DOJ Seeks OK to Keep Deportation Suspension Form Alive
Published Date: 1/30/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Justice is asking for feedback on extending the form used to apply for suspension of deportation, which helps certain immigrants stay in the U.S. without being deported. This extension keeps the process going with no big changes, and the public has 30 days to share their thoughts by March 3, 2025. This helps make sure the form is clear, useful, and not too much work for applicants.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Mandatory EOIR-40 Application Burden
If you are an individual noncitizen determined to be deportable, you must complete Form EOIR-40 to request suspension of deportation under former Section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and 8 CFR 1240.55-.58. The agency estimates 147 respondents annually, an average of 5 hours and 45 minutes per response, totaling 845.25 hours and $73,935.12 in annual cost burden.
EOIR-40 Form Content Changes
EOIR will renew Form EOIR-40 with a few non-substantive edits and several minor substantive edits, including replacing the word "alien" with "noncitizen," clarifying passport photograph dimensions, changing a "home" phone field to "cell" phone, modifying the purpose/instructions sentence, and adding a Privacy Act statement. These changes are intended to adjust wording and some form fields on the application.
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