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OMB Control No: 1405-0105	ICR Reference No: 202508-1405-005
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202104-1405-003
Agency/Subagency: STATE/AFA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Foreign Diplomatic Services Applications (FDSA)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 08/08/2025

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2025
Responses	110,768	98,780
Time Burden (Hours)	25,128	20,727
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	110,768	98,780	23,519	-11,531
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	25,128	20,727	7,282	-2,881
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

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 actual total number of all respondents and responses in 2024 was 121,729. The estimated annual average number of respondents and responses per form is 6,762. The average response time per form is 12.5 minutes. The total estimated annual burden time is 23,500 hours. The estimated annual average burden hours per form are 975. The estimated average wage rate for the respondents is $26.58/hr. The average wage of $26.58 times a weighted wage multiplier of 1.8 times 23,500 hours equals a monetized burden of $1,489.965.96.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $3,715,323

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: Lauryne Massinga 771 205-1360