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OMB Control No: 1405-0101	ICR Reference No: 202408-1405-009
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202210-1405-001
Agency/Subagency: STATE/AFA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Nonimmigrant Treaty Trader/Investor Application
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 08/29/2024

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	01/31/2026
Responses	93,000	50,000
Time Burden (Hours)	372,000	200,000
Cost Burden (Dollars)	50,000,000	50,000,000

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	93,000	50,000	43,000
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	372,000	200,000	172,000
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	50,000,000	50,000,000	0

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: Much of the DS-156E cost is already incorporated into the DS-160 costs. However, processing an E visa takes an average of 13 additional minutes of locally employed staff time and an extra 1 minute of consular officer time. Using the average hourly wage with included overhead of $53.32 and $202.39 for each position respectively yields a cost of $14.92 per application. (($53.32 per hour x 13 minutes) + $202.39 per hour x 1 minute) = $14.92 per application.) Multiplied by the number of respondents, we estimate the federal government cost of the DS-156E to be $641,710.50.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $641,710

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: Anabel Moreno-Mendez 571 720-4400