 2,198
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Totals................... 1,061 ................. 1,061 .............. 4,439
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If additional information is required, contact: Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice
Management Division, United States Department of Justice, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218 Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: July 16, 2025.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2025-13519 Filed 7-17-25; 8:45 am]
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