94-298. Adjustment to the Examinations Fee Schedule  

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    DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
    
    Immigration and Naturalization Service
    
    8 CFR Part 103
    
    [INS No. 1384-92; AG Order No. 1821-93]
    RIN 1115-AD18
    
     
    
    Adjustment to the Examinations Fee Schedule
    
    AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization Service, Justice.
    
    ACTION: Proposed rule.
    
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    SUMMARY: This rule proposes to adjust the current Examinations Fee 
    schedule for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in order 
    to generate sufficient revenue to recover the costs of providing 
    immigration and naturalization services, and to change procedures and 
    charges for the Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, Form I-129, in 
    response to INS and user experiences. The fee adjustment is needed to 
    comply with specific Federal immigration laws and the Federal user fee 
    statute and regulations, which require the recipients of special 
    benefits from Government services that are not directed to the public 
    at large to bear the costs to the Government of providing those 
    services. The fees proposed in this rule result from an analysis of 
    adjudication and naturalization services and associated costs for 
    fiscal years 1993 and 1994, and are calculated to recover the costs of 
    providing these special services and benefits. This proposed rule 
    ensures that funds will be available to continue to improve the quality 
    of service to users. Its financial impact on users of the services is 
    small. In most cases the proposed fee increase is five dollars. In the 
    aggregate this proposed fee increase is slightly less than the 
    projected change in the consumer price index since the last general fee 
    increase in April 1991.
    
    DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before February 9, 
    1994.
    
    ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted in writing for consideration. 
    Please submit written comments, in triplicate, to the Director, Policy 
    Directives and Instructions Branch; Immigration and Naturalization 
    Service; 425 I Street, NW.; room 5307; Washington, DC 20536-0002. To 
    ensure proper handling, please reference INS No. 1384-92 on your 
    correspondence.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Barbara J. Atherton, Chief, Fee Analysis and Operations Branch, Office 
    of Finance; Immigration and Naturalization Service; 425 I Street, NW.; 
    room 6240; Washington, DC 20536-0002; telephone 202-616-2754.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    I. Introduction
    
        The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) of the Department 
    of Justice (DOJ) is required by law to charge fees to the users of its 
    services. Such fees presently comprise about 36 percent of the INS 
    budget. There are four fee accounts, and the fees which are collected 
    in each account are used to fund specific services. The four fee 
    accounts are the Immigration Examinations Fee Account, the Immigration 
    User Fee Account, the Land Border Inspection Fee Account, and the 
    Legalization Fee Account. Because the fees in each of these accounts 
    are designed to recover the costs which are incurred to provide 
    specific services, they must be reviewed regularly and adjusted as 
    costs change or more precise cost determination processes become 
    available. This rule proposes to modify the examinations fee schedule.
        The Immigration Examinations Fee Account (Examinations Fee Account) 
    provides funds for immigration adjudication and naturalization 
    services. It is funded by a total of 32 separate fees for processing 
    the various applications used by INS. Examples include applications for 
    permanent resident status, petitions for relatives, employment 
    authorization applications, reentry permits, and extensions of 
    temporary stay. The separate fees currently range from $30 to $140.
        To cover the costs of providing adjudication and naturalization 
    services, it has been determined that a fee increase of 7.5 percent is 
    needed. This increase reflects inflation since the last general fee 
    increase in April 1991, the assignment of certain additional costs to 
    the Examinations Fee Account for services that support adjudications 
    and naturalization functions, and the costs of investments to improve 
    services to users. This proposed rule would adjust the current fee 
    schedule by 7.5 percent.
    
    A. Refining the Fee Development Process
    
        INS has initiated a process of continuous improvement in the 
    management of the finances of the fee accounts and the development of 
    fee schedules. Areas that are being addressed over a projected multi-
    year time horizon include: Identifying the INS resources consumed in 
    providing services to our customers which by law must be recovered 
    through fee revenues; refining definitions of direct and indirect 
    costs; and refining cost measurement systems, in concert with wider 
    Department of Justice initiatives to improve financial management 
    information systems.
        Of necessity, to ensure the availability of necessary funds for 
    maintaining operations, the first phase of this effort has been 
    identification of INS resource use that must be recovered through fees. 
    Prior to 1992, INS had not analyzed rigorously the full extent of its 
    costs related to fee-supported services. In 1992, INS undertook a 
    comprehensive review of the work that should properly be charged to fee 
    accounts in order to meet statutory requirements. Extensive information 
    gathering and analysis were performed as part of this effort. The 
    aggregate cost of the work in support of the Examinations Fee Account 
    was computed based on the budget for fiscal year 1993 and the estimated 
    budget for fiscal year 1994.
        This information was used to compute the percentage revenue 
    increase required to cover the costs, and that percentage, with limited 
    exceptions, was applied to the existing fee schedule that has been in 
    place since 1991 to arrive at the proposed fees, through the steps 
    explained in this proposed rule.
        Instead of using the existing fee schedule as a base for the 
    percentage increases, INS also considered whether it would have been 
    feasible to base the proposed fees on 1992 cost measurements. INS 
    rejected this approach because of problems with 1992 data caused by the 
    transition to a more automated system of productivity measurement.
        Future fee adjustments will reflect efforts to refine direct and 
    indirect cost definitions and measurements, and will address 
    alternative approaches to the allocation of indirect costs among 
    applicants for services. At this time, however, the current fee 
    schedule, with the adjustments specifically identified below, reflects 
    the best available comprehensive data on service costs, and was 
    therefore judged to be the soundest foundation for computing the 
    proposed fee schedules for fiscal year 1994.
    
    II. Directives and Guidelines
    
        INS's examinations fees have been designed in accordance with 
    legislation, guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
    and the Department, and accepted principles of ratemaking in regulated 
    public and commercial enterprises. The overall principle employed is 
    one of cost causation, which means the fees are designed to cover the 
    costs associated with providing the services funded through the 
    Examinations Fee Account.
    
