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Department of Homeland Security
sponsoring the collection: I–590. U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals and
Households. This information collection
provides a uniform method for
applicants to apply for refugee status
and contains the formation needed in
order to adjudicate such applications.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: 140,000 responses at
approximately 35 minutes (.583) hours
per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 81,620 annual burden hours.
If you have additional comments,
suggestions, or need a copy of the
proposed information collection
instrument, please contact Richard A.
Sloan, Director, Regulatory Management
Division, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, U.S. Department
of Homeland Security, 111
Massachusetts Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20529; 202–272–8377.
Dated: September 21, 2005.
Stephen R. Tarragon,
Acting Director, Regulatory Management
Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services.
[FR Doc. 05–19152 Filed 9–23–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Extension of Existing
Collection; Comment Request
60-day notice of information
collection under review; application for
authorization to issue health care
certificates; Form I–905.
ACTION:
The Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services has submitted the
following information collection request
for review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. The proposed information
collection is published to obtain
comments from the public and affected
agencies. Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for sixty days until
November 25, 2005.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the collection of information
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should address one or more of the
following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the 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
agencies estimate of the burden of the
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 of a currently approved
collection.
(2) Title of Form/Collection:
Application for Authorization to Issue
Health Care Certificates.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security
sponsoring the collection: Form I–905.
Business and Trade Services. U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Not-for-profit
institutions. The data collected on this
form is used by the USCIS to determine
eligibility of an organization to issue
certificates to foreign health care
workers.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: 10 responses at 4 hours per
response.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 40 annual burden hours.
If you have additional comments,
suggestions, or need a copy of the
information collection instrument,
please contact Richard A. Sloan,
Director, Regulatory Management
Division, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, 111
Massachusetts Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20529; 202–272–8377.
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Dated: September 21, 2005.
Stephen R. Tarrgon,
Acting Director, Regulatory Management
Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services.
[FR Doc. 05–19153 Filed 9–23–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
60-day notice of information
collection under review; application for
permission to reapply for admission
into the United States after deportation
or removal; Form I–212.
ACTION:
The Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services has submitted the
following information collection request
for review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. The information collection is
published to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. Comments
are encouraged and will be accepted for
sixty days until November 25, 2006.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the collection of information
should address one or more of the
following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the 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
agencies estimate of the burden of the
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 of a currently approved
information collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Application for Permission to Reapply
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for Admission into the United States
after Deportation or Removal.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security
sponsoring the collection: Form I–212.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households. The information furnished
on Form I–212 will be used by the
USCIS to adjudicate applications filed
by aliens requesting consent to reapply
for admission to the United States after
deportation, removal or departure, as
provided under section 212.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: 4,200 responses at 2 hours per
response.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 8,400 annual burden hours.
If you have additional comments,
suggestions, or need a copy of the
information collection instrument,
please contact Richard A. Sloan,
Director, Regulatory Management
Division, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, 111
Massachusetts Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20529; 202–272–8377.
Dated: September 21, 2005.
Stephen R. Tarragon,
Acting Director, Regulatory Management
Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services.
[FR Doc. 05–19155 Filed 9–23–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[CIS No. 2352–05]
RIN 1615–ZA23
Adjustment of the Immigration Benefit
Application Fee Schedule
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This Notice announces that
the Department of Homeland Security,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services, will increase the fees for
immigration benefit applications and
petitions to account for cost increases
due to inflation. The fee increases will
apply to applications or petitions filed
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on or after October 26, 2005. The
average fee increase for inflation is
approximately $10 per application or
petition. Fees collected from persons
filing immigration benefit applications
and petitions are deposited into the
Immigration Examinations Fee Account
and are used to fund the full cost of
providing immigration benefits,
including the full cost of providing
benefits such as asylum and refugee
admission for which no fees are
assessed.
DATES: This notice is effective October
26, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
Schlesinger, Director, Office of Budget,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services, 20 Massachusetts Ave., NW.,
Suite 4052, Washington, DC 20529,
telephone (202) 272–1930.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Under What Legal Authority Does U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services
Have To Charge Fees?
The Immigration and Nationality Act
(INA) provides for the collection of fees
at a level that will ensure recovery of
the full costs of providing adjudication
and naturalization services, including
the costs of providing similar services
without charge to asylum applicants
and other immigrants. 8 U.S.C. 1356(m).
