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OMB Control No: 1615-0003	ICR Reference No: 201903-1615-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201811-1615-007
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCIS	Agency Tracking No: I-539
Title: Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant 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 with change	Conclusion Date: 04/05/2019
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 03/15/2019
Terms of Clearance: Previous terms of clearance continue to apply.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2020	08/31/2020	08/31/2020
Responses	676,837	0	437,652
Time Burden (Hours)	893,630	0	682,280
Cost Burden (Dollars)	42,700,928	0	42,700,928

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	676,837	437,652	239,185
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	893,630	682,280	211,350
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	42,700,928	42,700,928	0

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: The change in this request is due to the availability of Form I-539 now available for e-filing, which the time burden per response is lower for that option than for the paper file option. USCIS has captured the burden in this submission for the biometric collection activity that was not reflected in the previously approved request. The previously approved (134,292 responses, 157,122 hours) are not reflected properly as they were in The Federal Register Notices and the Supporting Statement (373,477 responses, 436,968 hours).

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $123,869,995

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: Cheryl Afflerbach 202 272-1534