    A. Legislation
    
        The enabling legislation for the Examinations Fee Account is the 
    Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 
    Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989 (Pub. L. 100-459), a U.S.C. 1356(n), 
    which provides that the receipts collected shall ``* * * remain 
    available * * * to reimburse any appropriation the amount paid out of 
    such appropriation for expenses in providing immigration adjudication 
    and naturalization services and the collection, safeguarding and 
    accounting for fees * * *''. The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
    State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991 
    (Pub. L. 101-515), 8 U.S.C. 1356(m), provides further ``* * * that fees 
    for providing adjudication and naturalization services may be set at a 
    level that will ensure recovery of the full costs of providing all such 
    services, including the costs of similar services provided without 
    charge to asylum applicants or other immigrants. Such fees may also be 
    set at a level that will recover any additional costs associated with 
    the administration of the fees collected.'' The general authority to 
    assess fees for services is found in the Independent Offices 
    Appropriation Act, 1952 (Pub. L. 82-137) (IOAA), 31 U.S.C. 9701, 
    frequently referred to as the ``user fee statute,'' which provides for 
    Federal agencies to define special services provided to unique segments 
    of the population and to charge fees for those services instead of 
    supporting them through general tax revenues. The IOAA provides that 
    ``* * * each service or thing of value provided by an agency * * * to a 
    person * * * is to be self-sustaining to the extent possible.'' These 
    charges, among other things, are to be based on ``* * * [t]he costs to 
    the Government * * *.''
        In 1986, proposed fee increases for adjudication services were 
    challenged in the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia 
    on the grounds that the Attorney General lacked authority to impose 
    fees for the services in question and that, even if the fees were 
    legally permissible, the specific fees under challenge were arbitrarily 
    excessive. In Ayuda, Inc. v. Attorney General, 661 F. Supp. 33 (D.D.C., 
    1987), the District Court rejected these arguments:
    
        Accordingly, it appearing that the service fees were established 
    through appropriate administrative procedures after adequate cost 
    analysis and with opportunity for public participation, and that 
    they are in all respects consistent with the statutes being 
    implemented, summary judgment must be granted to the Attorney 
    General and denied to plaintiffs.
    
    661 F.Supp. at 36.
        In upholding the District Court decision, the Court of Appeals held 
    that:
    
        In light of settled law, we are constrained to conclude that the 
    INS fees at issue are for a ``service or thing of value'' which 
    provides the recipients with a special benefit * * *. Since these 
    procedures are triggered only at the instance of the individual who 
    seeks, obviously, to benefit from them, this fee regime cannot in 
    fairness be characterized as an INS effort to charge for activities 
    that are carried on principally to benefit the public generally. The 
    benefit is simply too direct and immediate to a specific, 
    identifiable beneficiary to consider such services as constituting 
    primarily a broad part of INS' overall mission to serve the public.
    
    Ayuda, Inc. v. Attorney General, 848 F.2d 1297, at 1301 (D.C. Cir. 
    1988).
    
    B. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidelines
    
        OMB circular A-25, User Charges, states that as a general policy 
    ``a user charge * * * will be assessed against each identifiable 
    recipient for special benefits derived from Federal activities beyond 
    those received by the general public.'' The following discussion is 
    provided:
    
        When a service (or privilege) provides special benefits to an 
    identifiable recipient beyond those that accrue to the general 
    public, a charge will be imposed (to recover the full cost to the 
    Federal Government for providing the special benefit, or the market 
    price). For example, a special benefit will be considered to accrue 
    and a user charge will be imposed when a Government service:
        (a) Enables the beneficiary to obtain more immediate or 
    substantial gains or values (which may or may not be measurable in 
    monetary terms) than those that accrue to the general public (e.g., 
    receiving a patent, insurance, or guarantee provision, or a license 
    to carry on a specific activity or business or various kinds of 
    public land use); or
        (b) Provides business stability or contributes to public 
    confidence in the business activity of the beneficiary (e.g., 
    insuring deposits in commercial banks); or
        (c) Is performed at the request of or for the convenience of the 
    recipient, and is beyond the services regularly received by other 
    members of the same industry or group or by the general public 
    (e.g., receiving a passport, visa, airman's certificate, or a 
    Custom's inspection after regular duty hours).
    
    Circular No. A-25, User Charges, Executive Office of the President, 
    Office of Management and Budget, July 8, 1993, pp. 2-3.
    
    C. Department of Justice Guidelines
    
        The Department of Justice issued guidance on User Fee Programs in 
    April 1993. The guidance states that as a general policy ``a charge 
    shall be imposed to recover the full cost to the Federal Government of 
    rendering a service that provides specific benefits to an identifiable 
    recipient above and beyond those that accrue to the public at large.'' 
    The following discussion is provided:
    
        Cost is a financial measurement of resources used in 
    accomplishing a specified purpose, carrying out an activity, or 
    completing a unit of work or a specific project * * *. Direct costs 
    are those which are proximate and directly traceable to the unit of 
    output for which the fee is charged. Indirect costs are those which 
    are more distant, general in nature, and not directly traceable to 
    the product or service produced.
        * * * [E]xisting legislation may require the inclusion of costs 
    for selected activities not directly related to the unit of 
    performance or product for which a fee is charged. Where this 
    occurs, both the direct and indirect costs of such activities should 
    be included in the cost computation.
    
    User Fee Programs, Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, 
    April 1993, pp. 3 and 12. The policies and procedures followed in the 
    development of the proposed fee schedules are consistent with this 
    guidance.
    
    D. Ratemaking Principles
    
        The above-stated policies, as set forth by statute and more fully 
    developed by OMB and the Department, comport with reasonable standards 
    for user charges and are strongly supported by the prescriptions of 
    economic experts with widely recognized credentials in the field of 
    ratemaking policy. Any other approach would burden taxpayers with costs 
    that can be traced directly to the needs of specific individuals, not 
    to society at large.
        One of many similar statements on cost of service as a basic 
    standard of reasonableness is stated as follows in the authoritative 
    text by Bonbright, Danielsen, and Kamerschen:
    
