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OMB Control No: 1615-0003	ICR Reference No: 201907-1615-012
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201903-1615-002
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCIS	Agency Tracking No: I-539
Title: Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant 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 on ways it has worked to further streamline the collection and minimize the data fields requested. Previous terms of clearance continue to apply.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2021	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2020
Responses	676,837	0	676,837
Time Burden (Hours)	893,630	0	893,630
Cost Burden (Dollars)	42,700,928	0	42,700,928

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	676,837	676,837
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	893,630	893,630
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	42,700,928	42,700,928

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:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $113,288,175

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: Manuel Avendano 202 272-9747 manuel.a.avendano@uscis.dhs.gov