[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 155 (Monday, August 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55065-55066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17377]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[OMB Control Number 1615-0122]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently 
Approved Collection: USCIS Online Account Access

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 upon 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 
October 13, 2023.

ADDRESSES: All submissions received must include the OMB Control Number 
1615-0122 in the body of the letter, the agency name and Docket ID 
USCIS-2011-0015. Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal 
website at https://www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID number USCIS-
2011-0015.

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

    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-2011-0015 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: USCIS Online Account Access.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
DHS sponsoring the collection: No Agency Form Number; USCIS.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or households; Business 
or other for-profit. In order to create a new USCIS Online Account, 
members of the public (i.e. users) must submit a valid email address; 
create a password; select their preferred method for interacting with a 
two-step verification process (authentication app, text message, or 
email); and provide responses to five password reset questions of their 
choice. Any given email address may be associated with only one USCIS 
Online Account; users may not establish multiple accounts using the 
same email address. A user is required to complete a two-step 
verification process upon creation of a new account and during each 
subsequent log-in. USCIS makes use of the information received during 
the account creation process to set up the user's profile. Once the 
account is established/the user has logged in, the user can edit/add 
certain profile information or select a USCIS online system with which 
to interact.
    The myUSCIS system's registrant account is being enhanced to allow 
companies to set up company administrator accounts with company and 
personal profiles and to file Form I-129 petitions in addition to H-1B 
Registrations. The company account will have functionality that allows 
a company administrator to invite company members to join a company 
group and collaborate on H-1B Registrations and Form I-129 petitions. 
Company members will complete a personal profile. The burden to 
respondents for creating company and personal profiles, and for 
creating and accepting/declining invitations to join a company group, 
is being captured under OMB Control Number 1615-0122.
    USCIS systems currently accessible by logging in through the USCIS 
Online Account Access process are: myUSCIS, the Freedom of Information 
Act electronic request system (FIRST), and myE-Verify. These systems 
serve specific, unique purposes and may require the user to provide 
information beyond what is required to create an account/log in through 
the USCIS Online Account Access process. Each system may be considered 
a collection of information in its own right and be covered by its own 
OMB Control Number. USCIS may add additional online systems for public 
use in the future.
    (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 respondents for the information collection USCIS Online 
Account Access process for Individuals or Households is 4,240,000 and 
the estimated hour burden per response is 0.167 hours; the estimated 
total number of respondents for the information collection USCIS Online 
Account Access process for Businesses or other

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for-profit is 1,060,000 and the estimated hour burden per response is 
0.167 hours; the estimated total number of respondents for the 
information collection for Company Account Profiles is 150,000 and the 
estimated hour burden per response is 0.167 hours; the estimated total 
number of respondents for the information collection for Company 
Account Invitations is 150,000 and the estimated hour burden per 
response is 0.167 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 935,200 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.

    Dated: August 8, 2023.
Samantha L. Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland 
Security.
[FR Doc. 2023-17377 Filed 8-11-23; 8:45 am]
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