        No writer whose views on public utility rates command respect 
    purports to find a single yardstick by sole reference to which rates 
    may be judged reasonable or socially desirable as distinguished from 
    rates that are unreasonable or adverse to the public interest. A 
    complex of tests of acceptability is required just as would be the 
    case with the tests of a good automobile, a good income-tax law, or 
    a good poem. Nevertheless, one standard of reasonable rates can 
    fairly be said to outrank all others in the importance attached to 
    it by experts and public opinion alike--the standard of costs of 
    service, often qualified by the stipulation that the relevant cost 
    is necessary, true (i.e., private and social) cost or cost 
    reasonably or prudently incurred.* * *
        A cost standard of ratemaking has been most generally accepted 
    in the regulation of the levels of rates charged by private utility 
    companies. But even more significant is the widespread adherence to 
    cost, or to some approximation of cost, as a basis of ratemaking 
    under public ownership* * * *
    
    Bonbright, Danielsen, and Kamerschen, Principles of Public Utility 
    Rates, Public Utilities Reports, Inc., Arlington, Va., 2nd ed. 1988, 
    pp. 109-110.
        While the foregoing reference is extracted from a discussion of 
    public utility rates, the rate standard cited also is applicable to 
    other pricing situations that require cost recovery in a fair and 
    reasonable manner.
    
    III. Examinations Fee Account
    
        This section describes the major programs funded by the 
    Examinations Fee Account.
    
    A. Adjudications and Naturalization Program
    
        The function of this program is to process, adjudicate, and 
    ultimately grant or deny applications and petitions for benefits 
    provided under the immigration laws of the United States. Adjudications 
    activities include processing applications for permanent resident 
    status, petitions for relatives, temporary and permanent worker 
    petitions, reentry permits, refugee travel documents, extensions of 
    temporary stay, employment authorizations, and temporary protected 
    status. Naturalization activities include the examination of aliens to 
    determine their qualifications for naturalization, administration of 
    the oath for citizenship, and issuance of citizenship documents.
    
    B. Refugees and Overseas Program
    
        The function of this program is to adjudicate refugee and asylum 
    applications, conduct investigations for preference and relative visa 
    petitions, and conduct other records checks and background 
    investigations as are required at overseas INS offices. Officers 
    assigned to this program also provide assistance to citizens and lawful 
    permanent residents abroad regarding adoptions, immigration, or parole 
    of alien spouses and children, and other benefits under the Immigration 
    and Nationality Act. They also review requests for the Attorney General 
    to grant humanitarian parole into the United States for deserving 
    persons.
    
    C. Information and Records Management
    
        The Information and Records Management program provides a variety 
    of services critical to the adjudications and naturalization processes. 
    These services include: Creating, updating, storing, retrieving, and 
    tracking alien files; responding to inquiries on application status; 
    providing information to the public, both in-person and by telephone, 
    on immigration-related matters; printing and distributing application 
    forms and instructions and providing them to the public.
    
    D. Data and Communications
    
        The Data and Communications program develops and operates INS 
    automated information systems which support the adjudications and 
    naturalization program, and operates the identification card production 
    facility. Adjudications and naturalization support systems are 
    currently being integrated and consolidated into the Computer Linked 
    Application Information Management System (CLAIMS), which provides 
    adjudication support to service centers, district offices, and ports of 
    entry. The system, which is operating in the service centers and is 
    being installed in other field offices, reduces application processing 
    time and response time to inquiries.
    
    IV. Fee Setting Procedures
    
        This section provides a description of INS fee-setting procedures, 
    including an explanation of the cost bases for setting fees. 
    Descriptions of the examinations fees and their cost components and an 
    explanation of the procedures employed by INS to calculate the costs 
    are included.
    
    A. History of Current Examinations Fees
    
        Policies pertaining to the assessment of INS user fees and their 
    underlying costs have evolved over 25 years, beginning in 1968. The 
    Examinations Fee Account itself has a more recent history, starting in 
    1989. Prior to 1989, all examinations fee revenues were treated as 
    general revenues of the Federal Government. They are now credited to 
    the Examinations Fee Account and used to fund related services.
        Procedures to compute examinations fees involve the development and 
    summation of three cost components: direct costs, indirect costs, and a 
    surcharge to recover the costs of the Refugees and Overseas program. 
    These three cost components are described more fully below.
        Salient developments preceding the analyses that led to this 
    proposed rule include the issuance in December 1992 of an audit report 
    prepared by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department 
    of Justice. That report, entitled ``Controls Over Established User Fee 
    Accounts in the Immigration and Naturalization Service'' (DOJ OIG Audit 
    Report No. 93-3), stated that INS's accounting system did not identify 
    properly all costs that ought to be recovered from user fee accounts. 
    This view is summarized below:
    
        The review of actual program costs disclosed that all identified 
    costs were charged to the proper user fee accounts. However, the INS 
    accounting system does not provide usable cost data applicable to 
    the user fee program and INS program managers had not identified all 
    the direct program costs that should have been reimbursed from the 
    user fee accounts. In addition, various INS units providing indirect 
    support of personnel and services were not receiving user fee 
    reimbursement commensurate with the level of resources expended * * 
    * Since valid direct and indirect program costs went unidentified, 
    appropriated funds essentially subsidized user fee related program 
    costs that should have been reimbursed from user fee revenue.
    
    DOJ OIG Audit Report No. 93-3, at p. i.
        The finding that all program costs were not being recovered from 
    user fee accounts triggered several actions by INS that culminated in 
    the current proposed rule. At the same time that the OIG was conducting 
    its audit, a senior Justice Department official reviewed the fee-
    setting process and proposed changes. As a result, the OIG deferred 
    additional work in this area. According to the audit report:
    
        A plan was developed and approved and the same Justice official 
    was detailed to compile user fee costs, revise fee schedules as 
    necessary to collect revenues sufficient to make each account self-
    sustaining, and obtain Congressional approval to reprogram INS 
    appropriations accordingly. This project was initiated in March 1992 
    and is scheduled to be completed by the end of FY 1992. Since the 
    project covered most of the problem areas disclosed by our audit, we 
    deferred additional audit work in this area.
    
