The White House Office of Management and Budget has approved, under emergency procedures, a revised application that asks people seeking to sponsor unaccompanied migrant children for photos of themselves holding their identification, along with similar photos of each adult in their household and of their backup caregiver. OMB received the request from the Department of Health and Human Services on November 5 and approved it the next day, through April 30, 2027.
The application, used by HHS’s Office of Refugee Resettlement, says each person “must hold their identification document next to their face.” The emergency request followed an October 30 federal court order requiring HHS to make its OMB-approved PDF form the only way to apply if the online version lacked OMB approval by November 30. In August, HHS sought vendors for nationwide mobile biometric collection for the program.
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Sources: Reginfo.gov, CourtListener
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By the ID Tech Editorial Team
