[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 14 (Friday, January 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3321-3322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01107]


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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: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following 
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. The purpose of this notice is to allow an 
additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until February 22, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) 
contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public 
burden and associated response time, must be submitted via the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal website at http://www.regulations.gov under e-Docket 
ID number USCIS-2008-0014. 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.

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 http://www.uscis.gov, or call 
the USCIS Contact Center at (800) 375-5283; TTY (800) 767-1833.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments

    The information collection notice was previously published in the 
Federal Register on September 1, 2021, at 86 FR 49043, allowing for a 
60-day public comment period. USCIS received nine comments in 
connection with the 60-day notice.
    The information collection instrument posted with the 60-day 
Federal Register Notice included changes associated with the final rule 
DHS published on January 8, 2021 at 86 FR 1676 titled, Modification of 
Registration Requirement for Petitioners Seeking To File Cap-Subject H-
1B Petitions (RIN 1615-AC61). On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 86 FR 
72516, DHS published the Modification of Registration Requirement for 
Petitioners Seeking To File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions, Implementation 
of Vacatur rule (RIN 1615-AC61). The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 
submission associated with the vacatur rule removed the changes that 
would have been made by the January 2021 final rule if it had taken 
effect. Accordingly, USCIS has also removed those changes from the 
information collection instrument posted with this 30-day Federal 
Register Notice and adjusted the burden submission accordingly.
    You may access the information collection instrument with 
instructions, or additional information by visiting the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal site at: http://www.regulations.gov and enter USCIS-
2008-0014 in the search box. The comments submitted to USCIS via this 
method are visible to the Office of Management and Budget and comply 
with the requirements of 5 CFR 1320.12(c). All submissions will be 
posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://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 http://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 Request: 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

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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 0.5167 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 
0.5167 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 143,384 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: January 14, 2022.
Samantha L Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland 
Security.
[FR Doc. 2022-01107 Filed 1-20-22; 8:45 am]
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