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Comments 

You may access the information 

collection instrument with instructions 

or additional information by visiting the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal site at: 

https://www.regulations.gov and 

entering USCIS–2009–0020 in the 

search box. All submissions will be 

posted, without change, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at https://

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 

https://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: 

Revision of a Currently Approved 

Collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Application to Register Permanent 

Residence or Adjust Status; Supplement 

A to Form I–485, Adjustment of Status 

Under Section 245(i); Supplement J, 

Confirmation of Bona Fide Offer or 

Request for Job Portability Under 

Section 204(j); National Interest Waiver. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: I–485, 

Supplement A, Supplement J, National 

Interest Waiver; USCIS. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households. The Form I–485 is used to 

request and determine eligibility for 

adjustment of permanent residence 

status. The Form I–485 Supplement A is 

used to adjust status under section 

245(i) of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act (Act). The Form I–485 

Supplement J is used if you are an 

employment-based applicant for 

adjustment of status who is filing or has 

previously filed a Form I–485 as the 

principal beneficiary of a valid Form I– 

140 in an employment-based immigrant 

visa category that requires a job offer, 

and you now seek, in connection with 

your Form I–485, to (1) confirm that the 

job offered in your Form I–140 is a bona 

fide offer you intent to accept or (2) 

request job portability under INA 

section 204(j) to a new, full-time 

permanent job offer that you intent to 

accept, once your Form I–485 is 

approved. The Physicians National 

Interest Waiver will be used to notify 

foreign physician applicants of the 

medical service requirements for 

national interest waiver physicians 

applying for adjustment of status. 

(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–485 is 603,500 and the 

estimated hour burden per response is 

7.04 hours; the estimated total number 

of respondents for the information 

collection Supplement A is 51,072 and 

the estimated hour burden per response 

is 1.06 hours; the estimated total 

number of respondents for the 

information collection Supplement J is 

65,311 and the estimated hour burden 

per response is 0.68 hours; the 

estimated total number of respondents 

for the information collection 

Biometrics Processing is 603,500 and 

the estimated hour burden per response 

is 1.17 hours. 

(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 5,053,283 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 

$207,000,500. 

Dated: September 1, 2023. 

Samantha L Deshommes, 

Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19369 Filed 9–7–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[OMB Control Number 1615–0075] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Extension, Without Change, 

of a Currently Approved Collection: I– 

864, Affidavit of Support Under Section 

213A of the INA; I–864A, Contract 

Between Sponsor and Household 

Member; I–864EZ, Affidavit of Support 

Under Section 213A of the INA; I– 

864W, Request for Exemption for 

Intending Immigrant’s Affidavit of 

Support 

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 October 10, 2023. 

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 https://

www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID 

number USCIS–2007–0029. All 

submissions received must include the 

OMB Control Number 1615–0075 in the 

body of the letter, the agency name and 

Docket ID USCIS–2007–0029. 

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 


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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 https://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 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on June 29, 2023, at 88 FR 

42094, allowing for a 60-day public 

comment period. USCIS did not receive 

any 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: 

https://www.regulations.gov and enter 

USCIS–2007–0029 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 https://

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 

https://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: I–864, 

Affidavit of Support Under Section 

213A of the INA; I–864A, Contract 

Between Sponsor and Household 

Member; I–864EZ, Affidavit of Support 

Under Section 213A of the INA; I– 

864W, Request for Exemption for 

Intending Immigrant’s Affidavit of 

Support. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: I–864; I– 

864A; I–864EZ; I–864W; 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 Form I–864 to determine 

whether the sponsor has the ability to 

support the sponsored immigrant under 

section 213A of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act. This form standardizes 

evaluation of a sponsor’s ability to 

support the sponsored immigrant and 

ensures that basic information required 

to assess eligibility is provided by 

sponsors. 

Form I–864A is a contract between 

the sponsor and the sponsor’s 

household members. It is only required 

if the sponsor used income of their 

household members to reach the 

required 125 percent of the Federal 

poverty guidelines. The contract holds 

these household members jointly and 

severally liable for the support of the 

sponsored immigrant. The information 

collection required on Form I–864A is 

necessary for public benefit agencies to 

enforce the Affidavit of Support in the 

event the sponsor used income of their 

household members to reach the 

required income level and the public 

benefit agencies are requesting 

reimbursement from the sponsor. 

USCIS uses Form I–864EZ in exactly 

the same way as Form I–864; however, 

USCIS collects less information from the 

sponsors as less information is needed 

from those who qualify in order to make 

a thorough adjudication. 

USCIS uses Form I–864W to 

determine whether the intending 

immigrant meets the criteria for 

exemption from section 213A 

requirements. This form collects the 

immigrant’s basic information, such as 

name and address, the reason for the 

exemption, and accompanying 

documentation in support of the 

immigrant’s claim that they are not 

subject to section 213. 

(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–864 is 453,345 and 

the estimated hour burden per response 

is 6 hours; the estimated total number 

of respondents for the information 

collection Form I–864A is 215,800 and 

the estimated hour burden per response 

is 1.75 hours; the estimated total 

number of respondents for the 

information collection Form I–864EZ is 

100,000 and the estimated hour burden 

per response is 2.5 hours; the estimated 

total number of respondents for the 

information collection Form I–864W is 

98,119 and the estimated hour burden 

per response is 1 hour. 

(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 3,445,839 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 

$159,608,680. 

Dated: September 1, 2023. 

Samantha L. Deshommes, 

Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19375 Filed 9–7–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[DOI–BLM–AK–0000–2021–0006–EIS] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing 

Program Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) announces the 

availability of the Draft Coastal Plain Oil 

and Gas Leasing Program Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(Leasing SEIS). 

DATES: To afford the joint lead agencies 

the opportunity to consider comments 


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