Agency Information Collection Activities; New Collection, 79343-79345 [2022-28144]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
TKELLEY on DSK125TN23PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 247 / Tuesday, December 27, 2022 / Notices
who completed the NSCR assessment.
The survey will provide feedback on
participants’ experiences, such as how
they heard about the NCSR, what they
found or did not find useful, how they
will utilize the results of their
assessment, and other information about
their current and future interactions
with the NCSR.
The NCSR assessment requires
approximately two hours for completion
and is located on the LogicManager
Platform. During the assessment period,
participants can respond at their own
pace with the ability to save their
progress during each session. If
additional support is needed,
participants can contact the NCSR
helpdesk via phone and email.
The NCSR End User survey will be
fully electronic. It contains less than 30
multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank
answers and takes approximately 10
minutes to complete. The feedback
survey will be administered via Survey
Monkey and settings will be updated to
opt out of collecting participants’ IP
addresses. There are no recordkeeping,
capital, start-up, or maintenance costs
associated with this information
collection. There is no submission or
filing fee associated with this collection.
As all forms are completed via the
LogicManager platform and
SurveyMonkey, there are no associated
collection, printing, or mailing costs.
This is a renewal for an existing
information collection not a new
collection. OMB is particularly
interested in comments that:
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.
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 submissions
of responses.
This is a renewal of an information
collection.
OMB is particularly interested in
comments that:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
VerDate Sep<11>2014
22:43 Dec 23, 2022
Jkt 259001
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 submissions
of responses.
Analysis
Agency: Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS).
Title: Nationwide Cyber Security
Review Assessment.
OMB Number: CISA–1670–0040.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: State, local, Tribal,
and Territorial entities.
Number of Respondents: 3112.
Estimated Time Per Respondent for
NCSR Assessment: 2 hours.
Number of Respondents for NCSR
End User Survey: 215.
Estimated Time per Respondent for
NCSR End User Survey: 0.17 hours (10
minutes).
Total Burden Hours: 6,260.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$389,427 (Capital/Startup).
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $0 (Operating/
Maintaining).
Robert J. Costello,
Chief Information Officer, Department of
Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency.
[FR Doc. 2022–28142 Filed 12–23–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110–9P–P
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–NEW]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; New Collection
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:
PO 00000
Frm 00071
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
79343
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 26, 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
Portal website at https://
www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID
number USCIS–2022–0010. All
submissions received must include the
OMB Control Number 1615–NEW in the
body of the letter, the agency name and
Docket ID USCIS–2022–0010.
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:
SUMMARY:
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
E:\FR\FM\27DEN1.SGM
27DEN1
TKELLEY on DSK125TN23PROD with NOTICES
79344
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 247 / Tuesday, December 27, 2022 / Notices
authorized RC program has a different
legal framework and requirements from
the previously authorized program.
Consequently, the current Form I–924
and Form I–924A would not sufficiently
collect the necessary information
required to adjudicate services under
this new program. In an effort to reduce
confusion for the services provided in
the newly authorized RC program,
USCIS discontinued the Form I–924 and
Form I–924A collection of information
and will be submitting a new
information collection under a separate
OMB Control Number. Furthermore, the
new law included an exemption from
the Paperwork Reduction Act for a 1year period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act, March 15, 2022.
In order to meet the immediate
requirements of the Act, the creation of
new collections of information to
address the newly authorized RC
Program were expected to take effect 60
days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, May 14, 2022.
Accordingly, USCIS created new
forms to address the requirements in the
EB–5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022
and provide services under the newly
authorized RC Program. USCIS created
five new forms: Form I–956,
Application for Regional Center
Designation; Form I–956F, Application
for Approval of an Investment in a
Commercial Enterprise; Form I–956G,
Regional Center Annual Statement;
Form I–956H, Bona Fides of Persons
Involved with Regional Center Program;
Form I–956K, Registration for Direct and
Third-Party Promoters. USCIS began
accepting the new forms upon release
after May 14, 2022.
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–956, I–956F, I–956G, I–
956H, or I–956K are necessary, it will
pursue such changes through either this
VerDate Sep<11>2014
22:43 Dec 23, 2022
Jkt 259001
new form development process or other
appropriate mechanism.
