# 2025-05496: Commerce Tweaks Form for Foreign Visitors' Safe Access

2025-05496, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Foreign National Request Form, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department published 2025-03-31, effective 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-06).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-05496
- As of: 2026-10-06
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-05496
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Foreign National Request Form
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department
- Citation: 90 FR 14234
- Published: 2025-03-31
- Effective: 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-06

## In one line

Commerce Tweaks Form for Foreign Visitors' Safe Access

## Summary

The Department of Commerce is updating its Foreign National Request Form to better manage who can access its buildings and systems. This change affects foreign visitors and guests by making sure the form collects all the right info to keep things safe and secure. The public can comment on these updates until May 30, 2025, helping shape the final version without any extra cost to users.

## Abstract

The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other federal agencies to comment on proposed and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.

## Effects PRIA read

- Revised foreign-national form collects more data: cost, low. If you are a foreign national visitor or guest seeking physical or logical access to Department of Commerce facilities or resources, the Foreign National Request Form has been revised to collect information mandated by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and to align with updated Of…
- You can submit the form on paper or electronically: benefit, low. The Department will accept the Foreign National Request Form both on paper and electronically, giving respondents a choice of submission method.
- Estimated respondent burden and cost: cost, low. The Department estimates 16,000 respondents annually, 15 minutes per response, for an estimated total of 4,000 annual burden hours, with an estimated total annual cost to the public of $0. Responding is voluntary.

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## Sources
- [2025-05496 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/31/2025-05496/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-for)
- [2025-05496 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-31/pdf/2025-05496.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-05496 (as of 2026-10-06).