[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69095-69096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28301]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Agency Information Collection Activities: Revision of an Existing
Information Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection for Review; Student and
Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS); OMB Control No. 1653-0038.
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The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE), will be submitting 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
January 10, 2011.
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), Joseph M. Gerhart, Chief, Records Management
Branch, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 500 12th Street, SW.,
STOP 5705, Washington, DC 20536-5705.
Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for sixty days until
January 10, 2011. 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's,
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: Revision of a currently
approved information collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Student and Exchange Visitor
Information System (SEVIS).
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Forms I-17
and I-20; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Not-for-profit institutions and
individuals or households.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond:
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Average burden
Number of respondents Form name/form No. per response
(in hours)
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280,000........................ Certificate of 0.5
Eligibility for
Nonimmigrant (F-1)
Student Status--For
Academic and Language
Students/ICE Form I-
20 (Students).
90,000......................... Certificate of 0.5
Eligibility for
Nonimmigrant (M-1)
Student Status--For
Academic and Language
Students/ICE Form I-
20 (Spouse/
Dependents).
280,000........................ Optional Practical 0.083
Training 12 Month
Request/No Form.
12,000......................... Optional Practical 0.083
Training 17 Month
Extension Request/No
Form.
5,525.......................... Maintenance of SEVP 4
Certification/ICE
Form I-17.
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(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: 557,816 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: Office of the Chief
Financial Officer/OAM/Records Branch, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, 500 12th Street, SW., STOP 5705, Washington, DC 20536-
5705.
Dated: November 4, 2010.
Katherine H. Westerlund,
Acting Branch Chief, Policy Branch, Student and Exchange Visitor
Program, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of
Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2010-28301 Filed 11-9-10; 8:45 am]
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