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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 FormsCurrent Status
NoneOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: ProposedTrump 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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