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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 249 / Thursday, December 29, 2005 / Notices
Dated: December 23, 2005.
Richard A. Sloan,
Director, Regulatory Management Division,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
[FR Doc. 05–24634 Filed 12–28–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
45-Day Notice of Information
Collection under Review: Application
for Change or Extension of
Nonimmigrant Status for H–1B, Form
41.
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ACTION:
The Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) has
submitted 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 information collection is
published to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. Comments
are encouraged and will be accepted for
forty-five days until February 13, 2006.
Written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the item(s) contained in this
notice, especially regarding the
estimated public burden and associated
response time, should be directed to the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), USCIS, Director, Regulatory
Management Division, Clearance Office,
111 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd floor,
Washington, DC 20529. Comments may
also be submitted to DHS via facsimile
to 202–272–8352 or via e-mail at
rfs.regs@dhs.gov. When submitting
comments by e-mail please make sure to
add USCIS Form I–41 in the subject box.
Written comments and suggestions from
the public and affected agencies
concerning the collection of information
should address one or more of the
following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the 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
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
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(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:
Application for Change or Extension of
Nonimmigrant Status for H–1B.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security
sponsoring the collection: USCIS Form
41 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals and
Households. This form is used to check
other agency records on application or
petitions submitted for benefits under
the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Additionally, this form is required for
applicants for adjustment to permanent
resident status and specific applicants
for naturalization.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: 266,000 responses at 30
minutes (.50 hours) per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 133,000 annual burden
hours.
If you have additional comments,
suggestions, or need a copy of the
proposed information collection
instrument with instructions, or
additional information, please visit the
USCIS Web site at: https://uscis.gov/
graphics/formsfee/forms/pra/index.htm.
If additional information is required
contact: USCIS, Regulatory Management
Division, 111 Massachusetts Avenue,
3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20529, (202)
272–8377.
Dated: December 23, 2005.
Richard A. Sloan,
Director, Regulatory Management Division,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
45-Day Notice of Information
Collection under Review: r-account,
USCIS Form 3.
ACTION:
The Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) has
submitted 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 information collection is
published to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. Comments
are encouraged and will be accepted for
forty-five days until February 13, 2006.
Written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the item(s) contained in this
notice, especially regarding the
estimated public burden and associated
response time, should be directed to the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), USCIS, Director, Regulatory
Management Division, Clearance Office,
111 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd floor,
Washington, DC 20529. Comments may
also be submitted to DHS via facsimile
to 202–272–8352 or via e-mail at
rfs.regs@dhs.gov. When submitting
comments by e-mail please make sure to
add USCIS Form 3 in the subject box.
Written comments and suggestions from
the public and affected agencies
concerning the collection of information
should address one or more of the
following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the 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
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:
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General Information
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) is planning a broad
restructuring of its business processes to
move from an exclusively transaction
based focus to customer accounts.
Account management will permit
USCIS to streamline benefits processing
and eliminate the capture and
processing of redundant data.
In some respects the account focus
represents more comprehensive
information than USCIS has previously
collected at one time. However, an
account focus eliminates redundancy in
that customers will not have to give the
same information repeatedly. In
addition, in many respects the account
represents less total information than is
cumulatively collected today as
customers file various applications in
their lifecycle with USCIS. But the
American public expects USCIS to ask
what it needs to know and to link that
data with biometrics in order to deter
and detect fraud, and thereby reduce
national security risks. Moreover, the
account system allows USCIS to avoid
burdening the customer with repeated
requests for the same information. It
allows for address changes to be made
by individuals, employers, and
representatives one time in one place for
all purposes, solving a huge customer
and administrative burden to date. This
account system finds the common
ground between USCIS objectives and
customer service, national security, and
administrative efficiency. USCIS will be
promulgating a rulemaking in the near
future.
(1) Type of Information Collection:
New Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: raccount.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component sponsoring
the collection: USCIS Form 3. Office of
Program and Regulations Development,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Business or other forprofit entities. Secondary: Non-for-profit
institutions. An attorney or accredited
representative will use USCIS Form 3 to
register with USCIS as a prerequisite to
appearing before USCIS on behalf of an
individual submitting an application or
petition for an immigration benefit.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: 10,000 responses at .33 hours
(20 minutes) per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
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collection: 3,300 annual burden hours.
Attorneys and accredited
representatives will only be required to
file USCIS Form 3 once. Therefore,
because most attorneys and accredited
representatives handle matters before
USCIS for longer than one year, we
expect the number of respondents, and
the reporting burden and costs derived
from that number, to drop after one
year.
If you have additional comments,
suggestions, or need a copy of the
proposed information collection
instrument with instructions, or
additional information, please visit the
USCIS Web site at: https://uscis.gov/
graphics/formsfee/forms/pra/index.htm.
