[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56733-56734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19350]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services


Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of a 
Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review; 
Certificate of Satisfactory Pursuit, Form I-699.

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    The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and 
Immigration Services has submitted the following information collection 
request for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information collection is published 
to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. Comments are 
encouraged and will be accepted for sixty days until November 28, 2005.
    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 agencies 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 a currently 
approved collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Certificate of Satisfactory 
Pursuit.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Form I-699, 
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. The USCIS 
uses this form to verify that a certified course provider has supplied 
the required instructions to temporary resident aliens, in compliance 
with Public Law 99-603 and Public Law 100-204, section 902.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 100,000 
responses at 10 minutes (0.166 hours) per response.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: 16,600 annual burden hours.
    If you have additional comments, suggestions, or need a copy of the 
information collection instrument, please contact Richard A. Sloan, 
Director, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and 
Immigration Services, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20529.

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    Information about USCIS forms is available online at the USCIS Web 
site. The USCIS Web site address is: www.uscis.gov/graphic/formsfee. 
Please click on the link to the USCIS Forms, Fees and Fingerprints 
Information Center. The Forms and Fees link provides information on 
immigration forms and how to print them. We recommend that you obtain 
all of your forms by downloading (printing) them from this Web site. 
This will ensure that you will have the most up-to-date version of the 
form that is currently available.

    Dated: September 23, 2005.
Richard A. Sloan,
Director, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and 
Immigration Services.
[FR Doc. 05-19350 Filed 9-27-05; 8:45 am]
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