    DOJ OIG Audit Report No. 93-3, at p. ii.
        The review of the process conducted during 1992 consisted of a 
    detailed survey and extensive consultations with all INS program 
    offices to review the extent to which they provide services to fee 
    account activities, whether they were commensurately reimbursed for 
    those services, and whether specific service improvement investments 
    would be appropriate if additional fee account revenues were available.
        An initial reallocation (reprogramming) of program costs proposed 
    earlier by the Attorney General was approved by Congress, with the 
    effect of properly assigning some costs of user fee activities to the 
    fee accounts. The budget enacted by Congress for fiscal year 1993 
    reflected these reallocations.
        The 1992 review found that the Attorney General's reprogramming had 
    substantially corrected the assignment of costs identifiable at that 
    point as related to fee account activities, with two exceptions: The 
    costs of legal proceedings and the costs of management and 
    administration. In the case of these two programs, some costs are being 
    charged to fee accounts, but not enough to cover the substantial work 
    associated with the fee account activities.
        The review also concluded that although a number of investments 
    were recommended by review participants, the recommendations generally 
    anticipated actions that were planned in future budget cycles. 
    Therefore the investments would generally be addressed as part of INS's 
    normal budget review process, rather than as a part of the current fee 
    adjustment process.
        This proposed fee increase incorporates the results of this 
    extensive review of INS programs, inflationary cost increases since the 
    last general fee increase in April 1991, and the projected costs of 
    presently budgeted program investments to improve services to INS's 
    customers.
    
    B. Costs
    
    1. Cost Components
        OMB Circular A-25, in its discussion of cost determination for 
    purposes of setting fees, provides that ``user charges will be 
    sufficient to recover the full cost to the Federal Government * * * of 
    providing the service * * *.'' It also provides that those costs shall 
    include an ``appropriate share of the management and supervisory 
    costs.'' Circular No. A-25, User Charges, Executive Office of the 
    President, Office of Management and Budget, July 8, 1993, pp. 3-5. 
    Direct costs are only the most readily identifiable costs of providing 
    user services. Each service also has indirect components which, 
    although not as easily identifiable, are nevertheless causally related 
    to the costs of providing services. Each examinations fee has three 
    components: direct costs, indirect costs, and a surcharge to cover the 
    costs of the Refugees and Overseas Program.
        a. Direct costs. Direct costs are those costs directly related to 
    the processing of a particular application form for a particular 
    benefit. Direct costs include: the pay of the Adjudications officers 
    and clerical staff working on each type of application and the costs of 
    their associated personnel benefits; the costs of Federal Bureau of 
    Investigation (FBI) name and fingerprint checks; where applicable, the 
    costs by application of naturalization ceremonies conducted by United 
    States Courts; and the costs of INS immigration document and card 
    production. The pay costs are calculated by multiplying average 
    adjudications processing time by the hourly pay for the average grade 
    levels of adjudicators and clerks.
        b. Indirect costs. Indirect costs reflected in the current fee 
    structure are defined as the costs of supervisory, management, and 
    administrative activities, related staff training, records, data 
    processing, and files services, legal services, and space and support 
    costs of providing immigration benefits under the Immigration and 
    Nationality Act and related statutes.
        Indirect costs also include costs in the management and 
    administration portion of the INS budget, such as the costs of the 
    personnel administration work needed to recruit and pay the officers 
    and clerks who process customers' applications for benefits. The 
    activities associated with these costs are no less essential to 
    providing INS services to its customers than are the direct costs. 
    These indirect costs are distinguished only by the somewhat greater 
    complexity of determining the portion of such costs that are 
    attributable to work done for fee-paying customers. In addition, 
    indirect costs include the cost of auditing the Examinations Fee 
    Account by the Department of Justice Inspector General.
        c. Surcharge. The costs to carry out the Refugees and Overseas 
    Program are borne by the Examinations Fee Account, at the direction of 
    Congress. See section 286(m) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1356(m). These costs 
    are treated as a surcharge that is added to the examinations fees.
    2. Cost Transfers
        A transfer is the shift of costs from one account to another. 
    Transfers arise when costs from one account are identified as 
    appropriately charged to another account. Transfers have been prompted 
    by cost reviews such as that conducted in 1992 to refine the 
    identification of costs attributable to user fee activities. Transfers 
    found in the 1992 review to be necessary to meet statutory requirements 
    are as follows:
        a. Legal proceedings. A review of INS workload statistics 
    identified the equivalent of 78 additional positions and work years of 
    legal activities that properly should be charged to Examinations Fee 
    Account activities. These legal activities include appearances before 
    the Immigration Court for hearings related to asylum, adjustment of 
    status, registry, waivers of inadmissibility, and rescission; the 
    preparation of arguments and briefs for such hearings; appearances 
    before Federal and state courts for contested naturalization hearings; 
    appearances in U.S. District Courts in mandamus and declaratory 
    judgment cases; preparation of arguments, briefs, and litigation 
    reports in such cases; and associated legal consultations and 
    preparation of legal memoranda. Also included are resources for support 
    staff, and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Regional Counsel, and 
    District Counsel positions chargeable for Examinations work. INS will 
    propose to transfer these 78 positions, work years, and associated 
    costs from the Salaries and Expenses appropriation to the Examinations 
    Fee Account. Copies of this review are available upon request.
        b. Management and administration. Management and Administration 
    (M&A) resources have been assigned to the Examinations Fee Account 
    using a ``distribution-key'' concept. Distribution-key is a term 
    borrowed from the U.S. Postal Service's cost allocation practice. With 
    this practice, costs which cannot be directly related to a certain 
    class or account are distributed on the basis of costs which can be 
    directly assigned. For example, in the case of mail processing, the 
    costs associated with supervision of mail clerks (where no direct 
    statistical assignment mechanisms are in place) are distributed on the 
    same basis as are the costs for the mail clerks themselves (where 
    statistical workload measurement systems are in place). See, for 
    example, Postal Rate Commission, Docket No. R90-1, United States Postal 
    Service Library Reference F-1, Summary Description of USPS Cost 
    Development by Segments and Components, fiscal year 1988, pp. 2-2 
    through 2-5.
        For this process, a full-time equivalent work year (referred to as 
    ``work year'' or ``FTE'') was chosen as the distribution-key. Costs 
    were allocated based upon the percentage distribution of work years 
    between the Examinations Fee Account and all other accounts in INS. See 
    Exhibit 1, Derivation of Management and Administration Distribution 
    Key.
        At INS, examinations officer work years relate directly to workload 
    volume, and the management and administration work that supports the 
    examinations officers are dependent upon the number of officer work 
    years. Work years are a useful gauge of the resources needed in each 
    program because they include the contributions of both full and part-
    time staff. Other possible distribution-keys (positions and dollars) 
    are believed to be inferior to work years. Positions alone are inferior 
    as a distribution-key because they include only full-time permanent 
    staff and vacancies. The use of positions would understate proper 
    assignment levels to the extent that part-time workers are ignored, but 
    would overstate proper assignment levels to the extent that vacancies 
    are included. Dollars are also an inferior distribution-key because 
    they may be skewed by the inclusion of one-time expenditures or other 
    unique costs.
        The distribution-key concept is consistent with the guidance 
    provided by the Department. The following discussion is provided:
    
