Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 187 / Wednesday, September 28, 2005 / Notices 56733 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Extension of a Currently 

Approved Information Collection; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information 

Collection Under Review; Request for 

Verification of Naturalization; N–25. 

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 information collection is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. Comments 

are encouraged and will be accepted for 

sixty days until [Insert date of the 60th 

day from the date that this notice is 

published in the Federal Register]. 

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, 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 the Form/Collection: 

Request for Verification of 

Naturalization. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

sponsoring the collection: Form N–25. 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households. This form is used to obtain 

information from the records of a clerk 

of court which may be needed by a 

person applying for benefits under 

various provisions of the I&N Act. 

An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: 1,000 responses at 15 minutes 

(.25) per response. 

An estimate of the total public burden 

(in hours) associated with the collection: 

250 annual burden hours. 

If you have additional comments, 

suggestions, or a need a copy of the 

information collection, please contact 

Richard A. Sloan, Director, Regulatory 

Management Division, U.S. Citizenship 

Services, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20529. 

Information about USCIS forms is 

available online at the USCIS Web site. 

The USCIS Web site address is: 

www.uscis.gov/graphic/formsfee. Please 

click on the link to the USCIS Forms, 

Fees and Fingerprints Information 

Center. The Forms and Fees link 

provides information on immigration 

forms and how to print them. We 

recommend that you obtain all of your 

forms by downloading (printing) them 

from this Web site. This will ensure that 

you will have the most up-to-date 

version of the form that is currently 

available. 

Dated: September 23, 2005. 

Richard A. Sloan, 

Director, Regulatory Management Division, 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. 

[FR Doc. 05–19349 Filed 9–27–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Extension of a Currently 

Approved Information Collection; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information 

Collection Under Review; Certificate of 

Satisfactory Pursuit, Form I–699. 

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 28, 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 the Form/Collection: 

Certificate of Satisfactory Pursuit. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

sponsoring the collection: Form I–699, 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households. The USCIS uses this form 

to verify that a certified course provider 

has supplied the required instructions 

to temporary resident aliens, in 

compliance with Public Law 99–603 

and Public Law 100–204, section 902. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: 100,000 responses at 10 

minutes (0.166 hours) per response. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 16,600 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.