USCIS Extends e-Request Paperwork: Digital Forms Forever
Published Date: 9/4/2026
Notice
Summary
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comments.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
e-Request Tool Continues for Individuals
USCIS will continue collecting information using the e-Request Tool (Form G-1592). Individuals or households can use it to tell USCIS if a case is outside normal processing times, they did not receive a notice, they did not receive a card or document by mail, to request an appointment accommodation, or to report a typographical error. The collection is estimated to receive 569,519 responses per year.
Estimated Time Burden Per Request
USCIS estimates each e-Request response takes 0.30 hours (about 18 minutes). The collection has an estimated 569,519 annual respondents and a total estimated annual hour burden of 170,856 hours, and USCIS estimates the total annual monetary cost burden to respondents is $0.
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