[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30133-30134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10456]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY


U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

ACTION:  30-day notice of information collection under review; 
Application to register permanent residence or adjust status, and 
supplement A to form I-485.

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    The Department of Justice, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services (USCIS) has submitted 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 
information collection was previously published in the Federal Register 
on March 23, 2005 at 70 FR 14707, allowed for a 60-day public comment 
period. No comments were received by the USCIS on this information 
collection.
    The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for 
public comments. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until 
June 24, 2005. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 
1320.10.
    Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies concerning the collection of information should address one or 
more of the following four points:
    (1) Evaluate whether the 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 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 of currently approved 
information collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Application to Register Permanent 
Residence or Adjust Status, and Supplement A to Form I-485.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Forms I-485 
and I-485 Supplement A. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or Households. This 
collection allows an applicant to determine whether he or she must file 
under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and it allows 
the Service to collect information needed for reports to be made to 
different government committees.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: I-485 Adult 
respondents is 314,793 at 5.25 hours per response; I-485 Children 
respondents is 247,289 at 4.5 hours per response; and I-485 Supplement 
A respondents is 73,418 at 13 minutes (.216) hours per response.

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    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection(s): 2,781,321.
    If you have additional comments, suggestions, or need a copy of the 
information collection instrument, please visit our Web site at http://www.uscis.gov, go to the ``Fingerprinting and Forms'' link, then scroll 
down the page for this form. You may also contact Richard A. Sloan, 
Director, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and 
Immigration Services, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20529; 209-272-8377.

    Dated: May 10, 2005.
Richard A. Sloan,
Director, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and 
Immigration Services.
[FR Doc. 05-10456 Filed 5-24-05; 8:45 am]
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