[Federal Register: June 22, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 119)]
[Notices]
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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:
Application for waiver of grounds of excludability, Form I-690.
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The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) 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
August 22, 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 information collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Application for Waiver of Grounds
of Excludability.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Form I-690.
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
information on the application will be used by the USCIS in considering
eligibility for legalization under sections 210 and 245A of the
Immigration and Nationality Act.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 85 responses at
15 minutes (.25 hours) per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: 21 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
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Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20529; 202-272-8377.
Dated: June 15, 2005.
Richard A. Sloan,
Director, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship Immigration
Services.
[FR Doc. 05-12335 Filed 6-21-05; 8:45 am]
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