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OMB Control No: 1615-0040	ICR Reference No: 202607-1615-001
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202506-1615-001
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCIS	Agency Tracking No: I-765, I-765WS
Title: Application for Employment Authorization
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 07/09/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2027
Responses	5,176,535	5,176,535
Time Burden (Hours)	12,048,345	11,406,525
Cost Burden (Dollars)	400,895,820	400,895,820

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	5,176,535	5,176,535	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	12,048,345	11,406,525	641,820
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	400,895,820	400,895,820	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This information collection has been revised to reflect changes proposed by the Employment Authorization Reform for Asylum Applicants NPRM. USCIS is reporting an estimated increase in the annual hour burden to respondents for this collection of information. The estimated increase in the annual hour burden to respondents for this collection of information is due to an increase in the estimated hour burden per response. There is no change to the annual estimated cost burden to respondents for this information collection as a result of this change.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,165,937,350

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: Manuel Avendano 202 272-9747 manuel.a.avendano@uscis.dhs.gov

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