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respondent, and the actual information
collection instruments.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 60 days until
February 21, 2023.
ADDRESSES: All submissions received
must include the OMB Control Number
1615–0027 in the body of the letter, the
agency name and Docket ID USCIS–
2007–0041. Submit comments via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal website at
https://www.regulations.gov under eDocket ID number USCIS–2007–0041.
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:
TKELLEY on DSK125TN23PROD with NOTICE
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–2007–0041 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;
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(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:
Interagency Record of Request A, G, or
NATO Dependent Employment
Authorization or Change/Adjustment
To/From A, G, or NATO Status.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: I–566; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households. The data on this form is
used by Department of State (DOS) to
certify to USCIS the eligibility of
dependents of A or G principals
requesting employment authorization,
as well as for NATO/Headquarters,
Supreme Allied Commander
Transformation (NATO/HQ SACT) to
certify to USCIS similar eligibility for
dependents of NATO principals. DOS
also uses this form to certify to USCIS
that certain A, G or NATO
nonimmigrants may change their status
to another nonimmigrant status. USCIS
uses data collected on this form in the
adjudication of change or adjustment of
status applications from aliens in A, G,
or NATO classifications. USCIS also
uses Form I–566 to notify DOS of the
results of these adjudications.
The information provided on this
form continues to ensure effective
interagency communication among the
three governmental departments—the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), DOS, and the Department of
Defense (DOD)—as well as with NATO/
HQ SACT. These departments and
organizations utilize this form to
facilitate the uniform collection and
review of information necessary to
determine an alien’s eligibility for the
requested immigration benefit. This
form also ensures that the information
regarding findings or actions is
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communicated among DHS, DOS, DOD,
and NATO/HQ SACT.
(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 I–566 is 5,800 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
1.283 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 7,441 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 $746,750.00.
Dated: December 19, 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 1615–0026]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection: Immigrant
Petition by Standalone Investor;
Immigrant Petition by Regional Center
Investor
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 January 23, 2023.
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
SUMMARY:
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Portal website at https://
www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID
number USCIS–2007–0021. All
submissions received must include the
OMB Control Number 1615–0026 in the
body of the letter, the agency name and
Docket ID USCIS–2007–0021.
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:
TKELLEY on DSK125TN23PROD with NOTICE
Background
On March 15, 2022, President Biden
signed the EB–5 Reform and Integrity
Act of 2022, Div. BB of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2022 (Pub. L. 117–
103) into law, which revised INA
203(b)(5). The law immediately repealed
the former Regional Center (RC)
Program statute at Departments of
Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act 1993, Public Law
102–395, 106 Stat. 1828, § 610(b).
The law also reauthorized a
substantially reformed EB–5 Regional
Center (RC) Program which became
effective on May 14, 2022. Though
USCIS will continue to provide similar
services for the newly reformed RC
program as it did under the former RC
program (such as initial designations,
petition adjudications, etc.), the newly
authorized RC program has a different
legal framework and requirements from
the previously authorized program.
Consequently, the current form I–526,
Immigrant Petition by Alien
Entrepreneur, associated with the EB–5
Program, would not gather sufficient
information to adjudicate investor
petitions under the new program.
Accordingly, USCIS split the former
Form I–526, Immigrant Petition by
Alien Entrepreneur, into two versions:
Form I–526, Immigrant Petition by
Standalone Investor, and Form I–526E,
Immigrant Petition by Regional Center
Investor. The revision of Form I–526
resulted in creating two separate forms
to better streamline the adjudication
process for Standalone Investors and
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Regional Center Investors; specifically,
Form I–526 will be used by a
Standalone Investor and Form I–526E
will be used by an investor pooling their
investment with one or more qualified
immigrants under the new EB–5
Regional Center Program to petition for
status as an immigrant to the United
States under section 203(b)(5) of the
Immigration Nationality Act (INA), as
amended. USCIS began accepting the
new Form I–526 and Form I–526E
starting on July 12, 2022. USCIS will
continue to adjudicate all Forms I–526
filed before March 15, 2022 (the date of
the enactment of the EB–5 Reform and
Integrity Act of 2022), according to the
applicable eligibility requirements at the
time the petition was filed.
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. District
Court for the Northern District of
California preliminarily enjoined USCIS
from ‘‘treating as deauthorized the
previously designated regional centers’’
including ‘‘processing new I–526
petitions from immigrants investing
through previously authorized regional
centers . . . just as the agency would do
for a newly approved regional center.’’
