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OMB Control No: 1615-0048	ICR Reference No: 201511-1615-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201410-1615-004
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCIS	Agency Tracking No: I-907
Title: Request for Premium Processing Service
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 12/11/2015
	Date Received in OIRA: 11/17/2015
Terms of Clearance: DHS is reminded to consult with OMB on all changes affecting the burden.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2018	01/31/2018	01/31/2018
Responses	201,732	0	201,732
Time Burden (Hours)	100,866	0	100,529
Cost Burden (Dollars)	50,180,835	0	50,173,268

Abstract: USCIS will use the data collected on this form to process requests for premium processing of certain employment-based petitions or applications in accordance with 8 CFR 103.2(f) and section 286(u) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 8 USC 1103 Name of Law: U.S. Code

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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 42523	07/22/2014
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 64208	10/28/2014
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
I-907 Electronic Filing	I-907
Request for Premium Processing Service	I-907

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	201,732	201,732	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	100,866	100,529	337
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	50,180,835	50,173,268	7,567

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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The USCIS Legacy e-Filing system is no longer available. The Legacy e-Filing system was decommissioned because its outdated platform could not be supported consistent with USCIS’ security requirements for such systems. The system previously accommodated the electronic filing and associated fee collection for 10 USCIS forms since 2004: G-28, I-90, I-129, I-129S, I-131, I-140, I-539, I-765, I-821 and I-907 . Certain applicants requesting work authorization documents via form I-765 were allowed to file this type of application electronically. The decommission of the system has necessitated a return to paper filing and alternative methods of fee collection for all except one of the affected forms; the Form I-90 has been successfully migrated to USCIS’ new electronic filing platform. This reversion to paper filing does not constitute a modification of any approved information collection and is thus not subject to OMB approval, or to the public notice requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act. See 44 U.S.C. 3507, 5 CFR §§ 1320.3(c), 1320.5, and 1320.10(a). To ensure an orderly transition from electronic filing, USCIS has informed its customers of new filing/fee payment procedures for the affected forms through its website.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $247,231,950

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: Mark Brunner 202 272-0975

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