62586 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 175 / Tuesday, September 12, 2023 / Notices 

1 88 FR 1266 (Jan. 9, 2023); see also 88 FR 26329 

(Apr. 28, 2023). 

2 88 FR 1243 (Jan. 9, 2023); see also 26 FR 327 

(Apr. 28, 2023). 

3 88 FR 1255 (Jan. 9, 2023). 

4 87 FR 63507 (Oct. 19, 2022); see also 88 FR 1279 

(Jan. 9, 2023). 

5 88 FR 43591 (July 10, 2023). 

6 88 FR 43611 (July 10, 2023). 

7 88 FR 43581 (July 10, 2023). 

8 88 FR 43601 (July 10, 2023). 

9 88 FR 54639 (Aug. 11, 2023). 

10 88 FR 54635 (Aug. 11, 2023). 

technologies, services and knowledge 

products. The information collected 

from our customers and stakeholders 

will help ensure that users have an 

effective, efficient, and satisfying 

experience with our programs. This 

feedback will provide insights into 

customer or stakeholder perceptions, 

experiences, and expectations, provide 

an early warning of issues with products 

or service, or focus attention on areas 

where communication, training or 

changes in operations might improve 

delivery of products or services. These 

collections will allow for ongoing, 

collaborative, and actionable 

communications between S&T and its 

customers and stakeholders. It will also 

allow feedback to contribute directly to 

the improvement of program 

management. Executive Order 12862 

directs Federal agencies to provide 

service to the public that matches or 

exceeds the best service available in the 

private sector. 

There is no cost to participants. 

Gregg Piermarini, 

Chief Information Officer, Science and 

Technology Directorate, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[OMB Control Number 1615–0157] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Revision of a Currently 

Approved Collection: Online Request 

To Be a Supporter and Declaration of 

Financial Support 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS) invites 

the general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment upon this 

proposed revision of a currently 

approved collection of information. In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the 

information collection notice is 

published in the Federal Register to 

obtain comments regarding the nature of 

the information collection, the 

categories of respondents, the estimated 

burden (i.e. the time, effort, and 

resources used by the respondents to 

respond), the estimated cost to the 

respondent, and the actual information 

collection instruments. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for 60 days until 

November 13, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: All submissions received 

must include the OMB Control Number 

1615–0157 in the body of the letter, the 

agency name and Docket ID USCIS– 

2023–0004. Submit comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal website at 

https://www.regulations.gov under eDocket ID number USCIS–2023–0004. 

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 https://www.uscis.gov, or call the 

USCIS Contact Center at 800–375–5283 

(TTY 800–767–1833). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This notice seeks comment on the 

USCIS Form I–134A information 

collection package, which DHS uses in 

connection with certain parole 

processes. In January 2023, at DHS’s 

request, the Office of Management and 

Budget approved this new collection in 

accordance with emergency procedures 

set forth at 5 CFR 1320.13. DHS uses 

this collection to implement processes 

through which nationals of certain 

countries and their immediate family 

members may request to come to the 

United States in a safe and orderly way. 

The collection is an outgrowth of USCIS 

Form I–134 (OMB Control Number 

1615–0014), and has been used in 

connection with Uniting for Ukraine; a 

new parole process for certain Cubans,1

Haitians,2 and Nicaraguans,3 and 

Venezuelans; 4 new family reunification 

parole processes for certain 

Colombians,5 Salvadorans,6

Guatemalans,7 and Hondurans; 8 and 

procedural changes to the previously 

established Cuban 9 and Haitian 10

Family Reunification Parole processes. 

The emergency processing activities 

associated with implementing these 

processes were necessary for multiple 

reasons, including to address the urgent 

humanitarian events transpiring in 

Ukraine, to prevent complications for 

the United States’ ongoing efforts to 

engage hemispheric partners to increase 

their efforts to collaboratively manage 

and reduce irregular migration that 

could have arisen without timely action 

by the United States, and to avoid 

incentivizing irregular migration during 

a public comment period. 