Behring v. Mayorkas, Order Granting
Plaintiff’s Motion for a Preliminary
Injunction, Case No. 22–cv–02487–VC
(N.D. Cal. Jun 24, 2022). On September
1, 2022, the U.S. District Court in
Behring approved a settlement between
the parties. Under the terms of the
settlement, previously designated
regional centers did not lose their
designation as a result of the EB–5
Reform and Integrity Act of 2022. As
USCIS is working to implement the
settlement, if it determines changes to
the Forms I–526 and I–526E are
necessary, it will pursue such changes
through either this form revision
process or other appropriate
mechanism.
Comments
The information collection notice was
previously published in the Federal
Register on August 23, 2022 at 87 FR
51696, allowing for a 60-day public
comment period. USCIS received three
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:
https://www.regulations.gov and enter
USCIS–2007–0021 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 https://
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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
Request: Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Immigrant Petition by Standalone
Investor; Immigrant Petition by Regional
Center Investor.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: I–526; I–526E;
USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households. The form I–526 is used by
a standalone investor to petition USCIS
for status as an immigrant to the United
States under section 203(b)(5) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA),
as amended. The form I–526E is used by
an investor pooling their investment
with one or more qualified immigrants
participating in the Regional Center
Program to petition USCIS for status as
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an immigrant to the United Stated under
section 203(b)(5) of the Immigration
Nationality Act (INA), as amended. A
regional center investor may also use
Form I–526E to report any amendments
necessary to establish ongoing eligibility
if the regional center, new commercial
enterprise, or job-creating entity in
which the investor has invested is
terminated or debarred from
participation in the Regional Center
Program.
(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 I–526 is 504 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
1 hour and 50 minutes; the estimated
total number of respondents for the
information collection I–526E is 3,980
and the estimated hour burden per
response is 1 hour and 50 minutes.
(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 8,219 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 $4,932,400.
Dated: December 19, 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 THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[OMB Control Number 1010–0187; Docket
ID: BOEM–2017–0016]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Project Planning for the Use
of Outer Continental Shelf Sand,
Gravel, and Shell Resources in
Construction Projects That Qualify for
Negotiated Noncompetitive Agreement
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
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AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
(BOEM) is proposing this information
collection request (ICR) to renew Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
Control Number 1010–0187.
SUMMARY:
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Comments must be received by
BOEM no later than February 21, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on
this ICR by mail to the BOEM
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Anna Atkinson, Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management, 45600
Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia
20166; or by email to anna.atkinson@
boem.gov. Please reference OMB Control
Number 1010–0187 in the subject line of
your comments. You may also view the
ICR and its related documents by
searching the docket number BOEM–
2017–0016 at https://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anna Atkinson by email at
anna.atkinson@boem.gov, or by
telephone at 703–787–1025. Individuals
in the United States who are deaf,
deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a
speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside of the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, BOEM provides
the general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps BOEM assess
the impact of its information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand BOEM’s information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
BOEM is soliciting comments on this
proposed ICR. BOEM is especially
interested in public comments
addressing the following issues: (1) is
the collection necessary to the proper
functions of BOEM? (2) what can BOEM
do to ensure that this information is
processed and used in a timely manner?
(3) is the burden estimate accurate? (4)
how might BOEM enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected? and (5) how might BOEM
minimize the burden of this collection
on the respondents, including
minimizing the burden through the use
of information technology?
Comments submitted in response to
this notice are a matter of public record.
BOEM will include or summarize each
comment in its ICR to OMB for approval
of this information collection, and
comments will be posted on
www.reginfo.gov. You should be aware
that your entire comment—including
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your address, phone number, email
address, or other personally identifiable
information included in your
comment—may be made publicly
available at any time.
Please be aware that BOEM’s practice
is to make all comments, including the
names and addresses of individuals,
available for public inspection on
www.reginfo.gov. Even if BOEM
withholds your personally identifiable
information in the context of this ICR,
your comment is subject to the Freedom
of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C.
552). If your comment is requested
under FOIA, your information will only
be withheld if a determination is made
that one of the FOIA exemptions to
disclosure applies. Such a
determination will be made in
accordance with the Department of the
Interior’s FOIA regulations and
applicable law.
In order for BOEM to consider
withholding from disclosure your
personally identifiable information, you
must identify, in a cover letter, any
information contained in your comment
that, if released, would constitute a
clearly unwarranted invasion of your
privacy. You must also briefly describe
any possible harmful consequences of
the disclosure of information, such as
embarrassment, injury, or other harm.
BOEM will make available for public
inspection, in their entirety, all
comments (except proprietary
information as discussed in the next
paragraph) submitted by organizations
and businesses or by individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives of organizations or
businesses.
BOEM protects proprietary
information in accordance with FOIA
and the Department’s implementing
regulations (43 CFR part 2).
Title of Collection: ‘‘Project Planning
for the Use of Outer Continental Shelf
Sand, Gravel, and Shell Resources in
Construction Projects that Qualify for
Negotiated Noncompetitive
Agreement.’’