Overview of This Information
Collection:
Comments
(1) Type of Information Collection
Request: New Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Application for Regional Center
Designation; Application for Approval
of an Investment in a Commercial
Enterprise; Regional Center Annual
Statement; Bona Fides of Persons
Involved with Regional Center Program;
Registration for Direct and Third-Party
Promoters.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: I–956; I–956F;
I–956G; I–956H; I–956K; 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–956 is used to
request U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS)
designation as a regional center under
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)
section 203(b)(5)(E), or to request an
amendment to an approved regional
center designated under INA
203(b)(5)(E). The Form I–956F is used
by a designated regional center to
request approval of each particular
investment offering through an
associated new commercial enterprise.
The Form I–956G is used by regional
centers to provide required information,
certifications, and evidence to support
their continued eligibility for regional
center designation. Each approved
regional center must file Form I–956G
for each Federal fiscal year (October 1
through September 30) on or before
December 29 of the calendar year in
which the Federal fiscal year ended.
The Form I–956H must be completed by
each person involved with a regional
center, new commercial enterprise, or
affiliated job-creating entity and
submitted as a supplement to Form I–
956, Application for Regional Center
Designation, or other forms where
persons are required to attest to their
eligibility to be involved with the EB–
5 entity and compliance with INA
section 203(b)(5)(H). The Form I–956K
must be completed by each person
acting as a direct or third-party
promoter (including migration agents) of
a regional center, any new commercial
enterprise, an affiliated job-creating
entity, or an issuer of securities
intended to be offered to alien investors
in connection with a particular capital
investment project.
(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
The information collection notice was
previously published in the Federal
Register on September 2, 2022, at 87 FR
54233, allowing for a 60-day public
comment period. USCIS received
sixteen 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–2022–0010 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.
PO 00000
Frm 00072
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
E:\FR\FM\27DEN1.SGM
27DEN1
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 247 / Tuesday, December 27, 2022 / Notices
collection I–956 is 400 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
23 hours; the estimated total number of
respondents for the information
collection I–956F is 1,000 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
25 hours; the estimated total number of
respondents for the information
collection I–956G is 643 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
16.03 hours; for the audit requirement
associated with the I–956G, the
estimated total number of respondents
for Compliance Review is 40 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
24 hours and the estimated total number
of respondents for the information
collection during the Site Visit is 40 and
the estimated hour burden per response
is 16 hours; the estimated total number
of respondents for the information
collection I–956H is 3,643 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
1.65 hours; the estimated total number
of respondents for the information
collection of Biometrics Processing for
Form I–956H is 3,643 and the estimated
hour burden per response is 1.17 hours;
the estimated total number of
respondents for the information
collection I–956K is 632 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
2.04 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 57,657 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 $2,907,788.
Dated: December 21, 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. 2022–28144 Filed 12–23–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9111–97–P
ACTION:
60-day notice.
The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) invites
the general public and other Federal
agencies to comment upon this
proposed revision of a currently
approved collection of information. In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the
information collection notice is
published in the Federal Register to
obtain comments regarding the nature of
the information collection, the
categories of respondents, the estimated
burden (i.e. the time, effort, and
resources used by the respondents to
respond), the estimated cost to the
respondent, and the actual information
collection instruments.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 60 days until
February 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: All submissions received
must include the OMB Control Number
1615–0045 in the body of the letter, the
agency name and Docket ID USCIS–
2006–0009. Submit comments via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal website at
https://www.regulations.gov under eDocket ID number USCIS–2006–0009.
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:
SUMMARY:
Comments
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
TKELLEY on DSK125TN23PROD with NOTICES
[OMB Control Number 1615–0045]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection: Petition by
Investor To Remove Conditions on
Permanent Resident Status
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
AGENCY:
VerDate Sep<11>2014
22:43 Dec 23, 2022
Jkt 259001
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–2006–0009 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
PO 00000
Frm 00073
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
79345
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:
Revision of a currently approved
collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Petition by Investor to Remove
Conditions on Permanent Resident
Status.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: I–829; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit.
This form is used by a conditional
permanent resident who obtained such
status through a qualifying investment
to apply to remove conditions on their
conditional residence.
(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–829 is 1,010 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
3 hours and 48 minutes. The estimated
total number of respondents for the
information collection of Biometrics is
1,010 and the estimated hour burden
per response is 1 hour and 10 minutes.
