Notice2024-07962
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: USCIS Online Account Access
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Published
April 16, 2024
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 89, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26901-26902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07962]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[OMB Control Number 1615-0122]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection: USCIS Online Account Access
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 May 16, 2024.
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-2011-0015. All submissions received must include the
OMB Control Number 1615-0122 in the body of the letter, the agency name
and Docket ID USCIS-2011-0015.
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 August 14, 2023, at 88 FR 55065, allowing for a 60-
day public comment period. USCIS did receive two comments in connection
with the 60-day notice.
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-
2011-0015 in the search box. Comments must be submitted in English, or
an English translation must be provided. 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.
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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: USCIS Online Account Access.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
DHS sponsoring the collection: OMB-62; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or households. In order
to create a new USCIS Online Account, members of the public (i.e.
users) must submit a valid email address; create a password; select
their preferred method for interacting with a two-step verification
process (authentication app, text message, or email); and provide
responses to five password reset questions of their choice. Any given
email address may be associated with only one USCIS Online Account;
users may not establish multiple accounts using the same email address.
A user is required to complete a two-step verification process upon
creation of a new account and during each subsequent log-in. USCIS
makes use of the information received during the account creation
process to set up the user's profile. Once the account is established/
the user has logged in, the user can edit/add certain profile
information or select a USCIS online system with which to interact.
The myUSCIS system's registrant account is being enhanced to allow
companies to set up company administrator accounts with company and
personal profiles and to file Form I-129 petitions in addition to H-1B
Registrations. The company account will have functionality that allows
a company administrator to invite company members to join a company
group and collaborate on H-1B Registrations and Form I-129 petitions.
Company members will complete a personal profile. The burden to
respondents for creating company and personal profiles, and for
creating and accepting/declining invitations to join a company group,
is being captured under OMB Control Number 1615-0122.
USCIS systems currently accessible by logging in through the USCIS
Online Account Access process are: myUSCIS, the Freedom of Information
Act electronic request system (FIRST), and myE-Verify. These systems
serve specific, unique purposes and may require the user to provide
information beyond what is required to create an account/log in through
the USCIS Online Account Access process. Each system may be considered
a collection of information in its own right and be covered by its own
OMB Control Number. USCIS may add additional online systems for public
use in the future.
(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 respondents for the information collection USCIS Online
Account Access process for Individuals or Households is 4,240,000 and
the estimated hour burden per response is 0.167 hours; the estimated
total number of respondents for the information collection USCIS Online
Account Access process for Businesses or other for-profit is 1,060,000
and the estimated hour burden per response is 0.167 hours; the
estimated total number of respondents for the information collection
for Account Interactions is 300,000 and the estimated hour burden per
response is 0.315 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 979,600 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.
Dated: April 8, 2024.
Samantha L. Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland
Security.
[FR Doc. 2024-07962 Filed 4-15-24; 8:45 am]
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