Notice2022-01107
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: H-1B Registration Tool
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Published
January 21, 2022
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 14 (Friday, January 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3321-3322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01107]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[OMB Control Number 1615-0144]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection: H-1B Registration Tool
AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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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.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until February 22,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s)
contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public
burden and associated response time, must be submitted via the Federal
eRulemaking Portal website at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> under e-Docket
ID number USCIS-2008-0014. All submissions received must include the
OMB Control Number 1615-0144 in the body of the letter, the agency name
and Docket ID USCIS-2008-0014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy,
Regulatory Coordination Division, Samantha Deshommes, Chief, Telephone
number (240) 721-3000 (This is not a toll-free number; comments are not
accepted via telephone message.). Please note contact information
provided here is solely for questions regarding this notice. It is not
for individual case status inquiries. Applicants seeking information
about the status of their individual cases can check Case Status
Online, available at the USCIS website at <a href="http://www.uscis.gov">http://www.uscis.gov</a>, or call
the USCIS Contact Center at (800) 375-5283; TTY (800) 767-1833.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments
The information collection notice was previously published in the
Federal Register on September 1, 2021, at 86 FR 49043, allowing for a
60-day public comment period. USCIS received nine comments in
connection with the 60-day notice.
The information collection instrument posted with the 60-day
Federal Register Notice included changes associated with the final rule
DHS published on January 8, 2021 at 86 FR 1676 titled, Modification of
Registration Requirement for Petitioners Seeking To File Cap-Subject H-
1B Petitions (RIN 1615-AC61). On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 86 FR
72516, DHS published the Modification of Registration Requirement for
Petitioners Seeking To File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions, Implementation
of Vacatur rule (RIN 1615-AC61). The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
submission associated with the vacatur rule removed the changes that
would have been made by the January 2021 final rule if it had taken
effect. Accordingly, USCIS has also removed those changes from the
information collection instrument posted with this 30-day Federal
Register Notice and adjusted the burden submission accordingly.
You may access the information collection instrument with
instructions, or additional information by visiting the Federal
eRulemaking Portal site at: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> and enter USCIS-
2008-0014 in the search box. The comments submitted to USCIS via this
method are visible to the Office of Management and Budget and comply
with the requirements of 5 CFR 1320.12(c). All submissions will be
posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, and will include any personal information you
provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. You
may wish to consider limiting the amount of personal information that
you provide in any voluntary submission you make to DHS. DHS may
withhold information provided in comments from public viewing that it
determines may impact the privacy of an individual or is offensive. For
additional information, please read the Privacy Act notice that is
available via the link in the footer of <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies should address one or more of the following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Overview of This Information Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: H-1B Registration Tool.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
DHS sponsoring the collection: OMB-64; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Business or other for-profit. USCIS
will use the data collected through the H-1B Registration Tool to
select a sufficient number of registrations projected to meet the
applicable H-1B cap allocations and to notify registrants whether their
registration was selected.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: The estimated
total number of
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business or other for-profit respondents for the information collection
H-1B Registration Tool is 35,500 with an estimated 3 responses per
respondents and an estimated hour burden per response of 0.5167 hours.
The estimated total number of attorney respondents for the information
collection H-1B Registration Tool is 4,500 with an estimated 38
responses per respondents and an estimated hour burden per response of
0.5167 hours.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The total estimated annual hour burden associated
with this collection is 143,384 hours.
(7) An estimate of the total public burden (in cost) associated
with the collection: The estimated total annual cost burden associated
with this collection of information is $0. Any costs to respondents are
captured in the Form I-129 information collection (OMB control number
1615-009).
Dated: January 14, 2022.
Samantha L Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland
Security.
[FR Doc. 2022-01107 Filed 1-20-22; 8:45 am]
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