[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28757-28758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11530]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[OMB Control Number 1615-0105]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Entry of 
Appearance as Attorney or Accredited Representative; Notice of Entry of 
Appearance as Attorney In Matters Outside the Geographical Confines of 
the United States, Form G-28; G-28I; 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 (PRA) 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), the estimated cost to the respondent, and the 
actual information collection instruments.
    USCIS is also soliciting comments regarding additional features 
proposed for incorporation into form G-28. The new features clarify 
USCIS notification practices relating to represented parties. 
Specifically, USCIS is revising the G-28 to provide that, for 
represented parties DHS will send all original notices and documents 
regarding any application or petition filed with DHS to the applicants 
and petitioners directly with a courtesy copy sent to the attorney of 
record or accredited representative. However, on the form the applicant 
or petitioner may instruct USCIS to (a) send any notice regarding an 
application or petition that he or she has filed with DHS to the 
business address of their attorney of record or accredited 
representative as listed in the form, or; (b) send any secure identity 
document, such as a Permanent Resident Card or Employment Authorization 
Document, that he or she is approved, for to the official business 
address of his or her attorney of record or accredited representative. 
The proposed new forms are available for review in the docket.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until 
July 18, 2014.

ADDRESSES: All submissions received must include the OMB Control Number 
1615-0105 in the subject box, the agency name and Docket ID USCIS-2008-
0037. To avoid duplicate submissions, please use only one of the 
following methods to submit comments:
    (1) Online. Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal Web 
site at www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID number USCIS-2008-0037;
    (2) Email. Submit comments to [email protected];
    (3) Mail. Submit written comments to DHS, USCIS, Office of Policy 
and Strategy, Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, 20 Massachusetts 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20529-2140.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments

    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

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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 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: Notice of Entry of Appearance as 
Attorney or Accredited Representative; Notice of Entry of Appearance as 
Attorney In Matters Outside the Geographical Confines of the United 
States.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
DHS sponsoring the collection: G-28; G-28I; USCIS.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Business or other for-profit. The 
information collected on forms G-28 and G-28I allow an attorney to 
identify their representation of person in matters either within the 
geographical confines of the United States, or outside of the 
geographical confines of the United States respectively.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: For the paper 
G-28, 2,223,700 respondents with an average response time of .833 hour 
(50 minutes); for the ELIS-filed G-28, 281,950 respondents with and 
average response time of .667 hour (40 minutes); for the paper G-28I, 
25,057 respondents with an average response time of .833 hour (50 
minutes).
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: 2,057,943 annual burden 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 
20529-2140, Telephone number 202-272-8377.

    Dated: May 14, 2014.
Laura Dawkins,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland 
Security.
[FR Doc. 2014-11530 Filed 5-16-14; 8:45 am]
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