Notice2024-28784
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: H-2 Petitioner's Employment Related or Fee Related Notification
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Published
December 9, 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. The changes to this information collection are related to the ongoing rulemaking, Modernizing H-2 Program Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections, proposed rule, and are contingent on its successful conclusion.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 236 (Monday, December 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 97647-97648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28784]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[OMB Control Number 1615-0107]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection: H-2 Petitioner's Employment Related or Fee Related
Notification
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. The changes to this information
collection are related to the ongoing rulemaking, Modernizing H-2
Program Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections, proposed rule,
and are contingent on its successful conclusion.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until January 8,
2025.
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-2009-0015. All submissions received must include the
OMB Control Number 1615-0107 in the body of the letter, the agency name
and Docket ID USCIS-2009-0015.
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="https://www.uscis.gov">https://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 October 3, 2024, at 89 FR 80589, allowing for a 60-
day public comment period. USCIS received three 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="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and entering
USCIS-2009-0015 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. 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.
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Overview of This Information Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection: Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: H-2 Petitioner's Employment-
Related or Fee-Related Notification.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
DHS sponsoring the collection: I-129N; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Business or other for-profit. The
notification requirement is necessary to ensure that alien workers
maintain their nonimmigrant status and will help prevent H-2 workers
from engaging in unauthorized employment.
(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 H-2
Petitioner's Employment Related Notification (email) is 8,893 and the
estimated burden per response is 0.4167 hours and the H-2 Petitioner's
Employment Related Notification (mail) is 371 and the estimated burden
per response is 0.5 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 3,891 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 $1,852.80.
DHS is proposing changes to this information collection to align
with the regulatory changes proposed in Modernizing H-2 Program
Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections, proposed rule, 88 FR
65040 (Sep. 20, 2023) and are contingent on the successful completion
of that rulemaking.
Dated: December 3, 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. 2024-28784 Filed 12-5-24; 8:45 am]
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