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for naturalization with USCIS Form N– 

400, Application for Naturalization 

(OMB Control Number 1615–0052). The 

Department of Defense (DOD) record 

centers or personnel offices verify and 

certify the applicant’s military or naval 

service information provided on Form 

N–426. USCIS reviews the form as part 

of the process to determine the 

applicant’s eligibility for naturalization. 

USCIS also collects biometric 

information from respondents to verify 

their identity and check or update their 

background information. 

(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 N–426 is 10,000 and the 

estimated hour burden per response is 

.75 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 7,500 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 $245,000. 

Dated: August 9, 2018 

Samantha L. Deshommes, 

Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17530 Filed 8–14–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[OMB Control Number 1615–0101] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Revision of a Currently 

Approved Collection: Document 

Verification Request and Supplement 

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 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 

October 15, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: All submissions received 

must include the OMB Control Number 

1615–0101 in the body of the letter, the 

agency name and Docket ID USCIS– 

2008–0008. To avoid duplicate 

submissions, please use only one of the 

following methods to submit comments: 

(1) Online. Submit comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal website at 

http://www.regulations.gov under eDocket ID number USCIS–2008–0008; 

(2) Mail. Submit written comments to 

DHS, USCIS, Office of Policy and 

Strategy, Chief, Regulatory Coordination 

Division, 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20529–2140. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, 

Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Samantha Deshommes, Chief, 20 

Massachusetts Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20529–2140, telephone 

number 202–272–8377 (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 National Customer Service 

Center at 800–375–5283 (TTY 800–767– 

1833). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments 

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–2008–0008 in the search box. 

Regardless of the method used for 

submitting comments or material, 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: 

Revision of a Currently Approved 

Collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Document Verification Request and 

Supplement. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: Form G–845; 

USCIS. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: State, local or Tribal 

Government. 

In the verification process, a 

participating agency validates an 

applicant’s immigration status by 

inputting identifying information into 

the Verification Information System 

(VIS), which executes immigration 

status queries against a range of data 

sources. If VIS returns an immigration 

status and the benefit-issuing agency 

does not find a material discrepancy 

with the response and the documents 

provided by the applicant, the 

verification process is complete. Then, 

the agency may use that immigration 

status information to determine whether 

to issue the benefit. 


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If VIS does not locate a record 

pertaining to the applicant during an 

electronic initial verification, a second 

step additional verification must be 

requested by the agency, so that a Status 

Verifier can manually check the records. 

If the Status Verifier cannot determine 

status during the second step additional 

verification, they will request the 

agency to submit a copy of the 

applicant’s immigration document. The 

immigration document can be submitted 

using scan and upload or by attaching 

it to a Form G–845 and mailing it to the 

Status Verifier. 

Applicants may check on the 

processing of additional verification 

through the SAVE Case Check web 

portal, found at http://www.uscis.gov/ 

save/save-case-check. SAVE Case Check 

permits applicants to use the SAVE 

verification numbers associated with 

their benefit applications or the 

immigration identification numbers and 

dates of birth provided to those benefit 

granting agencies to access this 

information. 

In limited cases, agencies may query 

USCIS by filing Form G–845 by mail. 

Although the Form G–845 does not 

require it, if needed, certain agencies 

may also file the Form G–845 

Supplement with the Form G–845, 

along with copies of immigration 

documents to receive additional 

information necessary to make their 

benefit determinations. These forms 

were developed to facilitate 

communication between all benefitgranting agencies and USCIS to ensure 

that basic information required to assess 

status verification requests is provided. 

(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 G–845 Verification Request is 

162,106 and the estimated hour burden 

per response is 0.083 hours; for the 

information collection VIS Query the 

estimated total number of respondents 

is 23,293,981 and the estimated hour 

burden per response is 0.17 hours; for 

the information collection G–845, 

Verification Request Supplement, the 

estimated total number of respondents 

is 7,122 and the estimated hour burden 

per response is 0.083 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 3,974,023 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 

$141,236,767. 

Dated: August 9, 2018. 

Samantha L. Deshommes, 

Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17535 Filed 8–14–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[OMB Control Number 1615–0057] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Revision of a Currently 

Approved Collection: Application for 

Certificate of Citizenship 

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 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 

October 15, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: All submissions received 

must include the OMB Control Number 

1615–0057 in the body of the letter, the 

agency name and Docket ID USCIS– 

2006–0023. To avoid duplicate 

submissions, please use only one of the 

following methods to submit comments: 

(1) Online. Submit comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal website at 

http://www.regulations.gov under eDocket ID number USCIS–2006–0023; 

(2) Mail. Submit written comments to 

DHS, USCIS, Office of Policy and 

Strategy, Chief, Regulatory Coordination 

Division, 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20529–2140. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, 

Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Samantha Deshommes, Chief, 20 

Massachusetts Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20529–2140, telephone 

number 202–272–8377 (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 National Customer Service 

Center at 800–375–5283 (TTY 800–767– 

1833). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments 

The information collection notice was 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on May 4, 2018, at 83 FR 

19796, allowing for a 60-day public 

comment period. USCIS is publishing a 

second Notice allowing for a 60-day 

comment period to allow for comments 

on additional changes to the form and 

instructions. 

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–2006–0023 in the search box. 

Regardless of the method used for 

submitting comments or material, 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, 


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