Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Immigration and Naturalization Service

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

ACTION: Revision of existing collection; Refugee/Asylee Relative

Petition.

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The Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service

(INS) has submitted this information collection request to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This proposed information

collection was previously published in the Federal Register on April 9,

1997, at 62 FR 17203, allowing for a 30-day public comment period. No

comments were received by the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for an additional

``thirty days'' until December 12, 1997. Written comments and/or

suggestions regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially

regarding the estimated public burden and associated response time,

should be directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Department of Justice Desk Officer,

Washington, DC 20530. Additionally, comments may be submitted to OMB

via facsimile to 202-395-7285.

If you have additional comments, suggestions, or need a copy of the

proposed information collection instrument with instructions, or

additional information, please contact Richard A. Sloan, 202-514-3291,

Director, Policy Directives and Instructions Branch, Immigration and

Naturalization Service, U.S. Department of Justice, 425 I Street, NW.,

Room 5307, Washington, DC 20536.

Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected

agencies should address one or more of the following points:

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency/

component, including whether the information will have practical

utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies/components 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:

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(1) Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently

approved collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection. Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition.

(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the

Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form I-730.

Adjudications Division, Immigration and Naturalization Service.

(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as

well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or Households. The data

collected on this form is used by the Service to determine eligibility

for the requested benefit.

(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 86,400

responses at 35 minutes (.583) per response.

(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated

with the collection: 50,371 annual burden hours.

If additional information is required contact: Mr. Robert Briggs,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, Information

Management and Security Staff, Justice Management Division, Suite 850,

1001 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530.

Dated: November 6, 1997.

Robert B. Briggs,

Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 97-29754 Filed 11-10-97; 8:45 am]

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