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OMB Control No: 1615-0040	ICR Reference No: 202401-1615-030
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202211-1615-001
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCIS	Agency Tracking No: I-765, I-765WS
Title: Application for Employment Authorization
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/19/2024
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/09/2024
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2027	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2025
Responses	5,176,535	0	5,176,535
Time Burden (Hours)	11,372,186	0	11,707,140
Cost Burden (Dollars)	400,895,820	0	400,895,820

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	5,176,535	5,176,535	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	11,372,186	11,707,140	-334,954
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	400,895,820	400,895,820	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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Forms

Short Statement: This information collection has been revised to reflect changes of the 1615-AC68 Final Rule. USCIS has consolidated filing fee information from individual form instructions into the Form G-1055, Fee Schedule. These changes include removing instructional information about: filing fees, biometric services fees, processing information, payment methods, electronic funds transfers, fee waivers, and premium processing. There is a decrease in the annual estimated hour burden to respondents, due to the removal of fee related content in instructions and consolidation and reformatting of fee related language in the Form G-1055, Fee Schedule. There is no change to the annual estimated cost burden to respondents for this information collection as a result of the rulemaking.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,165,937,350

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: Melanie Frank 202 527-4488 melanie.r.frank2@uscis.dhs.gov