[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 234 (Thursday, December 7, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57783-57784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-26311]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[OMB Control Number 1615-0125]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension, Without 
Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: Customer Profile Management 
System-IDENTity Verification Tool (CPMS-IVT)

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of 
Homeland Security.

ACTION: 30-day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following 
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. The purpose of this notice is to allow an 
additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for 
public comments. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until 
January 8, 2018. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 
1320.10.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) 
contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public 
burden and associated response time, must be directed to the OMB USCIS 
Desk Officer via email at [email protected]. All submissions 
received must include the agency name and the OMB Control Number [1615-
0125] in the subject line.
    You may wish to consider limiting the amount of personal 
information that you provide in any voluntary submission you make. For 
additional information please read the Privacy Act notice that is 
available via the link in the footer of http://www.regulations.gov.

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 Web site 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 September 15, 2017, at 82 FR 43398, allowing for a 
60-day public comment period. USCIS did receive one comment in 
connection with the 60-day notice.
    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-
2011-0008 in the search box. 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 Request: Extension, Without 
Change, of a Currently Approved Collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Customer Profile Management 
System-IDENTity Verification Tool (CPMS-IVT).
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
DHS sponsoring the collection: M-1061; USCIS.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract:
    Primary: Individuals or households. Respondents subject to this 
information collection are all individuals who are appearing at a USCIS 
District/Field Office for a required interview in connection with their 
request for an immigration or naturalization benefit, or in order to 
receive evidence of an immigration benefit such as a temporary travel 
document, parole authorization, temporary extension of a I-90, or 
temporary I-551 stamp in a passport or on a Form I-94 evidencing lawful 
permanent residence.
    Respondents will be required to have their photograph and 
fingerprints taken at the USCIS District/Field Office to be inputted 
into the Customer Profile Management System-IDENTity Verification Tool 
(CPMS-IVT). The only U.S. citizen respondents subject to enrollment in 
CPMS-IVT are petitioners filing orphan or adoption petitions (Forms I-
600/600A) and U.S. citizen petitioners of family-based petitions 
required to appear at an ASC for biometric capture for purposes of 
complying with the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 1996, 
Public Law 109-248.
    Use of CPMS-IVT will apply for in-person appearances at a USCIS 
District/Field Office related to the following applications, petitions, 
or requests: I-90 (1615-0082) Application to Replace Permanent Resident 
Card, I-130 (1615-0012) Petition for Alien Relative, I-131 (1615-0013) 
Application for Travel Document, I-485 (1615-0023) Application to 
Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, I-600 (1615-0028) 
Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative, I-600A (1615-
0028) Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition, I-687 
(1615-0090), Application for Status as a Temporary Resident Under 
Section 245A of the Immigration and Nationality Act, I-698 (1615-0035) 
Application to Adjust Status from Temporary to Permanent Resident 
(Under Section 245A of Pub. L. 99-603), I-751 (1615-0038) Petition to 
Remove the Conditions of Residence, I-821D (1615-0124) Consideration of 
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, I-829 (1615-0045) Petition by 
Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions, N-400 (1615-0052) Application for 
Naturalization.
    (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 M-1061 is 
1,644,385 and the estimated hour burden per response is .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 272,968 hours.

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    (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 $0. Any cost burden associated 
with this collection of information is captured as a part of the forms 
that require this activity to take place.

    Dated: November 29, 2017.
Samantha Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland 
Security.
[FR Doc. 2017-26311 Filed 12-6-17; 8:45 am]
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