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OMB Control No: 1615-0091	ICR Reference No: 202410-1615-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202401-1615-035
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCIS	Agency Tracking No: N-565
Title: Application for Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship Document
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: 12/12/2024
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 10/21/2024
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2027	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2027
Responses	60,600	0	52,880
Time Burden (Hours)	61,267	0	58,208
Cost Burden (Dollars)	3,901,125	0	3,417,025

Abstract: Section 343(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1454) provides that if any certificate of naturalization or citizenship issued to any citizen or any declaration of intention furnished to any declarant is lost, mutilated, or destroyed, the citizen or declarant may make application to the Secretary of Homeland Security for a new certificate or declaration. Additionally, INA 343(b) provides for the issuance of special certificates of naturalization for the purpose of obtaining recognition as a citizen of the United States by a foreign state, and INA 343(c) provides for the issuance of a new certificate of naturalization in cases where a naturalized citizen has changed his or her name after naturalization. Finally, 8 C.F.R. 338.5 provides for the issuance of a corrected Certificate of Naturalization where the certificate does not conform to the facts shown on the application for naturalization or a clerical error was made in preparing the certificate. The Form N-565 is used to apply for a replacement of a Declaration of Intention, Naturalization Certificate, Certificate of Citizenship or Repatriation Certificate, or to apply for a special certificate of naturalization as a U.S. citizen to be recognized by a foreign country.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 8 USC 1454 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:
	89 FR 50620	06/14/2024
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 50620	08/26/2024
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	60,600	52,880	7,720	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	61,267	58,208	3,059	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	3,901,125	3,417,025	0	484,100

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: Changing Forms

Short Statement: For applicants requesting a document listing a different gender than their current document, USCIS has removed the questions, instructions and evidence requiring a court order, a government-issued document, or a letter from a licensed health care professional recognizing that the applicant’s gender is different from that listed on their current document. Applicant, preparer, and interpreter certification language was also reduced. The full scope of the revision is available in the Tables of Changes and only copy decks submitted with this information collection request. USCIS is reporting an estimated increase in the annual hour burden to respondents for this collection of information. This increase is due to new agency estimates for the number of respondents, USCIS increased the respondent estimate from 52,800 (March 2024) to 60,600, an increase of 7,800 respondents per year. The estimated time burden per response for paper filings was decreased for paper filing from 1.147 to 0.967 hours. The estimated time burden per response for electronic filing decreased from .0917 to 0.737 hours. It is important to note that with this update, if the respondent numbers were not adjusted, the net time burden decrease would have saved approximately 4,777 hours per year (Calculated: 26,340 applicants x -.18 hours = -4777 hours). The estimated increase in the annual hour burden to respondents for this collection of information is increased due to an increase in respondents. Additionally, if no new content had been added, the time burden decrease would have saved approximately 4,888 hours per year. However, due to the estimation methodology used to describe burden in this analysis, the time burden savings is otherwise not easily recognized. The offsetting increase in the estimated number of respondents overshadows the time burden savings. There is an increase in the estimated annual cost burden to respondents for this collection of information due to the adjustment in the estimated respondents.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $168,165,000

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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