[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26901-26902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07962]


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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: 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 May 16, 2024.

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-2011-0015. 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.

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 August 14, 2023, at 88 FR 55065, allowing for a 60-
day public comment period. USCIS did receive two comments in connection 
with the 60-day notice.
    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-
2011-0015 in the search box. Comments must be submitted in English, or 
an English translation must be provided. 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.

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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: USCIS Online Account Access.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
DHS sponsoring the collection: OMB-62; USCIS.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or households. 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 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 Account Interactions is 300,000 and the estimated hour burden per 
response is 0.315 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 979,600 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: April 8, 2024.
Samantha L. Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland 
Security.
[FR Doc. 2024-07962 Filed 4-15-24; 8:45 am]
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