U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) seeks comments on a new information collection of “certain biographic and employment identifiers on immigration forms.” USCIS said the collection is necessary to comply with section 2 of Executive Order (EO) 14161, “Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats.”
The new collection is intended “to establish enhanced screening and vetting standards and procedures to enable USCIS to assess an alien’s eligibility to receive an immigration-related benefit. This data collection also is used to help validate an applicant’s identity and to determine whether such grant of a benefit poses a security or public-safety risk to the United States,” USCIS said.
Comments will be accepted until July 28, 2025. All submissions received must include the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1615-NEW in the body of the letter, the agency name, and Docket ID USCIS-2025-0006. Comments should be submitted via the Federal eRulemaking Portal website at https://www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID number USCIS-2025-0006.