        For each overhead activity * * *, estimate, on a rational basis, 
    approximately what percentage of the amount is indirectly relatable 
    or incidental to the functions and costs * * * . The percentage 
    assigned ordinarily should be based on the relative amount of time 
    or outputs traceable to the particular unit of performance. In the 
    case of very general, non-traceable activities (e.g., executive 
    direction or congressional and public affairs), where there are 
    labor-intensive performance units, general or non-traceable cost 
    allocations may be predicated on relative employment (costs or full 
    time personnel equivalents) devoted directly to the fee account 
    revenue-generating programs vis-a-vis all other programs.
    
    User Fee Programs, Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, 
    April 1993, pp. 10-11.
        To distribute costs properly, based on the distribution-key 
    concept, INS will propose to transfer 143 positions, 133 work years, 
    and associated costs from the Salaries and Expenses appropriation to 
    the Examinations Fee Account. However, INS will not propose to use all 
    of the resources potentially available as a result of the transfer to 
    correct documented deficiencies in M&A program support activities in 
    fiscal year 1994. Rather, INS will propose to use part of these 
    resources to support additional work years for the Adjudications and 
    Naturalization Program to ensure good service during the period of 
    transition when more work will be shifted from district offices to 
    service centers (the ``Direct Mail III'' program). INS will defer full 
    use of the resources for program support activities until fiscal year 
    1995 or 1996, as conditions warrant.
    3. Investments to Improve Service Quality
        Service quality improvements are made possible by investments in 
    staff additions and capital assets. One investment which will be 
    financed by the examinations fee increase will be the continued 
    expansion of INS service center operations. These expanded automation-
    intensive facilities will improve productivity and reduce delays in 
    application processing operations. The transfer of work now conducted 
    at the district offices to the service centers will improve processing 
    at district offices and allow district office staff to devote more time 
    to those applications which require personal contact with people 
    applying for benefits.
    
    C. Proposed Fee Increase
    
        The need for increased revenues which underlies the proposed fee 
    increase was calculated by adjusting the projected total costs of 
    providing adjudications and naturalization services to include the 
    transfers and service improvements described above, and comparing the 
    costs to the revenue projected under the current fee schedule. Because 
    they are reflected in INS budget projections, the calculation 
    incorporates the effects of inflation-based cost increases that have 
    occurred since the last general fee increase in April 1991 and all 
    other mandatory adjustments to the cost base. This calculation yields a 
    required percentage revenue increase which, with limited exceptions, 
    was then uniformly applied to the existing schedule of fees. The 
    exceptions to this procedure, required because of (i) the consolidation 
    of forms and (ii) certain technical adjustments, are described below.
        Exhibit 2, Projected Examinations Fee Account, shows the projected 
    fiscal year 1994 resource allocations to the Examinations Fee Account. 
    The projected transfers from the Salaries and Expenses appropriation, 
    which are incorporated in Exhibit 2, are shown in Exhibit 3, Projected 
    Transfers From Salaries and Expenses Appropriation to Examinations Fee 
    Account.
        Exhibit 4, Proposed Examinations Fee Revenue Adjustment, shows how 
    the proposed fee increase was computed. The calculations are based on 
    the projected fiscal year 1994 budget, and begin with an estimate of 
    the funds that will remain in the Examinations Fee Account at the close 
    of fiscal year 1993.
        INS projects that $18.7 million will be carried forward in the 
    Examinations Fee Account from fiscal year 1993 to fiscal year 1994 
    (Line 1). Revenue of $314.7 million is anticipated in fiscal year 1994 
    at the fee levels currently in place (Line 2). The sum of these two 
    amounts is $333.4 million, which is the total amount projected to be 
    available for the Examinations Fee Account for fiscal year 1994 in the 
    absence of a fee increase (Line 3).
        INS projects that the costs of Examinations Fee Account programs 
    for fiscal year 1994 will be $331.5 million (Line 4). Because of the 
    impossibility of predicting precisely the number of applications and 
    associated revenue and workload in any given time period, and in order 
    to ensure that there are sufficient resources to adjudicate 
    applications, including those currently in process, INS has determined 
    the need to retain a balance equivalent to one month of costs, or $27.6 
    million (Line 5). The remainder of that amount, if any, would be 
    carried forward to the next fiscal year to continue processing 
    applications. The existence of a carryforward balance is consistent 
    with INS' past practice. As explained below, technical adjustments were 
    applied to the fee base for some forms to ensure fair distribution of 
    costs among users. The net effect of those adjustments is subtracted so 
    that they will have no net impact on the aggregate INS fee revenue 
    requirement (Line 6). The algebraic sum of these three amounts is the 
    total revenue requirement of $356.9 million (Line 7).
        Subtracting the revenue requirement from the funds available shows 
    a revenue shortfall of $23.5 million (Line 8). Dividing this shortfall 
    by the revenues projected under the current fee schedule produces the 
    percentage by which the fees must be increased, 7.5 percent (Line 9).
    
