Notice2025-15178
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: Biographic Information (Registration)
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Published
August 11, 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 152 (Monday, August 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38655-38656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15178]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[OMB Control Number 1615-0166]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection: Biographic Information (Registration)
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 10,
2025.
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-2025-0005. All submissions received must include the
OMB Control Number 1615-0166 in the body of the letter, the agency name
and Docket ID USCIS-2025-0005.
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 for Form G-325R was previously
published in the Federal Register with the interim final rule
(``IFR''), Alien Registration
[[Page 38656]]
Form and Evidence of Registration, on March 12, 2025, at 90 FR 11793,
allowing for a 60-day public comment period. USCIS received 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-
2025-0005 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: Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Biographic Information
(Registration).
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
DHS sponsoring the collection: Form G-325R; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Aliens, Individuals or Households.
Aliens who are subject to alien registration requirements of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, who have not yet
registered. This form is used to provide biographic informationwhen
applying for registration and fingerprinting under INA 262 (8 U.S.C.
1302).
(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 is 1,400,000
annually over a three-year period and the estimated hour burden per
response is 2.5 hours. The estimated total number of respondents for
the information collection of biometrics is 779,600 annually over a
three-year period 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 estimated total annual hour burden associated
with this collection is 4,412,132 hours.
(7) An estimate of the total public burden (in cost) associated
with the collection: The estimated total annual cost burden (e.g.,
filing fees and postage) associated with this collection of information
is $0.
Dated: August 6, 2025.
Samantha L. Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland
Security.
[FR Doc. 2025-15178 Filed 8-8-25; 8:45 am]
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