Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of an Existing Information Collection; Comment Request, 20996 [2011-9010]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
• U.s. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 20996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9010]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement


Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of an 
Existing Information Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection for Review; Form I-901, 
Fee Remittance for Certain F, J and M Non-immigrants; OMB Control No. 
1653-0034.

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    The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (ICE), will be submitting 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 June 
13, 2011.
    Written comments and suggestions regarding items contained in this 
notice, and especially with regard to the estimated public burden and 
associated response time should be directed to the Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer/OAA/Records Branch, U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, 500 12th Street, SW., STOP 5705, Washington, DC 20536-
5705.
    Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for sixty days until 
June 13, 2011. Written comments and suggestions from the public and 
affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information 
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 agencies 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 of currently approved 
information collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Fee Remittance for Certain F, J 
and M Non-immigrants.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Form I-901, 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individual or Households. Public Law 
104-208, Subtitle D, Section 641 directs the Attorney General, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of 
Education, to develop and conduct a program to collect information on 
nonimmigrant foreign students and exchange visitors from approved 
institutions of higher education, as defined in section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended or in a program of study at 
any other DHS approved academic or language-training institution, to 
include approved private elementary and secondary schools and public 
secondary schools, and from approved exchange visitor program sponsors 
designated by the Department of State (DOS). It also authorized a fee, 
not to exceed $100, to be collected from these students and exchange 
visitors to support this information collection program. DHS has 
implemented the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) 
to carry out this statutory requirement.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 600,000 
responses at 19 minutes (.32 hours) per response.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: 192,000 annual burden hours.
    Comments and/or questions; requests for a copy of the proposed 
information collection instrument, with instructions; or inquiries for 
additional information should be directed to: Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer/OAA/Records Branch, U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, 500 12th Street, SW., STOP 5705, Washington, DC 20536-
5705.

    Dated: April 8, 2011.
John Ramsay,
Forms Program Manager, Office of Asset Administration, U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2011-9010 Filed 4-13-11; 8:45 am]
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