    D. Computation of the Fees
    
        The proposed fees for most Immigration and Naturalization forms 
    were calculated by applying the increase of 7.5 percent to the current 
    fee, and rounding the result upward or downward to the nearest $5.00. 
    Fees adjusted in this manner are shown on Exhibit 5.
        There were two exceptions to this computational procedure. One 
    exception is a consequence of forms consolidation actions affecting the 
    Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, I-129, where procedures and charges 
    have been altered in response to experience with the consolidated forms 
    and suggestions from users. The new charges associated with the I-129 
    are described below, and presented in Exhibit 6. The other exception is 
    associated with technical adjustments to the computational base for 
    certain forms, as described below and shown in Exhibit 7.
    1. Petition For a Nonimmigrant Worker, I-129
        On October 4, 1991, INS published a proposed revision of Form I-
    129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker (56 FR 50350). This revision 
    consolidated a number of separate application and petition processes 
    that had previously been handled on separate application forms, each 
    with separate fees. To the extent possible, the new form retained the 
    original fee structure, which was based upon the costs associated with 
    each separate adjudication.
        After the consolidation of Form I-129, INS received a number of 
    comments and questions regarding the I-129 process. As a result, INS 
    proposes to revise Form I-129 to incorporate several additional 
    processes created by the Immigration Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-649) and 
    the Miscellaneous and Technical Immigration and Naturalization 
    Amendments of 1991 (Pub. L. 102-232), and to simplify the application 
    procedures in response to public comments. For example, INS proposes to 
    revise procedures in instances where an employer is filing for one 
    worker to allow the worker's dependents to be included in the petition 
    instead of requiring separate applications. In addition, INS would no 
    longer require separate petitions for groups where the members will be 
    applying for visas at more than one consulate or for visa-exempt 
    workers applying for admission at different ports of entry.
        Current Form I-129 Fee Structure:
        The fee for a Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker consists of a base 
    fee of $70 plus either:
    
    --$10 per worker if requesting consulate or port-of-entry notification 
    for visa issuance or admission;
    --$80 per worker if requesting a change of status; or
    --$50 per worker if requesting an extension of stay.
    
        Proposed Form I-129 Fee Structure:
        The proposed fee for a Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker is $120 
    per petition plus $10 for each dependent if filing for one worker, and 
    $100 per petition plus $20 for each worker if filing for more than one 
    worker. The changes simplify the application process and more fairly 
    distribute the costs of processing.
        Because INS has consolidated actions which were previously 
    separate, data are not yet available for establishing a fee based upon 
    actual cost experience. Therefore, the proposed fee is based upon 
    estimates of these costs.
    2. Technical Adjustments to Computation Base for Certain Applications
        Before undertaking the percentage computations to arrive at the fee 
    schedules proposed in this rule, INS reviewed the cost information 
    supporting the current fee schedule. The information on processing 
    times and related costs, the costs of FBI name and fingerprint checks, 
    the costs of naturalization ceremonies conducted by United States 
    Courts, the costs of INS immigration document and card production, the 
    indirect costs and the surcharge were examined. (Copies of this 
    analysis are available upon request.) Some differences were found 
    between the current fees and the statistical information on the 
    associated costs. The differences are small, and probably result from 
    data corrections after the fees were computed.
        In order to ensure fair distribution of costs among users, INS 
    adjusted, upward or downward as necessary, the current fees for forms 
    where differences were identified, before computing the proposed fee 
    increase for those forms. INS ensured that this process had no net 
    effect on the total revenue increase proposal by deducting the revenue 
    increase that would be caused by the technical adjustments from the 
    total revenue requirement before calculating the percentage fee revenue 
    adjustment that would be applied to all forms. As previously noted, 
    this deduction appears on Line 6 of Exhibit 4, where the fee revision 
    requirement is calculated.
    
    V. Proposed Fee Adjustments
    
        Proposed fee adjustments are shown in Exhibits 5-7.
        In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 605(b), the Attorney General certifies 
    that this rule does not have a significant adverse economic impact on a 
    substantial number of small entities. This rule is not considered to be 
    a major rule within the meaning of section 1(b) of E.O. 12291, nor does 
    this rule have Federalism implications warranting the preparation of a 
    Federalism Assessment in accordance with E.O. 12612.
        The information collection requirements contained in this rule have 
    been cleared by the Office of Management and Budget under the 
    provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act. Clearance numbers for these 
    collections are contained in 8 CFR 299.5, Display of Control Numbers.
    
    List of Subjects in 8 CFR Part 103
    
        Administrative practice and procedure, Authority delegations 
    (Government agencies), Fees, Forms, Freedom of information, Privacy, 
    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Surety bonds.
        Accordingly, part 103 of chapter I of title 8 of the Code of 
    Federal Regulations is proposed to be amended as follows:
    
    PART 103--POWERS AND DUTIES OF SERVICE OFFICERS; AVAILABILITY OF 
    SERVICE RECORDS
    
        1. The authority citation for part 103 continues to read as 
    follows:
    
        Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 552a; 8 U.S.C. 1101, 1103, 1201, 1252 
    note, 1252b, 1304, 1356; 31 U.S.C. 9701; E.O. 12356, 47 FR 14874, 
    15557; 3 CFR, 1982 Comp., p. 166; 8 CFR part 2.
    
        2. Section 103.7, paragraph (b)(1) is amended by revising the 
    entries listed to read as follows:
    
    
    Sec. 103.7  Fees.
    
