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OMB Control No: 1615-0116	ICR Reference No: 202007-1615-026
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 201910-1615-006
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCIS	Agency Tracking No: I-912
Title: Request for Fee Waiver
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Withdrawn and continue	Conclusion Date: 07/31/2020
	Date Received in OIRA: 07/30/2020
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2021	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2021
Responses	350,128	0	350,128
Time Burden (Hours)	815,649	0	815,649
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,312,980	0	1,312,980

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 Regulations

Short Statement: In its discretion, USCIS has amended the reasons for which a fee waiver may be requested. USCIS is no longer accepting the receipt of means-tested benefits as a reason for requesting a fee waiver. USCIS will only consider fee waiver requests made on the basis of the applicant, petitioner, or requester with certain immigrant categories whose household income being at or below 125% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines or the applicant is impacted by a disaster declaration and who are not subject to the affidavit of support requirements under section 213A of the Act or is already a sponsored immigrant as defined in 8 CFR 213a.1 and not subject to the public charge inadmissibility ground under section 212(a)(4) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(4). The I-912 Form and Instructions have been updated to reflect this change in USCIS’s fee waiver policy and regulation update. The change in the total hour burden estimate is due to a change in the estimated number of respondents for the form as a result of the reducing the household income criteria from at or below 150% to at or below 125% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $4,660,686

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

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