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Original Date Announced
May 29, 2025USCIS issued a notice and request for comments on the proposed collection of certain biographic and employment identifiers on certain immigration forms. USCIS states that the collection is necessary under section 2 of EO 14161 to establish enhanced screening and vetting standards to assess eligibility for immigration-related benefits, validate an applicant's identity, and help determine whether such grant of a benefit poses a security or public-safety threat.
USCIS seeks to collect the following six data elements: (1) the beneficiary/applicant/petitioner's Social Security number; (2) family members' Social Security number; (3) business/employer name; (4) business/employer physical address; (5) business/employer mailing address; and (6) business federal employer identification number.
The following USCIS forms will be impacted by this policy:
- Form N-400, Application for Naturalization
- Form I-131, Application for Travel Document
- Form I-192, Application for Advance Permission to Enter as a Nonimmigrant
- Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
- Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal
- Form I-590, Registration for Classification as Refugee
- Form I-730, Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition
- Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence
- Form I-829, Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status
Comments are due on July 28, 2025.
Trump 2.0 [ID #1779]
2025.05.29 USCIS - Agency Information Collection Activities; New Collection: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Certain Biographic and Employment Identifiers on Immigration FormsSubsequent Trump and Court Action
October 1, 202520205.10.01 USCIS - Extension of Comment Period for Agency Information Collection Activities; New Collection: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Certain Biographic and Employment Identifiers on Immigration Forms
USCIS announced that an additional 30 days for public comments has been provided. The comment period will end on October 31, 2025.
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Status: Proposed Comment PeriodTrump Administration Action: Forms and Information CollectionSubject Matter: Naturalization Immigrant Visas Non-Immigrant Visas Refugees Asylum, Withholding and CATAgencies Affected: USCISAssociated or Derivative Policies
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