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OMB Control No: 1615-0101	ICR Reference No: 202401-1615-003
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202010-1615-006
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCIS	Agency Tracking No: G-845
Title: Verification Request and Verification Request Supplement
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: 08/12/2025
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 04/17/2024
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2028	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2025
Responses	21,577,983	0	19,916,993
Time Burden (Hours)	1,834,129	0	1,653,111
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	64

Abstract: In the verification process, a participating agency validates an applicant's immigration status by inputting identifying information into the Verification Information System (VIS), which executes immigration status queries against a range of data sources. If VIS returns an immigration status and the benefit-issuing agency does not find a material discrepancy with the response and the documents provided by the applicant, the verification process is complete. Then, the agency may use that immigration status information in determining whether or not to issue the benefit. In some cases, agencies that do not access the automated verification system may query USCIS by filing Form G-845. Although the Form G-845 does not require it, if needed certain agencies may also file the Form G-845 Supplement with the Form G-845, along with copies of immigration documents to receive additional information necessary to make their benefit determinations. These forms were developed to facilitate communication between all benefit-granting agencies and USCIS to ensure that basic information required to assess status verification requests is provided. USCIS is making minor revisions to the Form G-845 and is streamlining the Form G-845 Supplement with additional immigration statuses that are commonly requested by agencies in order to make their benefit determinations.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 104 - 208 642 Name of Law: Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act
PL: Pub.L. 99 - 603 121 Name of Law: Immigration Reform and Control Act

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:
	88 FR 73609	10/26/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 20993	03/26/2024
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	21,577,983	19,916,993	-51	1,661,041
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,834,129	1,653,111	-5	181,023
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	64	-64	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: Using Information Technology

Short Statement: There was an increase in the total estimated annual hour burden due to an increase in the average burden per response on the VIS Query from 0.083 hours to 0.085 hours and an increase in the agency estimated number of respondents. This result stems from the addition of requirements when a case is submitted for additional verification to select an immigration document type and select reason for submitting the case for additional verification. Additionally, there was a decrease in the agency estimated number of respondents to zero for both the G-845 and G-845 Supplement due to USCIS not anticipating any respondents to submit the paper-based forms during the three-year OMB approval period requested and the SAVE VIS query functioning as an electronic version of the Form G-845. In 2018, SAVE began to transition away from use of the paper process and now only provides a paper-based verification method that may only be appropriate for agencies in extraordinary situations as determined by the SAVE Program, as documented in the SAVE Program Guide, 5.1.2 Paper-based Verification section. A paper-based G-845 and Supplement has not been approved by SAVE since FY 2019 and these submissions were rejected, as outlined in the SAVE Program Guide. The paper-based G-845 and Supplement have been unused for approximately four years now, therefore the SAVE Program will request elimination of the paper form in a future PRA revision when resources are available to pursue this effort, but will maintain the paper option at this time due to some current user agency agreements that permit SAVE to maintain the paper-based Form G-845 and Supplement. There are no other program changes. There was a decrease in the total estimated annual cost burden due to a decrease in the agency estimated number of respondents to zero for both the G-845 and G-845 Supplement due to USCIS not anticipating any respondents to submit the paper-based forms during the three-year OMB approval period requested and the SAVE VIS query functioning as an electronic version of the Form G-845. In 2018, SAVE began to transition away from use of the paper process and now only provides a paper-based verification method that may only be appropriate for agencies in extraordinary situations as determined by the SAVE Program, as documented in the SAVE Program Guide, 5.1.2 Paper-based Verification section. A paper-based G-845 and Supplement has not been approved by SAVE since FY 2019 and these submissions were rejected, as outlined in the SAVE Program Guide. The paper-based G-845 and Supplement have been unused for approximately four years now, therefore the SAVE Program will request elimination of the paper form in a future PRA revision when resources are available to pursue this effort, but will maintain the paper option at this time due to some current user agency agreements that permit SAVE to maintain the paper-based Form G-845 and Supplement.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $27,371,944

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: Megan Barker 202 272-9135 megan.m.barker@uscis.dhs.gov

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