Refugee Survey Seeks OMB Renewal Through 2027
Published Date: 7/2/2026
Notice
Summary
The Office of Refugee Resettlement wants to keep running its Annual Survey of Refugees through 2027 without changing the questions right now. This survey helps the government understand and support refugee families who arrived in the last five years. They’re asking for public feedback by August 3, 2026, and plan to improve the survey later based on new online testing.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Annual Refugee Survey Continued Through 2027
If you are a refugee household that arrived in the United States in the previous five fiscal years, the Office of Refugee Resettlement plans to keep running the Annual Survey of Refugees through 2027 using the current survey questions. The agency requests public comments by August 3, 2026, and the current OMB approval expires October 30, 2026.
Survey Materials Translated into 20 Languages
Survey materials for the Annual Survey of Refugees will be translated into 20 languages to support participation by non-English speakers; the notice states English remains the official authoritative version and that this will be noted on translated materials.
Time Burden for Survey Respondents
If selected, the Annual Survey of Refugees estimates an average response time of 0.83 hours per household for the main survey (plus 0.05 hours for an introduction letter/postcard). The annual sample size is 1,500 households, with an estimated total annual burden of 1,320 hours.
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