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Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: Application for Advance Permission to Enter as a Nonimmigrant
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 ...
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments
You may access the information collection instrument with instructions or additional information by visiting the Federal eRulemaking Portal site at:
www.regulations.gov
and entering USCIS-2008-0009 in the search box. Comments must be submitted in English, or an English translation must be provided. All submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
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
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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:
Application for Advance Permission to Enter as a Nonimmigrant.
(3)
Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the DHS sponsoring the collection:
I-192; e-SAFE; USCIS.
(4)
Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Primary:
Individuals or households. The data collected will be used by CBP and USCIS to determine whether the applicant is eligible to enter the United States temporarily under the provisions of section 212(d)(3), 212(d)(13), and 212(d)(14) of the INA. The respondents for this information collection are certain inadmissible nonimmigrant aliens who wish to apply for permission to enter the United States and applicants for T nonimmigrant status or petitioners for U nonimmigrant status. CBP has developed an electronic filing system, called Electronic Secured Adjudication Forms Environment (e-SAFE), through which Form I-192 can be submitted when filed with 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-192 is 61,050 and the estimated hour burden per response is .997; the estimated total number of respondents for the information collection e-SAFE is 7,000 and the estimated hour burden per response is .93.
(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 67,377 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 $17,522,875.
Dated: August 25, 2026.
John R. Pfirrmann-Powell,
Acting Deputy Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security.
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