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OMB Control No: 1405-0182	ICR Reference No: 202208-1405-006
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202203-1405-001
Agency/Subagency: STATE/AFA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Online Application for Nonimmigrant Visa
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 08/29/2022

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2025
Responses	11,094,202	14,000,000
Time Burden (Hours)	16,641,303	21,000,000
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	70,000,000

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	11,094,202	14,000,000	11,094,202	-14,000,000
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	16,641,303	21,000,000	16,641,303	-21,000,000
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	70,000,000	0	-70,000,000

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: Finding the necessary background information and filling out the DS-160 or DS-156 takes the average nonimmigrant applicant ninety minutes. Therefore, we estimate that the annual hour burden to visa applicants is 16,641,303 hours. (11,094,202 applications x 90 minutes, divided by 60).

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,062,740,000

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. No

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: Tonya Whigham 202 485-7635