[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 210 (Tuesday, October 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65708-65709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26676]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[OMB Control Number 1615-0038]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Petition To Remove the
Conditions on Residence, Form Number I-751; Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection
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 revision of a currently
approved collection of information. In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act 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) including the time burden incurred by persons who assist the
respondent with the preparation of the form or the cost to the
respondent to obtain such assistance, and any time burden associated
with the obtaining of supporting documents translated into English and/
or the cost for this, the estimated cost to the respondent, and the
actual information collection instruments.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for sixty days
until December 31, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and suggestions regarding items contained
in this notice, and especially with regard to the estimated public
burden and associated response time should be directed to: DHS, USCIS,
Office of Policy and Strategy, Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,
20 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20529-2020. Comments may be
submitted to DHS via email at [email protected] and must
include OMB Control Number 1615-0038 in the subject box. Comments may
also be submitted via the Federal eRulemaking Portal Web site at http://www.Regulations.gov under e-Docket ID number USCIS-2009-0008.
All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket
ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material,
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.
Note: The address listed in this notice should only be used to
submit comments concerning this information collection. Please do
not submit requests for individual
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case status inquiries to this address. If you are seeking
information about the status of your individual case, please check
``My Case Status'' online at: https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard.do, or call the USCIS National Customer Service Center at
1-800-375-5283.
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: Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Petition to Remove the Conditions
on Residence.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
DHS sponsoring the collection: I-751; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or households. This form
is used by USCIS to verify the petitioner's status and determine
whether the conditional resident is eligible to have his or her status
removed.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 140,513 with an
estimated time burden per response of 3.333 hours for the form I-751
and an estimated time burden per response of 1.17 hours for the
biometric processing.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: 632,730 Hours.
If you need a copy of the information collection instrument with
instructions, or additional information, please visit the Federal
eRulemaking Portal site at: http://www.regulations.gov. We may also be
contacted at: USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, Regulatory
Coordination Division, 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20529, Telephone number 202-272-8377.
Dated: October 25, 2012.
Laura Dawkins,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland
Security.
[FR Doc. 2012-26676 Filed 10-29-12; 8:45 am]
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