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OMB Control No: 1615-0168	ICR Reference No: 202609-1615-003
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202509-1615-003
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCIS	Agency Tracking No: I-527
Title: Amendment to Legacy Form I-526
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: 09/30/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved
Responses	457	0
Time Burden (Hours)	658	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	235,355	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	457	457
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	658	658
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	235,355	235,355

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: This is a new information collection and there are no program changes or adjustments to report in Items 13 or 14 of the OMB Form 83-I. As a result of the final rule, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment-Based Immigrant Visa, Fifth Preference (EB-5) Fee Rule, this new information collection is used for investors to amend a Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Investor, filed before March 15, 2022, in order to retain eligibility under INA 203(b)(5)(M) where the investor’s regional center is terminated, or their new commercial enterprise or job-creating entity is debarred.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $4,720,810

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

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