Under these processes, certain 

beneficiaries who are outside the United 

States and lack U.S. entry documents 

may be considered, on a case-by-case 

basis, for advance authorization to travel 

and a temporary period of parole for 

urgent humanitarian reasons or 

significant public benefit. To 

participate, eligible beneficiaries must: 

• Have a supporter in the United 

States; 

• Undergo and clear robust security 

vetting; 

• Meet other eligibility criteria; and 

• Warrant a favorable exercise of 

discretion. 

Individuals participating in these 

processes must have a supporter in the 

United States who agrees to provide 

them with financial support for the 

duration of their parole in the United 

States. Prospective supporters submit a 

Form I–134A for each proposed parolee 

(beneficiary), including, if applicable, 

derivatives of the principal beneficiary, 

with USCIS through the USCIS online 

web portal to initiate the special parole 

or parole under the family reunification 

process. Form I–134A identifies and 

collects information on both the 

supporter and the beneficiary. The 

supporter must submit evidence 

establishing their income and assets and 

commit to provide financial support to 

the beneficiary for the duration of 

parole. A supporter filing under a family 

reunification parole process is also 

required to submit evidence establishing 

the family relationships between the 

principal beneficiary and all derivative 

beneficiaries. No fee is required to file 

Form I–134A. USCIS will perform 

background checks on the supporter and 

verify their financial information to 

ensure that the supporter is able to 

financially support the beneficiary. If 

the supporter’s Form I–134A is 

confirmed, the beneficiary named in the 

Form I–134A will receive an email from 


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USCIS with instructions to create a 

USCIS online account and next steps for 

completing the request. See Advance 

Travel Authorization (ATA) (OMB 

Control Number 1651–0143) for the 

approved collection of information for 

the next steps in affected parole 

processes. 

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–2023–0004 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: 

Online Request to be a Supporter and 

Declaration of Financial Support. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: I–134A; 

USCIS. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households. USCIS uses Form I–134A to 

determine whether a U.S.-based 

individual has sufficient financial 

resources and access to those funds to 

support the beneficiary named on the 

Form I–134A for the duration of their 

temporary stay in the United States, as 

well as to obtain information concerning 

whether the beneficiary merits a 

favorable exercise of discretion under 

the statutory parole standard. 

Form I–134A is filed by a U.S.-based 

individual (the potential supporter) to 

request to be a supporter, agree to 

provide financial support to the 

beneficiary named on the form during 

the beneficiary’s period of stay in the 

United States, and to provide 

information concerning why the 

beneficiary warrants a discretionary 

grant of parole. 

(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–134A is 1,202,000, and the 

estimated hour burden per response is 

2.11 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 2,536,220 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 $0.00. 

USCIS specifically requests comments 

on the agency’s estimate of the number 

of respondents who will submit Form I– 

134A, on average, in a given 12-month 

period. USCIS has added to the burden 

estimate for this collection, to account 

for any potential expansion(s) that align 

with new or revised policies or 

processing capacity over the next three 

years. USCIS also notes that the number 

of requests to be a supporter that USCIS 

is currently receiving exceeds our initial 

estimates. Anecdotal evidence indicates 

that supporters are submitting multiple, 

duplicate requests for the same 

beneficiary. USCIS welcomes public 

input on why supporters are creating 

duplicate requests to inform our 

estimates. 

Dated: September 7, 2023. 

Samantha L. Deshommes, 

Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[OMB Control Number 1615–0013] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Extension, Without Change, 

of a Currently Approved Collection: 

Application for Travel Document 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration (USCIS) invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment upon this proposed extension 

of a currently approved collection of 

information. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the information collection notice 

is published in the Federal Register to 

obtain comments regarding the nature of 

the information collection, the 

categories of respondents, the estimated 

burden (i.e., the time, effort, and 

resources used by the respondents to 

respond), the estimated cost to the 

respondent, and the actual information 

collection instruments. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for 60 days until 

November 13, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: All submissions received 

must include the OMB Control Number 

1615–0013 in the body of the letter, the 

agency name and Docket ID USCIS– 

2007–0045. Submit comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal website at 

http://www.regulations.gov under eDocket ID number USCIS–2007–0045. 

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 


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