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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending 8 CFR part 214 to provide the Agency with the flexibility to move toward electronic filing and adjudication, away from using paper forms, and to remove impediments to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) accepting and processing electronic submissions. This rule is intended to provide the public with simpler, better organized regulatory requirements for each nonimmigrant classification and to remove regulatory and procedural hurdles to the USCIS business transformation initiative. In addition, through this rule, DHS is finalizing four interim final rules, addressing public comments received on those rules, and making changes to the other sections of 8 CFR part 214, including provisions promulgated in those interim rules. The four interim final rules being finalized include rules affecting the H-1B (RIN 1615-AB68), H-1C (RIN 1615-AA35), K (RIN 1615-AA56), and V (RIN 1615-AA53) nonimmigrant classes.