United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2011_register executive 2011-08-27 article Part III Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7ff639c D09002ee1c7ff6448 United States Department of Homeland Security originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations to enable U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to migrate from a paper file-based, non-integrated systems environment to an electronic customer-focused, centralized case management environment for benefit processing. This transformation process will allow USCIS to streamline benefit processing, eliminate the capture and processing of redundant data, and reduce the number of and automate its forms. This transformation process will be a phased multi-year initiative to restructure USCIS business processes and related information technology systems. DHS is removing references to form numbers, form titles, expired regulatory provisions, and descriptions of internal procedures, many of which will change during transformation. DHS is also finalizing interim rules that permitted submission of benefit requests with an electronic signature when such requests are submitted in an electronic format rather than on a paper form and that removed references to filing locations for immigration benefits. In addition, in this rule DHS is publishing the final rule for six other interim rules published during the past several years, most of which received no public comments. 76 FR 53764 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-08-29/2011-20990 2011-20990 fr29au11-12 RIN 1615-AB83 9111-97-P CIS No. 2481-09 DHS Docket No. USCIS-2009-0022 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-08-29/2011-20990 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-08-29/html/2011-20990.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-08-29/pdf/2011-20990.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Immigration Organization and Functions (Government Agencies) Authority Delegations (Government Agencies) Freedom of Information Privacy Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Surety Bonds Passports and Visas Immigrants Citizenship and Naturalization Courts Education Refugees Aliens 43 p. 53764 53806 76 FR 53764 Title 8 Part 100 8 CFR Part 100 Title 8 Part 103 8 CFR Part 103 Title 8 Part 1 8 CFR Part 1 Title 8 Part 204 8 CFR Part 204 Title 8 Part 207 8 CFR Part 207 Title 8 Part 208 8 CFR Part 208 Title 8 Part 209 8 CFR Part 209 Title 8 Part 211 8 CFR Part 211 Title 8 Part 212 8 CFR Part 212 Title 8 Part 213 8 CFR Part 213 RIN 1615-AB83 Immigration Benefits Business Transformation, Increment I; Federal Register Vol. 76, Issue RULE 2011-20990 III DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 2011-11-28 CIS No. 2481-09 DHS Docket No. USCIS-2009-0022 9111-97-P 2011-20990 Final rule; request for comments.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations to enable U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to migrate from a paper file-based, non-integrated systems environment to an electronic customer-focused, centralized case management environment for benefit processing. This transformation process will allow USCIS to streamline benefit processing, eliminate the capture and processing of redundant data, and reduce the number of and automate its forms. This transformation process will be a phased multi-year initiative to restructure USCIS business processes and related information technology systems. DHS is removing references to form numbers, form titles, expired regulatory provisions, and descriptions of internal procedures, many of which will change during transformation. DHS is also finalizing interim rules that permitted submission of benefit requests with an electronic signature when such requests are submitted in an electronic format rather than on a paper form and that removed references to filing locations for immigration benefits. In addition, in this rule DHS is publishing the final rule for six other interim rules published during the past several years, most of which received no public comments.

Effective date: This rule is effective November 28, 2011. Dan Konnerth, Policy Chief, Office of Transformation Coordination, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, 633 Third St., NW., Washington, DC 20529-2210. Contact Telephone Number is (202) 233-2381. Administrative Practice and Procedure Immigration Organization and Functions (Government Agencies) Authority Delegations (Government Agencies) Freedom of Information Privacy Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Surety Bonds Passports and Visas Immigrants Citizenship and Naturalization Courts Education Refugees Aliens Immigration Benefits Business Transformation, Increment I , uscisfrcomment@dhs.gov http://www.cbp.gov http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/privacy/privacy_policyguide_2007-1.pdf http://www.ice.gov http://www.justice.gov/eoir/vll/libindex.html http://www.reginfo.gov http://www.regulations.gov http://www.uscis.gov http://www.uscis.gov/forms Vol. 76, no. 167 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2011-08-29 continuing daily deposited born digital 190 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-08-29 P0b002ee180de0446 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr29au11 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-08-29 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-08-29/pdf/FR-2011-08-29.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-08-29/xml/FR-2011-08-29.xml fdlp 53631 53810 DGPO 2011-08-27 2024-06-04 FR-2011-08-29 machine generated eng FR FR-2011-08-29 76 167