The INA also states that the fees may
recover administrative costs as well. Id.
This revenue remains available to
provide immigration and naturalization
benefits and the collection,
safeguarding, and accounting for fees.
Id. at 1356(n).
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) must also conform to
the requirements of the Chief Financial
Officers Act of 1990 (CFO Act), Public
Law 101–576, 104 Stat. 2838 (1990)
(codified at 31 U.S.C. 901–903). Section
205(a)(8) of the CFO Act requires each
agency’s Chief Financial Officer to
‘‘review, on a biennial basis, the fees,
royalties, rents, and other charges
imposed by the agency for services and
things of value it provides, and make
recommendations on revising those
charges to reflect costs incurred by it in
providing those services and things of
value.’’ 31 U.S.C. 902(a)(8).
What Federal Cost Accounting and Fee
Setting Standards and Guidelines Were
Used in Developing These Fee Changes?
The authority provided by section
286(m) of the INA permits USCIS to
recover the full costs of providing all
immigration adjudication and
naturalization services, including those
services provided to individuals other
than those paying fees. When
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developing fees for services, USCIS also
looks, to the extent applicable, to the
cost accounting concepts and standards
recommended by the Federal
Accounting Standards Advisory Board
(FASAB). The FASAB was established
in 1990, and its purpose is to
recommend accounting standards for
the Federal Government. The FASAB
defines ‘‘full cost’’ to include ‘‘direct
and indirect costs that contribute to the
output, regardless of funding sources.’’
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory
Board, Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 4: Managerial
Cost Accounting Concepts and
Standards for the Federal Government
36 (July 31, 1995). To obtain full cost,
FASAB identifies various classifications
of costs to be included, and
recommends various methods of cost
assignment. Id. at 36–42. Full costs
include, but are not limited to, an
appropriate share of:
(a) Direct and indirect personnel
costs, including salaries and fringe
benefits such as medical insurance and
retirement;
(b) Physical overhead, consulting, and
other indirect costs, including material
and supply costs, utilities, insurance,
travel and rents or imputed rents on
land, buildings, and equipment; and,
(c) Management and supervisory
costs.
Full costs are determined based upon
the best available records of the agency.
How Is the Processing of Immigration
Benefit Applications Funded and
Supported?
In 1988, Congress established the
Immigration Examination Fee Account
(IEFA). See 100 Public Law 459, 209,
102 Stat. at 2203. Since 1989, fees
deposited into the IEFA have been the
primary source of funding for providing
immigration and naturalization benefits,
and other benefits as directed by
Congress. In subsequent legislation,
Congress directed that the IEFA fund
the cost of asylum processing and other
services provided to immigrants at no
charge. See 101 Public Law 515,
210(d)(2), 104 Stat. at 2121.
Consequently, the immigration benefit
application fees were increased to
recover these additional costs. The
current immigration benefit application
fees are based on the review conducted
in 1997, adjusted for cost of living
increases and other factors; the fees
were last changed effective April 30,
2004. 69 FR 20528. The current fees also
include a $5 per immigration benefit
application surcharge to recover
information technology and quality
assurance costs. This surcharge allows
USCIS to improve upon the delivery of
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
ACTION: 60-day notice of information collection under review;
application for permission to reapply for admission into the United
States after deportation or removal; Form I-212.
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The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services has submitted the following information collection
request for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection is published to
obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. Comments are
encouraged and will be accepted for sixty days until November 25, 2006.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the collection of information should address one or
more of the following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the 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 agencies estimate of the burden of
the 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 of a currently
approved information collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Application for Permission to
Reapply
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for Admission into the United States after Deportation or Removal.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Form I-212.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or households. The
information furnished on Form I-212 will be used by the USCIS to
adjudicate applications filed by aliens requesting consent to reapply
for admission to the United States after deportation, removal or
departure, as provided under section 212.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 4,200 responses
at 2 hours per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: 8,400 annual burden hours.
If you have additional comments, suggestions, or need a copy of the
information collection instrument, please contact Richard A. Sloan,
Director, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20529; 202-272-8377.
Dated: September 21, 2005.
Stephen R. Tarragon,
Acting Director, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services.
[FR Doc. 05-19155 Filed 9-23-05; 8:45 am]
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