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Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: Application for Travel Document
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 Man...
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments
The information collection notice was previously published in the
Federal Register
on April 20, 2022, at 87 FR 23534, allowing for a 60-day public comment period. USCIS did receive three 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:
http://www.regulations.gov
and enter USCIS-2007-0045 in the search box. 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
http://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
http://www.regulations.gov.
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:
Application for Travel Document.
(3)
Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the DHS sponsoring the collection:
I-131; USCIS.
(4)
Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Primary:
Individuals or households. Certain aliens, principally permanent or conditional residents, refugees or asylees, applicants for adjustment of status, aliens in Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and aliens abroad seeking humanitarian parole who need to apply for a travel document to lawfully enter or reenter the United States. Eligible recipients of deferred action under childhood arrivals (DACA) may now request an advance parole document based on humanitarian, educational and employment reasons. Lawful permanent residents may now file requests for travel permits (transportation letter or boarding foil).
(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-131 is 483,920 and the estimated hour burden per response is 1.9 hours; the estimated total number of respondents for biometrics processing is 84,000 and the estimated hour burden per response is 1.17 hours; the estimated total number of respondents for passport-style photos is 380,000 and the estimated hour burden per response is 0.5 hours.
(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 1,207,728 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 $146,072,480.
Dated: July 7, 2022.
Jerry L. Rigdon,
Deputy Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security.