The Office of Refugee Resettlement is seeking expedited approval to revise two forms used in assessing prospective sponsors of unaccompanied children. Its November 5 notice describes reorganized questions and added identity-verification photograph requirements; public comments are due January 4, 2027.
What the forms ask
The agency says the Authorization for Release of Information, form SAP-2, obtains authorization and identifying information used for background checks and sponsor suitability assessments. The described revisions reorganize identity, contact and address-history information, clarify instructions and add structured prompts about current and past living arrangements.
The Sponsor Application, form SAP-3, collects information used to assess prospective sponsors and support children's safe release, the notice says. The proposed revisions organize income, employment and prior-sponsorship information, clarify household and alternative-caregiver questions, and add structured follow-up fields and identity-verification photograph requirements.
The notice says selected information is already requested through other named instruments or existing application instructions. It says the approved respondent burden remains unchanged. The actual proposed forms were not included in the notice text read for this report.
Review and comment
The Administration for Children and Families is asking the Office of Management and Budget for 180 days of approval under expedited procedures. It says it will request review under normal procedures within 180 days of approval, incorporating edits resulting from public comment into that later submission.
The notice lists an estimated total of 206,648 annual burden hours across the two forms. The department asks for comment on necessity, the accuracy of burden estimates, the information's quality and clarity, and ways to reduce the burden.
The notice directs people to request the proposed collection or submit comments by emailing infocollection@acf.hhs.gov and identifying requests by the collection's title. It does not report how the revisions would affect individual release decisions or how long those decisions take.