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OMB Control No: 1615-0043	ICR Reference No: 201709-1615-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201610-1615-007
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCIS	Agency Tracking No: I-821
Title: Application for Temporary Protected Status
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 10/19/2017
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 09/08/2017
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2019	03/31/2019	03/31/2019
Responses	146,876	0	146,876
Time Burden (Hours)	263,366	0	263,366
Cost Burden (Dollars)	9,318,256	0	9,318,256

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	146,876	146,876
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	263,366	263,366
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	9,318,256	9,318,256

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There has been a decrease of 428,971 total burden hours previously reported for this information collection from 656,171 to 227,200. The decrease can be attributed to a decrease in the estimated number of respondents from based on updated statistical projection data for fiscal year (FY) 2015, FY 2016, and FY 2017 The adjustment in public cost burden for the paper-based Form I-821 is based on a more accurate estimates for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by respondents, including postage and document preparation services for 25% of affected respondents. USCIS continues to exclude USCIS fees from public cost estimates because USCIS fees are more properly classified as transfers.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $13,228,933

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: John Ramsay 202 646-4247 John.Ramsay@dhs.gov