Refugee Survey Seeks Ho-Hum Renewal Through 2027
Published Date: 4/9/2026
Notice
Summary
The Office of Refugee Resettlement wants to keep using its Annual Survey of Refugees through 2027 without changing the questions. This survey checks in with refugee families who arrived in the last five years to help plan programs and budgets. They’re asking for public comments by June 8, 2026, and will keep the survey materials available in 20 languages to make sure everyone can participate.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Annual Refugee Survey Continued
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is requesting an extension to keep using the Annual Survey of Refugees through 2027 with no changes to the questions. The survey covers refugee households who entered the U.S. in the previous five fiscal years and is used for congressional reporting, program planning, policy-making, and budgeting.
Survey Materials in 20 Languages
ORR will keep the survey materials translated into 20 languages to help ensure participation by non-English-speaking refugee households. The English version remains the authoritative federal version and will be noted on translated materials.
Estimated Respondent Time Burden
The notice estimates 1,500 respondents will receive an introduction letter/postcard taking 0.05 hours each (total 75 hours) and the Annual Survey of Refugees taking 0.83 hours each (total 1,245 hours), for an estimated total annual burden of 1,320 hours. These are the time costs for sampled refugee households to participate.
Planned 2027 Revisions To Reduce Burden
ORR is testing the feasibility of an online survey and states it will submit a revision request in 2027; those proposed revisions are expected to reduce respondent burden for future years. For 2025 and 2026, ORR will use the current survey version to avoid data quality and operational problems.
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