Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Immigration and Naturalization Service

Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection under Review: Application to

Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, and Supplement A to Form

I-485.

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The Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service

(INS) has submitted 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 information

collection was previously published in the Federal Register on July 27,

1998 at 63 FR 45263, allowing for a 60-day public comment period. No

comments were received by the INS on this proposed information

collection.

The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for

public comments. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted March 22,

1999. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.

Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items 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 Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Stuart Shapiro, Department of Justice Desk Officer, Room

10235, Washington, DC 20530; 202-395-7316. 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 proposal 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.

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Overview of this information collection:

(1) Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement without change of

previously approved collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Application to Register Permanent

Residence or Adjust Status, and Supplement A to form I-485.

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

Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Forms I-485 and I-485

Supplement A. 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. This

collection allows an applicant to determine whether he or she must file

under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and it allows

the Service to collect information needed for reports to be made to

different government committees.

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

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: I-485 Adult

respondents is 245,975 at 5.25 hours per response; I-485 Children

respondents is 193,941 at 4.5 hours per response; and I-485 Supplement

A respondents is 33,112 at 13 minutes (.216) hours per response.

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

with the collection: Form I-485 annual burden hours are 2,164,104 and

Form I-485 Supplement A annual burden hours are 7,152.

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, Room 5307, 425 I

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20536. Additionally, comments and/or

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

regarding the estimated public burden and associated response time may

also be directed to Mr. Richard A. Sloan.

If additional information is required contact: Mr. Robert B.

Briggs, Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,

Information Management and Security Staff, Justice Management Division,

Suite 850, Washington Center, 101 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530.

Dated: February 12, 1999.

Richard A. Sloan,

Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,

Immigration and Naturalization Service.

[FR Doc. 99-4058 Filed 2-18-99; 8:45 am]

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