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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 1615-0144	ICR Reference No: 202101-1615-019
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 202001-1615-004
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCIS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: H-1B Registration Tool
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Conclusion Date: 02/05/2021
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/27/2021
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, OIRA is withholding approval at this time. Prior to publication of the final rule, the agency must submit to OIRA a summary of all comments related to the information collection contained in the proposed rule and the agency response. The agency should clearly indicate any changes made to the information collection as a result of these comments. Any previous terms of clearance continue to apply.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2023	36 Months From Approved	02/28/2023
Responses	192,918	0	192,918
Time Burden (Hours)	96,459	0	96,459
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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: USCIS added instructions notifying registrants of a change in the order in which registrations will be selected and added data elements to collect information about the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) wage level that the beneficiary’s proffered wage level equals or exceeds. The full scope of changes proposed by the Modification of Registration Requirement for Petitioners Seeking To File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions rule (RIN 1615-AC61) is provided in the copy deck and screen mockups submitted with this information collection request. There is an increase in the estimated annual hour burden to respondents for this collection of information for two reasons: 1) The changes made to the information collection instrument as the result of the rule increased the estimated time burden per response from 0.5 hours to 0.833 hours. 2) There was also an increase in the estimated number of respondents for this collection of information, unrelated to the rule. The total increase in the estimated annual hour burden, accounting for both the program change and the adjustment, is 132,616 hours. There is no change in the estimated annual cost burden to respondents for this collection of information.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,750,000

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