[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 178 (Friday, September 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43398-43399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19587]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[OMB Control Number 1615-0125]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension, Without 
Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: Customer Profile Management 
System-IDENTity Verification Tool (CPMS-IVT)

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of 
Homeland Security.

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration (USCIS) invites the general public and other Federal 
agencies to comment upon this proposed extension of a currently 
approved collection of information or new 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.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until 
November 14, 2017.

ADDRESSES: All submissions received must include the OMB Control Number 
1615-0125 in the body of the letter, the agency name and Docket ID 
USCIS-2011-0008. 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 http://www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID number USCIS-2011-
0008;
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to DHS, USCIS, Office of Policy 
and Strategy, Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, 20 Massachusetts 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20529-2140.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, 
Regulatory Coordination Division, Samantha Deshommes, Chief, 20 
Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20529-2140, telephone number 
202-272-8377 (This is not a toll-free number. Comments are not accepted 
via telephone message). Please note contact information provided here 
is solely for questions regarding this notice. It is not for individual 
case status inquiries. Applicants seeking information about the status 
of their individual cases can check Case Status Online, available at 
the USCIS Web site at http://www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS National 
Customer Service Center at 800-375-5283 (TTY 800-767-1833).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Comments: You may access the information collection instrument with 
instructions, or additional information by visiting the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal site at: http://www.regulations.gov and enter USCIS-
2011-0008 in the search box. Regardless of the method used for 
submitting comments or material, all submissions

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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.
    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: Customer Profile Management 
System-IDENTity Verification Tool (CPMS-IVT).
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
DHS sponsoring the collection: M-1061; USCIS.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract:
    Primary: Individuals or households. Respondents subject to this 
information collection are all individuals who are appearing at a USCIS 
District/Field Office for a required interview in connection with their 
request for an immigration or naturalization benefit, or in order to 
receive evidence of an immigration benefit such as a temporary travel 
document, parole authorization, temporary extension of a I-90, or 
temporary I-551 stamp in a passport or on a Form I-94 evidencing lawful 
permanent residence. Respondents will be required to have their 
photograph and fingerprints taken at the USCIS District/Field Office to 
be inputted into the Customer Profile Management System-IDENTity 
Verification Tool (CPMS-IVT). The only U.S. citizen respondents subject 
to enrollment in CPMS-IVT are petitioners filing orphan or adoption 
petitions (Forms I-600/600A) and U.S. citizen petitioners of family-
based petitions required to appear at an ASC for biometric capture for 
purposes of complying with the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety 
Act of 1996, Public Law 109-248.
    Use of CPMS-IVT will apply for in-person appearances at a USCIS 
District/Field Office related to the following applications, petitions, 
or requests:

I-90 (1615-0082): Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card
I-130 (1615-00120): Petition for Alien Relative
I-131 (1615-0013): Application for Travel Document
I-485 (1615-0023): Application to Register Permanent Residence or 
Adjust Status
I-600 (1615-0028): Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative
I-600A (1615-0028): Application for Advance Processing of Orphan 
Petition
I-687 (1615-0090): Application for Status as a Temporary Resident Under 
Section 245A of the Immigration and Nationality Act
I-698 (1615-0035): Application to Adjust Status from Temporary to 
Permanent Resident (Under Section 245A of Pub. L. 99-603)
I-751 (1615-0038): Petition to Remove the Conditions of Residence
I-821D (1615-0124): Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood 
Arrivals
I-829 (1615-0045): Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions
N-400 (1615-0052): Application for Naturalization

    (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 M-1061 is 
1,644,385 and the estimated hour burden per response is .083 hours.
    (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 272,968 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 $0.

    Dated: September 11, 2017.
Samantha Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland 
Security.
[FR Doc. 2017-19587 Filed 9-14-17; 8:45 am]
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