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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 12 / Wednesday, January 19, 2022 / Notices

Dated: January 10, 2022.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer,
Information Technology.

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:

[FR Doc. 2022–00894 Filed 1–18–22; 8:45 am]

Comments

Estimated Annual Cost Burden:
$7,018,816.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–0020]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Extension, Without Change,
of a Currently Approved Collection:
Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or
Special Immigrant
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:

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 18,
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–2007–0024. All
submissions received must include the
OMB Control Number 1615–0020 in the
body of the letter, the agency name and
Docket ID USCIS–2007–0024.
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

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The information collection notice was
previously published in the Federal
Register on September 29, 2021, at 86
FR 53983, allowing for a 60-day public
comment period. USCIS did receive four
comments in connection with the 60day 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–2007–0024 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,

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e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Overview of This Information
Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension, Without Change, of
a Currently Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or
Special Immigrant.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: Form I–360;
USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households. Form I–360 may be used by
an Amerasian; a widow or widower; a
battered or abused spouse or child of a
U.S. citizen or lawful permanent
resident; a battered or abused parent of
a U.S. citizen son or daughter; or a
special immigrant (religious worker,
Panama Canal company employee,
Canal Zone government employee, U.S.
government employee in the Canal
Zone; physician, international
organization employee or family
member, juvenile court dependent;
armed forces member; Afghanistan or
Iraq national who supported the U.S.
Armed Forces as a translator; Iraq
national who worked for the or on
behalf of the U.S. Government in Iraq;
or Afghan national who worked for or
on behalf of the U.S. Government or the
International Security Assistance Force
[ISAF] in Afghanistan) who intend to
establish their eligibility to immigrate to
the United States. The data collected on
this form is reviewed by U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS) to determine if the petitioner
may be qualified to obtain the benefit.
The data collected on this form will also
be used to issue an employment
authorization document upon approval
of the petition for battered or abused
spouses, children, and parents, if
requested.
(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 Petition for Amerasian,
Widower, or Special Immigration (Form
I–360); Iraqi & Afghan Petitioners is
2,874 and the estimated hour burden
per response is 3.1 hours; the estimated
total number of respondents for the
information collection Petition for
Amerasian, Widower, or Special
Immigration (Form I–360); Religious
Workers is 2,393 and the estimated hour
burden per response is 2.35 hours; the
estimated total number of respondents

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for the information collection Petition
for Amerasian, Widower, or Special
Immigration (Form I–360); All Others is
14,362 and the estimated hour burden
per response is 2.1 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 44,693 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 $2,404,430.
Dated: January 11, 2022.
Samantha L Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–NEW]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; New Collection: Petition for
a Nonimmigrant Worker: H–1
Classifications
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:

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 18,
2022.
SUMMARY:

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–2021–0015. All
submissions received must include the
OMB Control Number 1615–NEW in the

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body of the letter, the agency name and
Docket ID USCIS–2021–0015.
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:
The information collection notice was
previously published in the Federal
Register on August 18, 2021, at 86 FR
46263 allowing for a 60-day public
comment period. USCIS received twelve
comments in connection with the 60day notice.
USCIS made edits to the I–129H1
Form and Instructions in response to
comments. USCIS also removed form
items and instructional language that
were associated with the final rule
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). That
rule was withdrawn on December 22,
2021 via publication of a final rule in
the Federal Register titled Modification
of Registration Requirement for
Petitioners Seeking To File Cap-Subject
H–1B Petitions, Implementation of
Vacatur (86 FR 72516), as were
information collection elements
associated with that rule that would
have gone into effect had the rule not
been withdrawn. Therefore, the form
items and instructional language
associated with the January 2021 final
rule that were included in the 60-day
notice version of Form I–129H1 are not
being implemented.
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–2021–0015in 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

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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:
New Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker: H–
1 Classifications.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: I–129H1;
USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Business or other forprofit. USCIS will use the data collected
on this form to determine eligibility for
the requested nonimmigrant
classification and/or requests to extend
or change nonimmigrant status. An
employer (or agent, where applicable)
uses this form to petition USCIS for a
noncitizen to temporarily enter the
United States as an H–1B or H–1B1
nonimmigrant. An employer (or agent,
where applicable) also uses this form to

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