[Federal Register: May 30, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 103)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of an
Existing Information Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review; Form I-
901, Fee Remittance for Certain F, J and M Nonimmigrants; OMB Control
No. 1653-0034
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The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (USICE), has submitted the following information collection
request for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection was previously
published in the Federal Register on March 30, 2007, Vol. 72 No. 61
15144, allowing for a 60-day comment period. No comments were received
on this information collection.
The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for
public comments. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for
thirty days until June 29, 2007.
Written comments and suggestions regarding items contained in this
notice, and especially with regard to the estimated public burden and
associated response time should be directed to the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS), Ricardo Lemus, Chief, Records Management
Branch, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 425 I Street,
NW., Room 1122, Washington, DC 20536; (202) 514-3211.
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 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 agencies 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: Extension of currently approved
information collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Fee Remittance for Certain F, J
and M Nonimmigrants.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Form I-901,
Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individual or Households. Public Law
104-208, Subtitle D, Section 641 directs the Attorney General, in
consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of
Education, to develop and conduct a program to collect information on
nonimmigrant foreign students and exchange visitors from approved
institutions of higher education, as defined in section 101(a) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended or in a program of study at
any other DHS-approved academic or language-training institution, to
include approved private elementary and secondary schools and public
secondary schools, and from approved exchange visitor program sponsors
designated by the Department of State (DOS). It also authorized a fee,
not to exceed $100, to be collected from these students and exchange
visitors to support this information collection program. DHS has
implemented the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS)
to carry out this statutory requirement.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 600,000
responses at 19 minutes (.32) per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: 192,000 annual burden hours.
Comments and/or questions; requests for a copy of the proposed
information collection instrument, with instructions; or inquiries for
additional information should be directed to: Ricardo Lemus, Chief,
Records Management Branch, Bureau of Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, 425 I Street, NW., Room 1122, Washington, DC 20536; (202)
616-2266.
Dated: May 16, 2007.
Ricardo Lemus,
Chief, Records Management Branch, Bureau of Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security.
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