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OMB Control No: 1615-0149	ICR Reference No: 202009-1615-068
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202008-1615-026
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCIS	Agency Tracking No: I-129H2B
Title: Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker: H-2B Classification
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 10/30/2020
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/23/2020
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2022	09/30/2022	09/30/2022
Responses	64,444	0	64,444
Time Burden (Hours)	48,072	0	48,072
Cost Burden (Dollars)	3,265,100	0	3,265,100

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	64,444	64,444
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	48,072	48,072
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	3,265,100	3,265,100

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

Burden Increase Due to:

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 non-immigrant employment visa classifications. Form I-129H2B is filed by petitioners seeking to employ non-immigrants under the H2B classifications.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $4,190,830

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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