[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 110 (Thursday, June 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33758-33759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13784]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Agency Information Collection Activities: Form I-829, Extension
of a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form I-
829, Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions.
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The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following
information collection request for review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection
notice is published to obtain comments from the public and affected
agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days
until August 6, 2012.
During this 60-day period, USCIS will be evaluating whether to
revise the Form I-829. Should USCIS decide to revise Form I-829, we
will advise the public when we publish the 30-day notice in the Federal
Register in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The public
will then have 30 days to comment on any revisions to the Form I-829.
Written comments and suggestions regarding items contained in this
notice, and especially with regard to the estimated public burden and
associated
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response time should be directed to the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), USCIS, Chief, Regulatory Products Division, Office of the
Executive Secretariat, 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20529-2020. Comments may also be submitted to DHS via facsimile to 202-
272-0997 or via email at [email protected]. When submitting
comments by email please add the OMB Control Number 1615-0045 in the
subject box.
Note: The address listed in this notice should only be used to
submit comments concerning this information collection. Please do
not submit requests for individual case status inquiries to this
address. If you are seeking information about the status of your
individual case, please check ``My Case Status'' online at: https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard.do, or call the USCIS National
Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed 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 agency's 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 an existing
information collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Petition by Entrepreneur to
Remove Conditions.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Form I-829.
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 and households. This
form is used by a conditional resident alien entrepreneur who obtained
such status through a qualifying investment, to apply to remove
conditions on his or her conditional residence, and on the conditional
residence for his or her spouse and child(ren).
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 441 responses
at 1 hour and 5 minutes (1.08 hours) per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: 476 annual burden hours.
We may also be contacted at: USCIS, Regulatory Products Division,
Office of the Executive Secretariat, 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW., Room
5012, Washington, DC 20529-2020, Telephone number 202-272-8377.
Dated: June 1, 2012.
Sunday A. Aigbe,
Chief, Regulatory Products Division, Office of the Executive
Secretariat, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2012-13784 Filed 6-6-12; 8:45 am]
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