[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 155 (Monday, August 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55110-55111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17368]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12117]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Three (3)
Passport Services Information Collections: Birth Affidavit, Affidavit
Regarding a Change of Name, and Statement of Non-Receipt of a U.S.
Passport
ACTION: Notice of request for public comment and submission to OMB of
proposed collection of information.
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SUMMARY: The Department of State has submitted the information
collections described below to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, we are requesting comments on these collections from all
interested individuals and organizations. The purpose of this Notice is
to allow 60 days for public comment.
DATES: The Department will accept comments from the public up to
October 13, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Web: Persons with access to the internet may comment on
this notice by going to www.Regulations.gov. You can search for the
document by entering ``Docket Number: DOS-2023-0021 in the Search
field. Then click the ``Comment Now'' button and complete the comment
form. Email and regular mail options have been suspended to centralize
receiving and addressing all comments in a timely manner.
Email: [email protected]. You must include
the DS form number (if applicable), information collection title, and
the OMB control number in the email subject line.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Information Collection: Birth Affidavit
OMB Control Number: 1405-0132
Type of Request: Revision of a Currently Approved Collection
Originating Office: Bureau of Consular Affairs, Passport
Services (CA/PPT)
Form Number: DS-10
Respondents: Individuals
Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,028
Estimated Number of Responses: 6,028
Average Time per Response: 40 minutes
Total Estimated Burden Time: 4,018 hours
Frequency: On occasion
Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain a Benefit
Title of Information Collection: Affidavit Regarding a Change
of Name
OMB Control Number: 1405-0133
Type of Request: Revision of a Currently Approved Collection
Originating Office: Bureau of Consular Affairs, Passport
Services (CA/PPT)
Form Number: DS-60
Respondents: Individuals
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,617
Estimated Number of Responses: 3,617
Average Time per Response: 40 minutes
Total Estimated Time Burden: 2,411 hours
Frequency: On occasion
Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain a Benefit
Title of Information Collection: Statement of Non-Receipt of a
U.S. Passport
OMB Control Number: 1405-0146
Type of Request: Revision of a Currently Approved Collection
Originating Office: Bureau of Consular Affairs, Passport
Services (CA/PPT)
Form Number: DS-86
Respondents: Individuals
Estimated Number of Respondents: 18,260
Estimated Number of Responses: 18,260
Average Time per Response: 15 minutes
Total Estimated Time Burden: 4,565 hours
Frequency: On occasion
Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain a Benefit
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department to:
Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department.
Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the time and cost
burden for this proposed collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected.
Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to respond,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Please note that comments submitted in response to this Notice are
public record. Before including any detailed personal information, you
should be aware that your comments as submitted, including your
personal information, will be available for public review.
Abstract of Proposed Collections
1405-0132, DS-10, Birth Affidavit: The form is submitted
in conjunction with an application for a U.S. passport and is used by
Passport Services to collect information for the purpose of
establishing the U.S. nationality of a passport applicant who has not
submitted an acceptable United States birth certificate with their
passport application. The Secretary of State is authorized to issue
U.S. passports under 22 U.S.C. 211a et seq, 8 U.S.C. 1104, and
Executive Order 11295 (August 5, 1966). Pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 212 and
22 CFR 51.2, only U.S. nationals may be issued a U.S. passport. Most
passport applicants establish U.S. nationality by providing a birth
certificate that lists a place of birth within the United States or its
outlying possessions (currently American Samoa and Swains Island). Some
applicants, however, may have been born in the United States (and
subject to its jurisdiction), but were never issued a birth
certificate. Form DS-10 is a form affidavit for completion by a witness
to the birth of such an applicant; it collects information relevant to
establishing the identity of the affiant, and the birth circumstances
of the passport applicant. If credible, the affidavit may permit the
applicant to show U.S. nationality based on the applicant's birth in
the United States, despite never having been issued a U.S. birth
certificate. We use the information collected on the person completing
the affidavit to confirm that individual's identity, which is relevant
to confirming his or her relationship to the applicant and in assessing
the likelihood that the affiant has personal knowledge of the facts of
the applicant's birth.
In an ongoing effort to reduce public burden times, the ``Sex''
field (previously Item 2) has been removed from the DS-10, Birth
Affidavit. Passport Services determined that this decision will not
affect the procedural or policy aspects of DS-10 form adjudication or
impact the determination of U.S. citizenship findings by passport
adjudicators.
1405-0133, DS-60, Affidavit Regarding a Change of Name:
The form is submitted in conjunction with an application for a U.S.
passport. It is used by Passport Services to collect
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information for the purpose of establishing that a passport applicant
has adopted a new name without formal court proceedings or by marriage
and has publicly and exclusively used the adopted name over a period of
time (at least five years).
1405-0146, DS-86, Statement of Non-Receipt of a U.S.
Passport: The form is used by the U.S. Department of State to collect
information for the purpose of issuing a replacement passport to
customers whose passports have been issued but who have not received
their passport documents in the mail. The information collected on the
Statement of Non-Receipt of a U.S. Passport is used by the Department
of State to help ensure that no person bears more than one valid or
potentially valid U.S. passport book of the same type and/or passport
card at any one time, except as authorized by the Department. The
information on the form is also used to address passport fraud and
misuse.
All three forms have been amended to replace the term ``sex'' with
``gender'' and to be pronoun-inclusive of all genders.
Methodology
When needed, the Birth Affidavit is either provided by the
Department or downloaded from the Department's website and completed by
the affiant. It must be signed in the presence of a passport agent,
acceptance agent, or notary.
When needed, the Affidavit Regarding a Change of Name is either
provided by the Department or downloaded from the Department's website
and completed by the affiant. It must be signed in the presence of a
passport agent, passport acceptance agent, or notary.
When needed, the Statement of Non-Receipt of a U.S. Passport is
either provided by the Department or downloaded from the Department's
website and completed by the passport applicant.
Rachel M. Arndt,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Passport
Services Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2023-17368 Filed 8-11-23; 8:45 am]
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