    * * * * *
        (b) * * *
        (1) * * *
        Form I-17. For filing application for school approval, except in 
    the case of a school or school system owned or operated as a public 
    educational institution or system by the United States or a state or 
    political subdivision thereof--$140.
        Form I-90. For filing application for Alien Registration Receipt 
    Card (Form I-551) in lieu of an obsolete card or in lieu of one lost, 
    mutilated or destroyed, or in a changed name--$75.
        Form I-102. For filing application (Form I-102) for Arrival-
    Departure Record (Form I-94) or Crewman's Landing Permit (Form I-95), 
    in lieu of one lost, mutilated, or destroyed--$65.
    * * * * *
        Form I-129. For filing a petition for a nonimmigrant worker--$120 
    per petition plus $10 for each dependent if filing for one worker; $100 
    per petition plus $20 for each worker if filing for more than one 
    worker.
        Form I-192F. For filing petition to classify nonimmigrant as 
    fiancee or fiance under section 214(d) of the Act--$75.
    * * * * *
        Form I-130. For filing petition to classify status of alien 
    relative for issuance of immigrant visa under section 204(a) of the 
    Act--$80.
        Form I-131. For filing application for issuance of reentry permit--
    $70.
        Form I-140. For filing petition to classify preference status of an 
    alien on basis of profession or occupation under section 204(a) of the 
    Act--$75.
        Form I-191. For filing application for discretionary relief under 
    section 212(c) of the Act--$90.
        Form I-192. For filing application for discretionary relief under 
    section 212(d)(3) of the Act, except, in an emergency case, or where 
    the approval of the application is in the interest of the United States 
    Government--$90.
        Form I-193. For filing application for waiver of passport and/or 
    visa--$95.
        Form I-212. For filing application for permission to reapply for an 
    excluded or deported alien, an alien who has fallen into distress and 
    has been removed as an alien enemy, or an alien who has been removed at 
    Government expense in lieu of deportation--$95.
    * * * * *
        Form I-360. For filing petition for an Amerasian, Widow(er), or 
    Special Immigrant--$80, except there is no fee for a petition seeking 
    classification as an Amerasian.
        Form I-485. For filing application for permanent residence status 
    or creation of a record of lawful permanent residence--$130 for an 
    applicant 14 years of age or older; $100 for an applicant under the age 
    of 14 years.
    * * * * *
        Form I-526. For filing a petition for an alien entrepreneur--$155.
    * * * * *
        Form I-539. For filing an application to extend or change 
    nonimmigrant status--$75 plus $10 per co-applicant.
    * * * * *
        Form I-600. For filing petition to classify orphan as an immediate 
    relative for issuance of immigrant visa under section 204(a) of the 
    Act. (When more than one petition is submitted by the same petitioner 
    on behalf of orphans who are brothers or sisters, only one fee will be 
    required.)--$155.
        Form I-600A. For filing application for advance processing of 
    orphan petition. (When more than one petition is submitted by the same 
    petitioner on behalf of orphans who are brothers or sisters, only one 
    fee will be required.)--$155.
        Form I-601. For filing application for waiver of ground of 
    excludability under section 212 (h) or (i) of the Act. (Only a single 
    application and fee shall be required when the alien is applying 
    simultaneously for a waiver under both those subsections)--$95.
        Form I-612. For filing application for waiver of the foreign-
    residence requirement under section 212(e) of the Act--$95.
    * * * * *
        Form I-751. For filing an application to remove the conditions on 
    residence which is based on marriage--$80.
    * * * * *
        Form I-765. For filing an application for employment authorization 
    pursuant to 8 CFR 274a.13--$70.
    * * * * *
        Form I-817. For filing application for voluntary departure under 
    the Family Unity Program--$80. The maximum amount payable by the 
    members of a family filing their applications concurrently shall be 
    $225.
    * * * * *
        Form N-300. For filing application for declaration of intention--
    $75.
    * * * * *
        Form N-400. For filing an application for naturalization--$95. For 
    filing an application for naturalization under section 405 of the 
    Immigration Act of 1990, if the applicant will be interviewed in the 
    Philippines--$120.
    * * * * *
        Form N-470. For filing application for section 316(b) or 317 of the 
    Act benefits--$115.
        Form N-565. For filing application for a certificate of 
    naturalization or declaration of intention in lieu of a certificate or 
    declaration alleged to have been lost, mutilated, or destroyed; for a 
    certificate of citizenship in a changed name under section 343 (b) or 
    (d) of the Act; or for a special certificate of naturalization to 
    obtain recognition as a citizen of the United States by a foreign state 
    under section 343(c) of the Act--$65.
        Form N-600. For filing application for certificate of citizenship 
    under section 309(c) or section 341 of the Act--$100.
        Form N-643. For filing an application for a certificate of 
    citizenship on behalf of an adopted child--$80.
        Form N-644. For filing an application for posthumous citizenship--
    $80.
    * * * * *
        Dated: December 23, 1993.
    Janet Reno,
    Attorney General.
    
    Exhibit 1
    
        Note: The following exhibit will not appear in the Code of 
    Federal Regulations.
    
                           Derivation of Management and Administration (M&A) Distribution Key                       
                                                   [Fiscal Year 1994]                                               
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Full-Time Equivalent Work Years (FTE)                  
                                          --------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Description                   Examinations Fee                                                     
                                                   Account           All Other INS Accounts           Total         
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Non-M&A Work Years...................                    3,951                   13,291                   17,242
    Percent..............................                     22.9                     77.1                     100 
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    Exhibit 2
    
        Note: The following exhibit will not appear in the Code of 
    Federal Regulations.
    
                          Examinations Fee Account--Projected Positions, Work Years and Dollars                     
                                                   [Fiscal Year 1994]                                               
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                            Program                              Positions         Work years        Dollars ($000) 
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Inspections............................................                241                240             15,847
    Border Patrol..........................................  .................  .................  .................
    Investigations.........................................                100                100              7,533
    Detention & Deportation................................  .................  .................  .................
    Adjudications & Naturalization.........................              2,258              2,129            145,859
    Refugees & Overseas....................................                412                472             40,761
    Training...............................................                 22                 20              3,153
    Data & Communications..................................                 72                 68             34,863
    Information & Records Management.......................                736                801             51,359
    Intelligence...........................................                  8                  8                549
    Legal Proceedings......................................                116                112              9,432
    Construction & Engineering.............................                  1                  1                178
    Management & Administration............................                213                204             21,939
                                                            --------------------------------------------------------
        Total..............................................              4,179              4,155            331,473
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    Exhibit 3
    
        Note: The following exhibit will not appear in the Code of 
    Federal Regulations.
    
     Projected Transfers; Salaries and Expenses Appropriation to Examinations Fee Account--Positions, Work Years and
                                                         Dollars                                                    
                                                   [Fiscal Year 1994]                                               
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                            Program                              Positions          Work years       Dollars ($000) 
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Inspections............................................  .................  .................  .................
    Border Patrol..........................................  .................  .................  .................
    Investigations.........................................  .................  .................  .................
    Detention & Deportation................................  .................  .................  .................
    Adjudications & Naturalization.........................  .................  .................  .................
    Refugees & Overseas....................................  .................  .................  .................
    Training...............................................  .................  .................  .................
    Data & Communications..................................  .................  .................  .................
    Information & Records Management.......................  .................  .................  .................
    Intelligence...........................................  .................  .................  .................
    Legal Proceedings......................................                 78                 78              6,304
    Construction & Engineering.............................  .................  .................  .................
    Management & Administration\1\.........................                126                117             12,311
                                                            --------------------------------------------------------
        Total..............................................                204                195            $18,615
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    \1\To distribute costs properly, INS would transfer 143 positions, 133 work years and associated costs. However,
      in FY 1994 INS will propose to transfer only 126 positions, 117 work years and associated costs, so that the  
      difference can be used to support additional work years in the adjudications and naturalization program during
      the period of transition when work is shifted to service centers.                                             
                                                                                                                    
    
    Exhibit 4
    
        Note: The following exhibit will not appear in the Code of 
    Federal Regulations.
    
