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OMB Control No: 1125-0022	ICR Reference No: 202602-1125-003
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202406-1125-002
Agency/Subagency: DOJ/EOIR	Agency Tracking No: EOIR-33
Title: Change of Address/Contact Information
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 03/08/2026
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/02/2026
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/02/2026
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2026	6 Months From Approved	11/30/2027
Responses	321,457	0	321,457
Time Burden (Hours)	26,788	0	26,788
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: This form is used by individuals in EOIR immigration proceedings to provide written notice to the Agency within five days of any changes of address or contact information consistent with statute and regulation. EOIR and the opposing party to immigration proceedings use the information collected by this form to communicate with individuals about their immigration proceedings.

Emergency Justfication: EOIR requests emergency review and approval by OMB to revise this form as soon as possible to avoid public harm. The form is essential to EOIR's mission as it is required to implement and enforce statutory and regulatory requirements for subjects of EOIR immigration proceedings to timely report changes to their address and contact information. See 8 USC 1229(a)(1)(F)(ii); 8 CFR 1003.15(d)(2). Currently, the Form EOIR-33 displays two collection fields for the subject to designate a third party to receive mail addressed from EOIR to the subject ("in care of" form fields). Such designation presents nefarious third parties with opportunities to intercept the subject's mail and and/or to acquire the subject's personally identifiable information contained within the immigration court records. Third parties may then use such information to commit fraud. Additionally, the field allows certain aliens to obscure their true address from immigration officials (which is expressly contrary to the intent of the form) and to potentially obstruct the adjudicatory process by intentionally avoiding mailed notices from the immigration court or Board of Immigration Appeals. Immigration proceedings are obstructed and compromised by such conduct and present a serious public harm. Such public harms are reasonably likely to continue if normal clearance procedures are followed. Under normal procedures, the "in care of" form fields will remain on the form for several additional months, affording greater opportunities for malicious actors to commit fraud and obstruct justice in immigration proceedings. To immediately prevent further perpetration of such crimes with serious adverse consequences, EOIR must remove those form fields and cease collecting such information more quickly than the time to complete the normal clearance process would allow. For additional information, see attached memorandum.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 8 USC 1229(a)(1)(F)(ii)

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
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Change of Address/Contact Information Form Immigration Court	EOIR-33/IC, EOIR-33/BIA	,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	321,457	321,457
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	26,788	26,788
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,199,997

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: Justine Fuga 571 294-2272 justine.fuga@usdoj.gov

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