[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 167 (Wednesday, September 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49043-49044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18850]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[OMB Control Number 1615-0144]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently 
Approved Collection: H-1B Registration Tool

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of 
Homeland Security.

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to comment on this proposed revision of a currently 
approved collection of information. In accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the information collection notice is 
published in the Federal Register to obtain comments regarding the 
nature of the information collection, the categories of respondents, 
the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort, and resources used by the 
respondents to respond), the estimated cost to the respondent, and the 
actual information collection instruments.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until 
November 1, 2021.

ADDRESSES: All submissions received must include the OMB Control Number 
1615-0144 in the body of the letter, the agency name and Docket ID 
USCIS-2008-0014. Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal 
website at https://www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID number USCIS-
2008-0014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, 
Regulatory Coordination Division, Samantha Deshommes, Chief, telephone 
number (240) 721-3000 (This is not a toll-free number. Comments are not 
accepted via telephone message). Please note contact information 
provided here is solely for questions regarding this notice. It is not 
for individual case status inquiries. Applicants seeking information 
about the status of their individual cases can check Case Status 
Online, available at the USCIS website at https://www.uscis.gov, or 
call the USCIS Contact Center at 800-375-5283 (TTY 800-767-1833).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments

    USCIS is requesting public comments on this revision of the H-1B 
Registration Tool. The information collection instrument posted with 
this 60-day Federal Register Notice includes changes associated with 
the final rule USCIS published on January 8, 2021 titled, Modification 
of Registration Requirement for Petitioners Seeking To File Cap-Subject 
H-1B Petitions (86 FR 1676) (H-1B Selection Final Rule). The hour and 
cost time burden estimates

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provided in this Federal Register Notice also include the time and cost 
burden estimates that are associated with the H-1B Selection Final 
Rule. On February 8, 2021, USCIS published a rule delaying the 
effective date of the H-1B Selection Final Rule to December 31, 2021, 
titled, Modification of Registration Requirement for Petitioners 
Seeking To File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions; Delay of Effective Date (86 
FR 8543). The H-1B Selection Final Rule related changes to the 
information collection instrument will not be implemented before that 
rule's new effective date, December 31, 2021.
    You may access the information collection instrument with 
instructions or additional information by visiting the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal site at: https://www.regulations.gov and entering 
USCIS-2008-0014 in the search box. All submissions will be posted, 
without change, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov, and will include any personal information you 
provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. You 
may wish to consider limiting the amount of personal information that 
you provide in any voluntary submission you make to DHS. DHS may 
withhold information provided in comments from public viewing that it 
determines may impact the privacy of an individual or is offensive. For 
additional information, please read the Privacy Act notice that is 
available via the link in the footer of https://www.regulations.gov.
    Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies should address one or more of the following four points:
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.

Overview of This Information Collection

    (1) Type of Information Collection: Revision of a Currently 
Approved Collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: H-1B Registration Tool.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
DHS sponsoring the collection: OMB-64; USCIS.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Business or other for-profit. USCIS 
will use the data collected through the H-1B Registration Tool to 
select a sufficient number of registrations projected to meet the 
applicable H-1B cap allocations and to notify registrants whether their 
registration was selected.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: The estimated 
total number of business or other for-profit respondents for the 
information collection H-1B Registration Tool is 35,500 with an 
estimated 3 responses per respondents and an estimated hour burden per 
response of 1.083 hours. The estimated total number of attorney 
respondents for the information collection H-1B Registration Tool is 
4,500 with an estimated 38 responses per respondents and an estimated 
hour burden per response of 1.083 hours.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: The total estimated annual hour burden associated 
with this collection is 300,533 hours.
    (7) An estimate of the total public burden (in cost) associated 
with the collection: The estimated total annual cost burden associated 
with this collection of information is $0. Any costs to respondents are 
captured in the Form I-129 information collection (OMB control number 
1615-009).

    Dated: August 27, 2021.
Samantha L. Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland 
Security.
[FR Doc. 2021-18850 Filed 8-31-21; 8:45 am]
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