[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 211 (Friday, October 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68909-68910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24071]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[OMB Control Number 1615-0133]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension, Without
Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: Request for Reduced Fee
AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment upon this proposed extension of a currently
approved collection of information. In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the information collection notice is
published in the Federal Register to obtain comments regarding the
nature of the information collection, the categories of respondents,
the estimated burden (i.e. the time, effort, and resources used by the
respondents to respond), the estimated cost to the respondent, and the
actual information collection instruments.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until
December 29, 2020.
ADDRESSES: All submissions received must include the OMB Control Number
1615-0133 in the body of the letter, the agency name and Docket ID
USCIS-2018-0002. Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal
website at https://www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID number USCIS-
2018-0002. USCIS is limiting communications for this Notice as a result
of USCIS' COVID-19 response actions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy,
Regulatory Coordination Division, Samantha Deshommes, Chief, telephone
number 202-272-8377 (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 https://www.uscis.gov, or
call the USCIS Contact Center at 800-375-5283 (TTY 800-767-1833).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 14, 2019, DHS published the proposed rule, ``U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule and Changes to
Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements,'' in the
Federal Register proposing to adjust certain immigration and
naturalization benefit request fees charged by U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS). See 84 FR 62280. That rule proposed to
eliminate this information collection. On August 3, 2020, DHS published
the final rule making the changes effective on October 2, 2020. 85 FR
46788 (Aug. 3, 2020) (final rule). Form I-942 was eliminated in the
final rule.
On September 29, 2020, the United States District Court for the
Northern District of California granted a motion for a preliminary
injunction and a stay of the effective date of the final rule in its
entirety. Immigrant Legal Resource Center v. Wolf, No. 4:20-cv-5883
(N.D. Cal. Sept. 29, 2020). On October 8, 2020, the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia also granted a motion for a
preliminary injunction of the final rule. See Northwest Immigrant
Rights Project, et al., v. United States Citizenship and Immigration
Services, et al. (No. 19-3283 (RDM) (D.D.C., Oct. 8, 2020). Therefore,
DHS is enjoined from implementing or enforcing the final rule in its
entirety pending final adjudication of the two cases.
USCIS is publishing this notice in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act as required to extend the approval to use Form I-942
while the final rule is enjoined.
Comments
You may access the information collection instrument with
instructions or additional information by visiting the Federal
eRulemaking Portal site at: https://www.regulations.gov and entering
USCIS-2018-0002 in the search box. All submissions will be posted,
without change, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov, 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 https://www.regulations.gov.
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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: Extension, Without Change, of a
Currently Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Request for Reduced Fee.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
DHS sponsoring the collection: I-942; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or households. USCIS
uses the data collected on this form to verify that the applicant is
eligible for a reduced fee for the immigration benefit being requested.
(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-942 is
4,491 and the estimated hour burden per response is 0.75 hour.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The total estimated annual hour burden associated
with this collection is 3,368 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 $19,087.
Dated: October 26, 2020.
Samantha L Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland
Security.
[FR Doc. 2020-24071 Filed 10-29-20; 8:45 am]
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