If additional information is required
contact: USCIS, Regulatory Management
Division, 111 Massachusetts Avenue,
3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20529, (202)
272–8377.
Dated: December 23, 2005.
Richard A. Sloan,
Director, Regulatory Management Division,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
[FR Doc. 05–24636 Filed 12–28–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410–10–P
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
45-Day Notice of Information
Collection under Review: Petition for
Temporary Worker— H–1B Cap, Form
60.
ACTION:
The Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) has
submitted 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 information collection is
published to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. Comments
are encouraged and will be accepted for
forty-five days until February 13, 2006.
Written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the item(s) contained in this
notice, especially regarding the
estimated public burden and associated
response time, should be directed to the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), USCIS, Director, Regulatory
Management Division, Clearance Office,
111 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd floor,
Washington, DC 20529. Comments may
also be submitted to DHS via facsimile
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to 202–272–8352 or via e-mail at
rfs.regs@dhs.gov. When submitting
comments by e-mail please make sure to
add USCIS Form 60 in the subject box.
Written comments and suggestions from
the public and affected agencies
concerning the collection of information
should address one or more of the
following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the 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
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 Temporary Worker—H–1B
Cap.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component sponsoring
the collection: USCIS Form 60. U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Business or other forprofit. This form will be required to be
filed by employers petitioning for
temporary workers for H–1B
classification who are subject to the
annual numeric limitation. Employers
who are petitioning for temporary
workers in H–1B classification who are
not subject to the H–1B annual
numerical cap may use the Form 60 if
they wish.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: 90,000 responses at 2 hours
per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 180,000 annual burden
hours.
If you have additional comments,
suggestions, or need a copy of the
proposed information collection
instrument with instructions, or
additional information, please visit the
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
ACTION: 45-Day Notice of Information Collection under Review: r-
account, USCIS Form 3.
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The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) has submitted 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 information collection is published to obtain comments from
the public and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be
accepted for forty-five days until February 13, 2006.
Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained
in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and
associated response time, should be directed to the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS), USCIS, Director, Regulatory Management
Division, Clearance Office, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd floor,
Washington, DC 20529. Comments may also be submitted to DHS via
facsimile to 202-272-8352 or via e-mail at rfs.regs@dhs.gov. When
submitting comments by e-mail please make sure to add USCIS Form 3 in
the subject box. Written comments and suggestions from the public and
affected agencies concerning the collection of information should
address one or more of the following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the 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 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:
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General Information
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is planning a
broad restructuring of its business processes to move from an
exclusively transaction based focus to customer accounts. Account
management will permit USCIS to streamline benefits processing and
eliminate the capture and processing of redundant data.
In some respects the account focus represents more comprehensive
information than USCIS has previously collected at one time. However,
an account focus eliminates redundancy in that customers will not have
to give the same information repeatedly. In addition, in many respects
the account represents less total information than is cumulatively
collected today as customers file various applications in their
lifecycle with USCIS. But the American public expects USCIS to ask what
it needs to know and to link that data with biometrics in order to
deter and detect fraud, and thereby reduce national security risks.
Moreover, the account system allows USCIS to avoid burdening the
customer with repeated requests for the same information. It allows for
address changes to be made by individuals, employers, and
representatives one time in one place for all purposes, solving a huge
customer and administrative burden to date. This account system finds
the common ground between USCIS objectives and customer service,
national security, and administrative efficiency. USCIS will be
promulgating a rulemaking in the near future.
(1) Type of Information Collection: New Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: r-account.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component
sponsoring the collection: USCIS Form 3. Office of Program and
Regulations Development, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Business or other for-profit
entities. Secondary: Non-for-profit institutions. An attorney or
accredited representative will use USCIS Form 3 to register with USCIS
as a prerequisite to appearing before USCIS on behalf of an individual
submitting an application or petition for an immigration benefit.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 10,000
responses at .33 hours (20 minutes) per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: 3,300 annual burden hours. Attorneys and
accredited representatives will only be required to file USCIS Form 3
once. Therefore, because most attorneys and accredited representatives
handle matters before USCIS for longer than one year, we expect the
number of respondents, and the reporting burden and costs derived from
that number, to drop after one year.
If you have additional comments, suggestions, or need a copy of the
proposed information collection instrument with instructions, or
additional information, please visit the USCIS Web site at: https://
uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/pra/index.htm.
If additional information is required contact: USCIS, Regulatory
Management Division, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd Floor, Washington,
DC 20529, (202) 272-8377.
Dated: December 23, 2005.
Richard A. Sloan,
Director, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services.
[FR Doc. 05-24636 Filed 12-28-05; 8:45 am]
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