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OMB Control No: 1615-0043	ICR Reference No: 201610-1615-007
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201310-1615-002
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCIS	Agency Tracking No: I-821
Title: Application for Temporary Protected Status
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: 03/20/2017
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 10/31/2016
Terms of Clearance: USCIS may use the previous version of this form (approved in ICR No. 201310-1615-002) until August 21, 2017. Approved for two years only due to partial GPEA compliance.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2019	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2017
Responses	146,876	0	435,980
Time Burden (Hours)	263,366	0	656,171
Cost Burden (Dollars)	9,318,256	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	146,876	435,980	0	-289,104
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	263,366	656,171	36,166	-428,971
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	9,318,256	0	0	9,318,256

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: There has been a decrease of 428,971 total burden hours previously reported for this information collection from 656,171 to 227,200. The decrease can be attributed to a decrease in the estimated number of respondents from based on updated statistical projection data for fiscal year (FY) 2015, FY 2016, and FY 2017 The adjustment in public cost burden for the paper-based Form I-821 is based on a more accurate estimates for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by respondents, including postage and document preparation services for 25% of affected respondents. USCIS continues to exclude USCIS fees from public cost estimates because USCIS fees are more properly classified as transfers.