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OMB Control No: 1615-0067	ICR Reference No: 202310-1615-007
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202212-1615-025
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	Date Submitted to OIRA: 03/20/2024

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2026
Responses	400,657	224,000
Time Burden (Hours)	2,620,526	1,468,200
Cost Burden (Dollars)	83,792,148	46,968,000

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	400,657	224,000	176,657
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,620,526	1,468,200	1,152,326
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	83,792,148	46,968,000	36,824,148

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

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Limited revision to remove passport photo requirement, duplicate copy requirement and update address change field. USCIS is reporting an adjustment to the estimated annual time burden for this collection of information, as a result of an increase in the estimated number of respondents. Changes were made to the form and instructions. Please see draft documents and table of changes for additional information. The total estimated annual cost burden for this collection of information has increased as a result of a reevaluation of the estimated cost burden to respondents, and an increase in the number of respondents estimated to submit this form.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $369,539,643

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