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OMB Control No: 1615-0148	ICR Reference No: 202008-1615-028
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202008-1615-011
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCIS	Agency Tracking No: I-129O
Title: Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker: O Classification
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 09/04/2020
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/04/2020
Terms of Clearance: This form change is approved to take effect on October 2, 2020. USCIS will display both the current version and the new Fee Rule version of the form for a period of time up to the effective date of the new form, which is concurrent with the effective date of the associated rulemaking (October 2, 2020). USCIS will clearly identify filing dates for each form version and provide instructions on when and how to correctly file both versions. Upon the effective date of the new version of the form, USCIS will remove the old version of the form from its website. Approved for two years only due to partial GPEA compliance.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2022	36 Months From Approved
Responses	26,705	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	77,143	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	13,140,740	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	26,705	26,705
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	77,143	77,143
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	13,140,740	13,140,740

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The original Form I-129 has been separated into several different forms covering different nonimmigrant employment visa classifications. Form I-129O is filed by petitioners seeking to employ nonimmigrants under the O classifications.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $17,988,780

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Kerstin Jager 214 489-8022 kerstin.a.jager@uscis.dhs.gov

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