                  Proposed Examinations Fee Revenue Adjustment              
                               [Fiscal Year 1994]                           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Line                      Description                    Dollars (000)
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Funds Availability                                            
    1.......  Carry-forward from FY 1993....................         $18,677
    2.......  Anticipated FY 1994 Revenue at Current Fee             314,741
               Levels.                                                      
                                                             ---------------
    3.......  Projected FY 1994 Funds Availability (Line 1 +         333,418
               Line 2).                                                     
              Costs                                                         
    4.......  Funding Requirements (1994 Costs).............         331,473
    5.......  Planned Carry-forward to FY 1995 (1 months'             27,623
               cost).                                                       
    6.......  Less: Effect of Technical Adjustments.........           2,180
                                                             ---------------
    7.......  Total Revenue Requirement (Line 4 + Line 5 -           356,916
               Line 6).                                                     
              Impact on Fee Schedule                                        
    8.......  Additional Revenue Required (Line 3 - Line 7).          23,498
    9.......  Fee Revenue Adjustment Required (Line 8                   7.5%
                Line 2).                                            
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    
    Exhibit 5
    
        Note: The following exhibit will not appear in the Code of 
    Federal Regulations.
    
                            Examinations Fee Account                        
                        [Current Fees and Proposed Fees]                    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                   Proposed 
     Form No.          Form name/description        Current fee      fee    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    I-17......  Petition for Approval of School            $130          140
                 for Attendance by Nonimmigrant                             
                 Students.                                                  
    I-90......  Application to Replace Alien                 70           75
                 Registration Card.                                         
    I-130.....  Petition for Alien Relative.......           75           80
    I-131.....  Application for Travel Document...           65           70
    I-140.....  Immigrant Petition for Alien                 70           75
                 Worker.                                                    
    I-192.....  Application for Advance Permission           85           90
                 to Enter as Nonimmigrant.                                  
    I-193.....  Application for Waiver of Passpart           90           95
                 and/or Visa.                                               
    I-212.....  Application for Permission to                90           95
                 Reapply for Admission into the                             
                 U.S. After Deportation or Removal.                         
    I-360.....  Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er),           75           80
                 or Special Immigrant (except for                           
                 a petition seeking classification                          
                 as an Amerasian in which case the                          
                 fee is waived).                                            
    I-485.....  Application to Register Permanent                           
                 Residence or Adjust Status.                                
                If 14 years of age or older.......          120          130
                If under 14 years of age..........           95          100
    I-539.....  Application to extend/Change                 70           75
                 Nonimmigrant Status.                                       
    I-601.....  Application for Waiver of Grounds            90           95
                 of Excludability.                                          
    I-612.....  Application for Waiver of the                90           95
                 Foreign Residence Requirement.                             
    I-751.....  Petition to Remove the Condition             75           80
                 on Residence.                                              
    I-817.....  Application for Voluntary                    75           80
                 Departure Under Family Unity                               
                 Program.                                                   
    N-300.....  Application to File Declaration of           70           75
                 Intention.                                                 
    N-400.....  Application for Naturalization....           90           95
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    
    Exhibit 6
    
        Note: The following exhibit will not appear in the Code of 
    Federal Regulations.
    EXAMINATIONS FEE ACCOUNT
    Current Fee and Proposed Fee
    Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker (I-129)
    Current Fee Structure:
        The fee for a petition is a base fee of $70 plus either:
        --$10 per worker if requesting consulate or port-of-entry 
    notification for visa issuance or admission;
        --$80 per worker if requesting a change of status; or
        --$50 per worker if requesting an extension of stay.
    Proposed Fee Structure:
        If filing for one worker, $120 per petition plus $10 for each 
    dependent.
        If filing for more than one worker, $100 per petition plus $20 for 
    each worker.
    
    Exhibit 7
    
        Note: The following exhibit will not appear in the Code of 
    Federal Regulations.
    
                                                Examinations Fee Account                                            
                               [Current Fee and Proposed Fee, with Technical Adjustments]                           
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Form No.                                                                                                        
                              Form name/description                    Current fee     Adjusted fee    Proposed fee 
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    I-102     Application for Replacement/Initial Nonimmigrant                   $50             $60             $65
               Arrival Departure Document.                                                                          
    I-129F    Petition for Alien Fiance(e)..........................              75              70              75
    I-191     Application for Advance Permission to Return to                     90              85              90
               Unrelinquished Domicile.                                                                             
    I-526     Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur..............             140             145             155
    I-600     Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative..             140             145             155
    I-600A    Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition.             140             145             155
    I-765     Application for Employment Authorization..............              60              65              70
    N-470     Application to Preserve Residence for Naturalization                90             105             115
               Purposes.                                                                                            
    N-565     Application for Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship              50              60              65
               Document.                                                                                            
    N-600     Application for Certification of Citizenship..........              90              95             100
    N-643     Application for Certificate of Citizenship in Behalf                85              75              80
               of an Adopted Child.                                                                                 
    N-644     Application for Posthumous Citizenship................              60              75              80
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    [FR Doc. 94-298 Filed 1-7-94; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 4410-01-M
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
01/10/1994
Department:
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Entry Type:
Proposed Rule
Action:
Proposed rule.
Document Number:
94-298
Dates:
Written comments must be submitted on or before February 9, 1994.
Pages:
1308-1317 (10 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Federal Register: January 10, 1994, INS No. 1384-92, AG Order No. 1821-93
RINs:
1115-AD18
CFR: (1)
8 CFR 103.7