E:\FR\FM\27DEN1.SGM
27DEN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79343-79345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28144]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[OMB Control Number 1615-NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities; New Collection
AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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 26,
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 Portal website at https://www.regulations.gov under e-Docket
ID number USCIS-2022-0010. All submissions received must include the
OMB Control Number 1615-NEW in the body of the letter, the agency name
and Docket ID USCIS-2022-0010.
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
[[Page 79344]]
authorized RC program has a different legal framework and requirements
from the previously authorized program. Consequently, the current Form
I-924 and Form I-924A would not sufficiently collect the necessary
information required to adjudicate services under this new program. In
an effort to reduce confusion for the services provided in the newly
authorized RC program, USCIS discontinued the Form I-924 and Form I-
924A collection of information and will be submitting a new information
collection under a separate OMB Control Number. Furthermore, the new
law included an exemption from the Paperwork Reduction Act for a 1-year
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, March 15,
2022. In order to meet the immediate requirements of the Act, the
creation of new collections of information to address the newly
authorized RC Program were expected to take effect 60 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, May 14, 2022.
Accordingly, USCIS created new forms to address the requirements in
the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 and provide services under
the newly authorized RC Program. USCIS created five new forms: Form I-
956, Application for Regional Center Designation; Form I-956F,
Application for Approval of an Investment in a Commercial Enterprise;
Form I-956G, Regional Center Annual Statement; Form I-956H, Bona Fides
of Persons Involved with Regional Center Program; Form I-956K,
Registration for Direct and Third-Party Promoters. USCIS began
accepting the new forms upon release after May 14, 2022.
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-956, I-956F, I-
956G, I-956H, or I-956K are necessary, it will pursue such changes
through either this new form development process or other appropriate
mechanism.
Comments
The information collection notice was previously published in the
Federal Register on September 2, 2022, at 87 FR 54233, allowing for a
60-day public comment period. USCIS received sixteen 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-
2022-0010 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: New Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Application for Regional Center
Designation; Application for Approval of an Investment in a Commercial
Enterprise; Regional Center Annual Statement; Bona Fides of Persons
Involved with Regional Center Program; Registration for Direct and
Third-Party Promoters.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
DHS sponsoring the collection: I-956; I-956F; I-956G; I-956H; I-956K;
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-956 is used to request U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS) designation as a regional center under Immigration and
Nationality Act (INA) section 203(b)(5)(E), or to request an amendment
to an approved regional center designated under INA 203(b)(5)(E). The
Form I-956F is used by a designated regional center to request approval
of each particular investment offering through an associated new
commercial enterprise. The Form I-956G is used by regional centers to
provide required information, certifications, and evidence to support
their continued eligibility for regional center designation. Each
approved regional center must file Form I-956G for each Federal fiscal
year (October 1 through September 30) on or before December 29 of the
calendar year in which the Federal fiscal year ended. The Form I-956H
must be completed by each person involved with a regional center, new
commercial enterprise, or affiliated job-creating entity and submitted
as a supplement to Form I-956, Application for Regional Center
Designation, or other forms where persons are required to attest to
their eligibility to be involved with the EB-5 entity and compliance
with INA section 203(b)(5)(H). The Form I-956K must be completed by
each person acting as a direct or third-party promoter (including
migration agents) of a regional center, any new commercial enterprise,
an affiliated job-creating entity, or an issuer of securities intended
to be offered to alien investors in connection with a particular
capital investment project.
(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
[[Page 79345]]
collection I-956 is 400 and the estimated hour burden per response is
23 hours; the estimated total number of respondents for the information
collection I-956F is 1,000 and the estimated hour burden per response
is 25 hours; the estimated total number of respondents for the
information collection I-956G is 643 and the estimated hour burden per
response is 16.03 hours; for the audit requirement associated with the
I-956G, the estimated total number of respondents for Compliance Review
is 40 and the estimated hour burden per response is 24 hours and the
estimated total number of respondents for the information collection
during the Site Visit is 40 and the estimated hour burden per response
is 16 hours; the estimated total number of respondents for the
information collection I-956H is 3,643 and the estimated hour burden
per response is 1.65 hours; the estimated total number of respondents
for the information collection of Biometrics Processing for Form I-956H
is 3,643 and the estimated hour burden per response is 1.17 hours; the
estimated total number of respondents for the information collection I-
956K is 632 and the estimated hour burden per response is 2.04 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 57,657 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 $2,907,788.
Dated: December 21, 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. 2022-28144 Filed 12-23-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9111-97-P
