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OMB Control No: 1615-0150	ICR Reference No: 202609-1615-005
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202009-1615-067
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCIS	Agency Tracking No: I-129H2A
Title: Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker: H-2A Classification
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 09/28/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved
Responses	26,525	0
Time Burden (Hours)	122,440	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	13,660,375	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	26,525	-44,235	70,760
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	122,440	88,725	33,715
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	13,660,375	13,660,375	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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: This collection of information is reinstating a previously approved information collection, with change. The estimated annual hourly burden and cost burden to respondents for information collection will be newly reported as a result of this action.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $34,155,330

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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