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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Immigration and Naturalization Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection

Under Review; Application for

Certificate of Citizenship.

The Department of Justice,

Immigration and Naturalization Service

(Service) has submitted the following

information collection request for

review and clearance in accordance

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995. The Service is considering

consolidating the Form N–643, and the

Form N–600/N–643, Supplement A,

into the Form N–600. In addition, the

information collection requirement,

Form N–600 is in the process of being

revised. Until such proposed revised

form is approved by the Office of

Management and Budget, the public

should continue to use Forms N–600,

N–643, and N–600/N–643, Supplement

A until further notice.

The Service is publishing a draft copy

of this form as well as the related

interim rule elsewhere in this issue of

the Federal Register to allow the public

an opportunity to comment on the form

and the rule simultaneously. Written

comments on the form are encouraged

and will be accepted for sixty days until

August 13, 2001. Your comments

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:

Revision of a currently approved

collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection:

Application for Certificate of

Citizenship.

(3) Agency form number, if any, and

the applicable component of the

Department of Justice sponsoring the

collection: Form N–600. Adjudications

Division, Immigration and

Naturalization Service.

(4) Affected public who will be asked

or required to respond, as well as a brief

abstract: Primary: Individuals or

households. This form is provided by

the Service as a uniform format for

obtaining essential data necessary to

determine the applicant’s eligibility for

the requested immigration benefit.

(5) An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amount of time

estimated for an average respondent to

respond: 67,936 responses at 1 hour per

response.

(6) An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection: 67,936 annual burden hours.

Organizations and individuals

interested in submitting comments

regarding this burden estimate or any

aspect of this information collection

requirement, including suggestions for

reducing the burden, should direct them

to the Immigration and Naturalization

Service, Policy Directives and

Instructions Branch, Immigration and

Naturalization Service, Room 4034, 425

I Street, NW., Washington, DC 20536;

Attention: Richard A. Sloan, Director,

(202) 514–3291.

If additional information is required

contact: Mr. Robert B. Briggs, Clearance

Officer, United States Department of

Justice, Information Management and

Security Staff, Justice Management

Division, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., National Place Building, Suite

1220, Washington, DC 20530.

Dated: June 8, 2001.

Richard A. Sloan,

Department Clearance Officer, Department of

Justice, Immigration and Naturalization

Service.

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