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OMB Control No: 1615-0023	ICR Reference No: 201907-1615-008
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201904-1615-008
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCIS	Agency Tracking No: I-485
Title: Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 10/03/2019
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 08/15/2019
Terms of Clearance: This form is only approved for two years due to non-compliance with the Government Paperwork Elimination Act. In the interim years between approvals, USCIS will work on allowing for electronic signatures and submission and will report back to OMB prior to submitting the form for extension on the agency's progress as well as ways it has worked to further streamline the collection and minimize the data requested.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2021	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2021
Responses	752,384	0	1,220,571
Time Burden (Hours)	2,885,243	0	4,355,214
Cost Burden (Dollars)	131,116,552	0	197,911,000

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	752,384	1,220,571	-468,187
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,885,243	4,355,214	-1,469,971
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	131,116,552	197,911,000	-66,794,448

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: There is a 1,469,971 hours decrease in the annual hour burden. This is a result of the calculation of the five-year average for the population of the respondents subject to public charge adjudication required under the Public Charge rulemaking, which was partially offset by an increase in the time burden for the I-485 and Supplement A. There is a $66,794,448 annual cost burden decrease. The decrease in cost burden is due to the decrease in the calculations for estimated number of respondents that resulting in program changes based on the Public Charge rulemaking.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $110,541,480

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: Megan Barker 202 272-9135 megan.m.barker@uscis.dhs.gov