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OMB Control No:	ICR Reference No: 202511-1615-008
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCIS	Agency Tracking No: GC-2025-0003
Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Social Media Identifier(s) on Immigration Forms
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 11/25/2025

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved
Responses	3,468,668	0
Time Burden (Hours)	3,209,930	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	3,468,668	3,468,668
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	3,209,930	3,209,930
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: USCIS is reporting the estimated annual hour burden impact to respondents for the individual information collections as a result of this new generic clearance for the addition of data elements for enhanced identity verification and national security vetting. USCIS is reporting no estimated annual cost burden to respondents associated with this new generic clearance.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

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. No

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: Samantha Stout 704 762-0352 samantha.j.stout@uscis.dhs.gov