Abstract: Under the authority
delegated by the Secretary of the
Interior, BOEM is authorized, pursuant
to section 8(k)(2) of the Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1337(k)(2)), to convey rights to
OCS sand, gravel, and shell resources by
negotiated noncompetitive agreement
(NNA) for use in shore protection and
beach and coastal restoration projects,
or for use in construction projects
funded in whole or part by, or
authorized by, the Federal Government.
This ICR does not significantly change
the 2020 OMB approved information
collection.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[OMB Control Number 1615-0026]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection: Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor;
Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor
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 January 23,
2023.
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
[[Page 78991]]
Portal website at https://www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID number
USCIS-2007-0021. All submissions received must include the OMB Control
Number 1615-0026 in the body of the letter, the agency name and Docket
ID USCIS-2007-0021.
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:
Background
On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed the EB-5 Reform and
Integrity Act of 2022, Div. BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2022 (Pub. L. 117-103) into law, which revised INA 203(b)(5). The law
immediately repealed the former Regional Center (RC) Program statute at
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act 1993, Public Law 102-395, 106 Stat. 1828,
Sec. 610(b).
The law also reauthorized a substantially reformed EB-5 Regional
Center (RC) Program which became effective on May 14, 2022. Though
USCIS will continue to provide similar services for the newly reformed
RC program as it did under the former RC program (such as initial
designations, petition adjudications, etc.), the newly authorized RC
program has a different legal framework and requirements from the
previously authorized program. Consequently, the current form I-526,
Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur, associated with the EB-5
Program, would not gather sufficient information to adjudicate investor
petitions under the new program.
Accordingly, USCIS split the former Form I-526, Immigrant Petition
by Alien Entrepreneur, into two versions: Form I-526, Immigrant
Petition by Standalone Investor, and Form I-526E, Immigrant Petition by
Regional Center Investor. The revision of Form I-526 resulted in
creating two separate forms to better streamline the adjudication
process for Standalone Investors and Regional Center Investors;
specifically, Form I-526 will be used by a Standalone Investor and Form
I-526E will be used by an investor pooling their investment with one or
more qualified immigrants under the new EB-5 Regional Center Program to
petition for status as an immigrant to the United States under section
203(b)(5) of the Immigration Nationality Act (INA), as amended. USCIS
began accepting the new Form I-526 and Form I-526E starting on July 12,
2022. USCIS will continue to adjudicate all Forms I-526 filed before
March 15, 2022 (the date of the enactment of the EB-5 Reform and
Integrity Act of 2022), according to the applicable eligibility
requirements at the time the petition was filed.
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District
of California preliminarily enjoined USCIS from ``treating as
deauthorized the previously designated regional centers'' including
``processing new I-526 petitions from immigrants investing through
previously authorized regional centers . . . just as the agency would
do for a newly approved regional center.'' Behring v. Mayorkas, Order
Granting Plaintiff's Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, Case No. 22-
cv-02487-VC (N.D. Cal. Jun 24, 2022). On September 1, 2022, the U.S.
District Court in Behring approved a settlement between the parties.
Under the terms of the settlement, previously designated regional
centers did not lose their designation as a result of the EB-5 Reform
and Integrity Act of 2022. As USCIS is working to implement the
settlement, if it determines changes to the Forms I-526 and I-526E are
necessary, it will pursue such changes through either this form
revision process or other appropriate mechanism.
Comments
The information collection notice was previously published in the
Federal Register on August 23, 2022 at 87 FR 51696, allowing for a 60-
day public comment period. USCIS received three 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: https://www.regulations.gov and enter USCIS-
2007-0021 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 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 Request: Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Immigrant Petition by Standalone
Investor; Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
DHS sponsoring the collection: I-526; I-526E; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or households. The form
I-526 is used by a standalone investor to petition USCIS for status as
an immigrant to the United States under section 203(b)(5) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended. The form I-526E is
used by an investor pooling their investment with one or more qualified
immigrants participating in the Regional Center Program to petition
USCIS for status as
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an immigrant to the United Stated under section 203(b)(5) of the
Immigration Nationality Act (INA), as amended. A regional center
investor may also use Form I-526E to report any amendments necessary to
establish ongoing eligibility if the regional center, new commercial
enterprise, or job-creating entity in which the investor has invested
is terminated or debarred from participation in the Regional Center
Program.
(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 I-526 is 504
and the estimated hour burden per response is 1 hour and 50 minutes;
the estimated total number of respondents for the information
collection I-526E is 3,980 and the estimated hour burden per response
is 1 hour and 50 minutes.
(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 8,219 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 $4,932,400.
Dated: December 19, 2022.
Samantha L. Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland
Security.
[FR Doc. 2022-27973 Filed 12-22-22; 8:45 am]
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