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Information Collection Request

Application for Employment Authorization

ICR 202207-1615-004 · OMB 1615-0040 · Received in OIRA

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Form and Instruction
 Modified
Form
 Modified
Supplementary Document
2022-07-19
Supplementary Document
2022-07-19
Supporting Statement A
2022-07-19
Supplementary Document
2022-07-19
Supplementary Document
2021-02-17
Supplementary Document
2021-02-12
Supplementary Document
2021-02-12
Supplementary Document
2020-06-30
Supplementary Document
2020-06-01
Supplementary Document
2021-02-17
Supplementary Document
2018-02-09
Supplementary Document
2018-02-09
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
245763 Modified
203680
Unchanged
203678 Modified
203677
Unchanged
20321 Modified
ICR Details
1615-0040 202207-1615-004
Received in OIRA 202204-1615-010
DHS/USCIS I-765, I-765WS
Application for Employment Authorization
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Emergency 07/26/2022
07/20/2022
  Requested Previously Approved
6 Months From Approved 08/31/2022
5,176,535 5,176,535
11,881,376 11,881,376
400,895,820 400,895,820
USCIS will use the information collected to determine eligibility for work authorization and for the issuance of an employment authorization document.
USCIS is requesting emergency approval of the revision of two information collections under 5 CFR 1320.13: Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal (1615-0067) and Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization (1615-0040). On June 26, 2020, after going through notice and comment rulemaking, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a final rule titled Asylum Application, Interview, and Employment Authorization for Applicants.1 On February 7, 2022, in Asylumworks et al. v. Mayorkas et al., the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia vacated the Asylum Application, Interview, and Employment Authorization for Applicants rule. DHS did not appeal the decision and allowed the 60-day period in which to note an appeal expire. DHS is moving to fully comply with the court’s decision vacating the Asylum Application, Interview, and Employment Authorization for Applicants rule.2 Therefore, Form I-589 and Form I-765 need to be amended to remove any changes promulgated by the Asylum Application, Interview, and Employment Authorization for Applicants rule. DHS is seeking emergency processing to reverse the changes made by that rule in order to fully comply with the court’s vacatur of the Asylum Application, Interview, and Employment Authorization for Applicants rule.
US Code: 8 USC 1153 Name of Law: Immigration Nationality Act
  
None
Not associated with rulemaking
Yes
  Total Request 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 5,176,535 5,176,535 0 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 11,881,376 11,881,376 0 0 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 400,895,820 400,895,820 0 0 0 0
No
No
$1,039,235,475
No
    Yes
    Yes
No
No
No
No
Kerstin Jager 214 489-8022 kerstin.a.jager@uscis.dhs.gov
  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.
07/20/2022