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OMB Control No: 1615-0067	ICR Reference No: 202008-1615-017
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202006-1615-006
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCIS	Agency Tracking No: I-589
Title: Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal
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: 08/28/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 08/11/2020
Terms of Clearance: This form change is approved to take effect on October 2, 2020. USCIS will display both the current version and the new Fee Rule version of the form for a period of time up to the effective date of the new form, which is concurrent with the effective date of the associated rulemaking (October 2, 2020). USCIS will clearly identify filing dates for each form version and provide instructions on when and how to correctly file both versions. Upon the effective date of the new version of the form, USCIS will remove the old version of the form from its website. Approved for two years only due to partial GPEA compliance.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2022	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2022
Responses	224,000	0	224,000
Time Burden (Hours)	1,610,700	0	1,496,700
Cost Burden (Dollars)	46,968,000	0	46,968,000

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	224,000	224,000	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,610,700	1,496,700	114,000
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	46,968,000	46,968,000	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: USCIS is proposing a $50 fee for Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal, when the form is filed with USCIS (“affirmative asylum applications”). There is no fee for an unaccompanied alien child (UAC) in removal proceedings who files Form I-589. A UAC who is not in removal proceedings will be charged the same proposed $50 Form I-589 fee as other affirmative filers. USCIS is reporting an increase to the estimated annual time burden to respondents as a result of this rulemaking.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $207,138,000

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? No

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