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Information Collection Request

Application for Waiver of the Foreign Residence Requirement of Section 212(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act

ICR 202007-1615-037 · OMB 1615-0030 · Active

Forms and Documents
DocumentTypeStatusAvailability
I612-009-INS-TOC-FinalFeeRule-PostG1056-06082020.docx Supplementary Document Uploaded 2020-08-03 Repair queued
I612-009-FRM-TOC-FinalFeeRule-PostG1056-06082020.docx Supplementary Document Uploaded 2020-08-03 Repair queued
I-612 83C 2018 Fee FR.pdf Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change Uploaded 2020-08-03 Repair queued
I-612-Supporting Statement-Fee Rule FR-83C.docx Supporting Statement A Uploaded 2020-08-03 Available
SORN DHS-USCIS-007 BIS.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2019-04-19 Available
SORN DHS-USCIS-ICE-CBP-001.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2019-04-19 Repair queued
DHS-USCIS-PIA-016a CLAIMS 3.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2019-04-19 Available
Reference Citation.docx Supplementary Document Uploaded 2017-03-22 Available
IC Document Collections
IC IDCollectionTypeStatusForm
20297 Application for Waiver of the Foreign Residence Requirement of Section 212(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act Instruction Modified
ICR Details
1615-0030 202007-1615-037
Active 201903-1615-008
DHS/USCIS I-612
Application for Waiver of the Foreign Residence Requirement of Section 212(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved with change 08/28/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 08/07/2020
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
09/30/2021 09/30/2021 09/30/2021
7,200 0 7,200
2,398 0 2,398
882,000 0 882,000
Certain aliens admitted to the United States as exchange visitors are subject to the foreign residence requirements of section 212(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Section 212(e) of the Act also provides for a waiver of the foreign residence requirement in certain instances. This information will be used by the USCIS to determine eligibility for a waiver.
US Code: 8 USC 1182 Name of Law: U.S. Code
  
None
Not associated with rulemaking
  83 FR 60885 11/23/2018
84 FR 16026 04/17/2019
Yes
  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 7,200 7,200 0 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 2,398 2,398 0 0 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 882,000 882,000 0 0 0 0
No
No
There is a 2,153 increase in the estimated hour burden associated with the information collection. This is a result of an increase in the estimate of the total number of annual respondents based on USCIS projections and corrects an error due to an incorrect projection number generated at the time of the last submission of this information collection. There is no change to the form or instructions; the Privacy Notice in the instructions was updated. There is a 791,840 increase in the estimated cost burden associated with this information collection. This is a result of an increase in the estimate of the total number of annual respondents based on USCIS projections. There is no change to the form or instructions; the Privacy Notice in the instructions was updated.
$6,696,000
No
    Yes
    Yes
No
No
No
No
Manuel Avendano 202 272-9747 [email protected]
  No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
08/07/2020