Certificate of Coverage Request

ICR 202309-0960-007

OMB: 0960-0554

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change
2023-09-28
Supporting Statement A
2022-12-14
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
9477 Unchanged
222537 Modified
222536 Unchanged
222535 Modified
222534 Unchanged
206903 Modified
206902 Unchanged
206901 Modified
206899 Unchanged
206898 Modified
206897 Modified
182116 Modified
ICR Details
0960-0554 202309-0960-007
Received in OIRA 202210-0960-001
SSA
Certificate of Coverage Request
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection   No
Regular 10/06/2023
  Requested Previously Approved
02/28/2026 02/28/2026
32,722 32,722
21,975 21,975
0 0

To obtain a certificate of coverage, SSA requires the worker or employer to write to SSA and provide personally identifiable information and details of employment. The information required to issue a certificate differs depending on the agreement negotiated with a particular country. As a result, SSA created 30 forms for each agreement corresponding to the 30 countries with which we have agreements. The forms require respondents to provide personally identifiable information about the worker; the employer; and residential locations for the worker and employer. Some of the questions include the applicant’s name, U.S. Social Security number, date of birth, country of birth, country of citizenship, country of permanent residence, date of hire, country of hire, beginning and ending date of work assignment in the foreign country, the employer, and residential location in the U.S. and abroad. The respondents are U.S. citizens and residents who wish to work in a foreign country, and their employers. We are making non-substantive changes to modify our 30 Totalization informational brochures from a .PDF format to an online unified website and to modify the display hyperlink for accessing the Certificate of Coverage collection form is displayed as a button located at the top of the webpage (for easier access).

US Code: 42 USC 433 Name of Law: Social Security Act
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  87 FR 44182 10/14/2022
87 FR 76532 12/14/2022
No

  Total Request Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 32,722 32,722 0 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 21,975 21,975 0 0 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
No
When we last cleared this IC in 2019, the burden was 56,556 hours. However, we are currently reporting a burden of 21,975 hours. This change stems a decrease in the number of responses from 84,473 to 36,722, due to a decrease in respondents traveling and working in other countries because of the pandemic. There is no change to the burden time per response. Although the number of responses changed, SSA did not take any actions to cause this change. These figures represent current Management Information data.

$291,867
No
    Yes
    Yes
No
No
No
No
Faye Lipsky 410 965-8783 faye.lipsky@ssa.gov

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
10/06/2023


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