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OMB Control No: 1615-0009	ICR Reference No: 202605-1615-001
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202512-1615-003
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCIS	Agency Tracking No: I-129
Title: Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 08/10/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2027	12/31/2027
Responses	572,606	572,606
Time Burden (Hours)	3,173,538	3,173,538
Cost Burden (Dollars)	259,422,495	259,422,495

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	572,606	572,606
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	3,173,538	3,173,538
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	259,422,495	259,422,495

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:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $3,432,939,620

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: Samantha Stout 704 762-0352 samantha.j.stout@uscis.dhs.gov

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