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OMB Control No: 1615-0020	ICR Reference No: 201507-1615-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201503-1615-010
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCIS	Agency Tracking No: I-360
Title: Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er) or Special Immigrant
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: 03/14/2016
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 07/31/2015
Terms of Clearance: Approved for only two years due to lack of GPEA compliance. DHS may continue to use the prior version of the form until July 23, 2016. After July 23, 2016, this is the only approved version of the form that may be used.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2018	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2016
Responses	19,629	0	18,767
Time Burden (Hours)	44,693	0	46,542
Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,404,429	0	0

Abstract: The Form I-360 may be used by several prospective classes of aliens who intend to establish their eligibility to immigrate to the United States. The information collected on this form is reviewed by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to determine if the petitioner may be qualified to obtain the benefit.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 8 USC 1154 Name of Law: United States Code

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: US Code: 8 USC 1101 Name of Law: Immigration and Nationality Act

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 63158	10/22/2014
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 15800	03/25/2015
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	19,629	18,767	200	662
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	44,693	46,542	420	-2,269
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,404,429	0	0	2,404,429

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: There is a decrease of 1,838 hours from total annual burden hours previously reported for this information collection. This decrease can be attributed to the decrease in the number of respondents based on updated statistical data for FY 11-13. The decrease was offset by the slight increase in the number of respondents by 200, to account for the addition of self-petitioning battered or abused parent of a U.S. citizen son or daughter under the Non-Iraqi & Non- Afghan Petitioners category under item 12 of this supporting statement. The time burden was also increased by one minute to account for the consolidation of the separate EB-4 Fact Sheet, OMB Control No. 1615-0064 in Form I-360 instructions. In summary, Form I-360 and its instructions are being revised to: • Add a new classification in the form and updating the instructions related to a self-petitioning battered or abused parent of a US citizen pursuant to the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (VAWA 2005), Public Law 109-162; • Updating the form and instructions related to Afghanistan nationals who worked for or on behalf of ISAF in Afghanistan pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2015, Public Law 113-291, section 1227; • Clarify instructions for existing classifications and other clarifying edits throughout the form instructions; • Reformat for better flow; • Reorganize the form questions in a more logical manner; • Add a single check box as a means to provide the Violence Against Women Act self-petitioners to request employment authorization; • Incorporate a fact sheet for prospective employment-based fourth preference (EB-4) petitioners; and • Update the form's certification statement to conform with standard certification language.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $7,968,034

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

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: Bosong Mayer 202 272-8356 Bosong.Mayer@dhs.gov

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