[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 185 (Monday, September 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 56181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19153]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services


Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of Existing 
Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: 60-day notice of information collection under review; 
application for authorization to issue health care certificates; Form 
I-905.

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    The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and 
Immigration Services has submitted the following information collection 
request for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information collection is published 
to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. Comments are 
encouraged and will be accepted for sixty days until November 25, 2005.
    Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies concerning the collection of information should address one or 
more of the following four points:
    (1) Evaluate whether the 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 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: Extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    (2) Title of Form/Collection: Application for Authorization to 
Issue Health Care Certificates.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Form I-905. 
Business and Trade Services. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Not-for-profit institutions. The 
data collected on this form is used by the USCIS to determine 
eligibility of an organization to issue certificates to foreign health 
care workers.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 10 responses at 
4 hours per response.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: 40 annual burden hours.
    If you have additional comments, suggestions, or need a copy of the 
information collection instrument, please contact Richard A. Sloan, 
Director, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and 
Immigration Services, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20529; 202-272-8377.

    Dated: September 21, 2005.
Stephen R. Tarrgon,
Acting Director, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and 
Immigration Services.
[FR Doc. 05-19153 Filed 9-23-05; 8:45 am]
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