# 2024-31580: Government Asks Public Opinion on Refugee Paperwork Extension

2024-31580, Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: Registration for Classification as a Refugee, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-03, effective Comments are accepted for 60 days until March 4, 2025. (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31580
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-31580
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: Registration for Classification as a Refugee
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-03
- Effective: Comments are accepted for 60 days until March 4, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Government Asks Public Opinion on Refugee Paperwork Extension

## Summary

The Department of Homeland Security is extending, without any changes, the form used for people to register as refugees. This means anyone applying for refugee status will keep using the same form, and there’s no new cost or extra paperwork. Comments on this extension are open until March 4, 2025, so now’s the time to speak up if you want!

## Abstract

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment upon this proposed extension of a currently approved collection of information. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the information collection notice is published in the Federal Register to obtain comments regarding the nature of the information collection, the categories of respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort, and resources used by the respondents to respond), the estimated cost to the respondent, and the actual information collection instruments.

## Effects PRIA read

- Estimated Time and Cost Burden: cost, low. USCIS estimates the I-590 collection involves 50,000 respondents at 3.25 hours each, 3,000 I-590 Review respondents at 1 hour each, 100 DNA respondents at 2 hours each, and 53,100 biometrics respondents at 0.33 hours each. The total estimated annual hour burden is 183,223 hours and the total estima…
- Separate I-590 for Each Person: cost, medium. Every person included in a refugee case must have their own Form I-590 regardless of age. That means parents or guardians must file a separate I-590 for each child or dependent in the case.
- Stamped I-590 Required for Admission: cost, medium. Refugees applying to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must have a stamped Form I-590 in their travel packet to gain admission as a refugee, and they do not have refugee status until CBP admits them.

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## Sources
- [2024-31580 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/03/2024-31580/agency-information-collection-activities-extension-without-change-of-a-currently-approved-collection)
- [2024-31580 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-03/pdf/2024-31580.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31580 (as of 2026-06-08).