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hour burden associated with this 

collection is 42,940 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 $15,000. 

Dated: January 8, 2021. 

Samantha L Deshommes, 

Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00640 Filed 1–13–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[OMB Control Number 1615–0003] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Extension, Without Change, 

of a Currently Approved Collection: 

Application to Extend/Change 

Nonimmigrant Status 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS) will be 

submitting the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. The purpose of this notice is to 

allow an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until February 16, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or 

suggestions regarding the item(s) 

contained in this notice, especially 

regarding the estimated public burden 

and associated response time, must be 

submitted via the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal website at http://

www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID 

number USCIS–2007–0038 All 

submissions received must include the 

OMB Control Number 1615–0003 in the 

body of the letter, the agency name and 

Docket ID USCIS–2007–0038. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, 

Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Samantha Deshommes, Chief, 

Telephone number (240) 721–3000 

(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 website at http://

www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS 

Contact Center at (800) 375–5283; TTY 

(800) 767–1833. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments 

The information collection notice was 

originally published in the Federal 

Register as a revision on May 19, 2020, 

at 85 FR 29958, allowing for a 60-day 

public comment period. USCIS did 

receive one comment in connection 

with the 60-day notice. USCIS will be 

submitting the information collection as 

an extension, without change, of the 

currently approved collection and will 

not be making any changes at this time. 

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–2007–0038 in the search box. 

The comments submitted to USCIS via 

this method are visible to the Office of 

Management and Budget and comply 

with the requirements of 5 CFR 

1320.12(c). All submissions 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 

Request: Extension, Without Change, of 

a Currently Approved Collection 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Application to Extend/Change 

Nonimmigrant Status. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: Form I–539 

and I–539A; USCIS. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households. This form will be used for 

nonimmigrants to apply for an 

extension of stay, for a change to 

another nonimmigrant classification, or 

for obtaining V nonimmigrant 

classification. 

(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 Form I–539 (paper) is 174,289 

and the estimated hour burden per 

response is 2.38 hours, the estimated 

total number of respondents for the 

information collection I–539 (electronic) 

is 74,696 and the estimated hour burden 

per response is 1.083 hours; and the 

estimated total number of respondents 

for the information collection I–539A is 

54,375 and the estimated hour burden 

per response is 0.5 hours; biometrics 

processing is 373,477 total respondents 

requiring an estimated 1.17 hours per 

response. 

(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 959,860 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 $56,121,219. 


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Dated: January 8, 2021. 

Samantha L Deshommes, 

Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00643 Filed 1–13–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[OMB Control Number 1615–0133] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Extension, Without Change, 

of a Currently Approved Collection: 

Request for Reduced Fee 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS) will be 

submitting the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. The purpose of this notice is to 

allow an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until February 16, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or 

suggestions regarding the item(s) 

contained in this notice, especially 

regarding the estimated public burden 

and associated response time, must be 

submitted via the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal website at http://

www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID 

number USCIS–2018–0002. All 

submissions received must include the 

OMB Control Number 1615–0133 the 

body of the letter, the agency name and 

Docket ID USCIS–2018–0002. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, 

Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Samantha Deshommes, Chief, 

Telephone number (240) 721–3000 

(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 website at http://

www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS 

Contact Center at (800) 375–5283; TTY 

(800) 767–1833. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 14, 2019, DHS 

published the proposed rule, ‘‘U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services 

Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain 

Other Immigration Benefit Request 

Requirements,’’ in the Federal Register 

proposing to adjust certain immigration 

and naturalization benefit request fees 

charged by U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS). See 84 

FR 62280. That rule proposed to 

eliminate this information collection. 

On August 3, 2020, DHS published the 

final rule making the changes effective 

on October 2, 2020. 85 FR 46788 (Aug. 

3, 2020) (final rule). Form I–942 was 

eliminated in the final rule. 

On September 29, 2020, the United 

States District Court for the Northern 

District of California granted a motion 

for a preliminary injunction and a stay 

of the effective date of the final rule in 

its entirety. Immigrant Legal Resource 

Center v. Wolf, No. 4:20–cv–5883 (N.D. 

Cal. Sept. 29, 2020). On October 8, 2020, 

the United States District Court for the 

District of Columbia also granted a 

motion for a preliminary injunction of 

the final rule. See Northwest Immigrant 

Rights Project, et al., v. United States 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, et 

al. (No. 19–3283 (RDM) (D.D.C., Oct. 8, 

2020). Therefore, DHS is enjoined from 

implementing or enforcing the final rule 

in its entirety pending final adjudication 

of the two cases. 

USCIS is publishing this notice in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act as required to extend the 

approval to use Form I–942 while the 

final rule is enjoined. 

Comments 

The information collection notice was 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on October 30, 2020, at 85 FR 

68909, allowing for a 60-day public 

comment period. USCIS did receive two 

comments in connection with the 60- 

day notice. 

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–2018–0002 in the search box. 

The comments submitted to USCIS via 

this method are visible to the Office of 

Management and Budget and comply 

with the requirements of 5 CFR 

1320.12(c). All submissions 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 

Request: Extension, Without Change, of 

a Currently Approved Collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Request for Reduced Fee. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: I–942; USCIS. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households. USCIS uses the data 

collected on this form to verify that the 

applicant is eligible for a reduced fee for 

the immigration benefit being requested. 

(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 I–942 is 4,491 and the 

estimated hour burden per response is 

0.75 hour. 


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