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to support the verification process are 

already available through other 

approved collections of information that 

may be employment related or occur as 

a part of the hiring process. 

Dated: October 20, 2023. 

Jerry L. Rigdon, 

Deputy Chief, Regulatory Coordination 

Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23617 Filed 10–25–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[OMB Control Number 1615–0047] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Revision of a Currently 

Approved Collection: Employment 

Eligibility Verification 

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 November 27, 

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 http://

www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID 

number USCIS–2006–0068. All 

submissions received must include the 

OMB Control Number 1615–0047 in the 

body of the letter, the agency name and 

Docket ID USCIS–2006–0068. 

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: 

Comments 

The information collection notice was 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on June 29, 2023, at 88 FR 

42092, allowing for a 60-day public 

comment period. USCIS received one 

comment 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: 

http://www.regulations.gov and enter 

USCIS–2006–0068 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, 

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: 

Employment Eligibility Verification. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: Form I–9; 

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; 

Not-for-profit institutions. The Form I– 

9 was developed to facilitate 

compliance with Section 274A of the 

Immigration and Nationality Act, as 

amended by the Immigration Reform 

and Control Act of 1986, making 

employment of unauthorized aliens 

unlawful and diminishing the flow of 

illegal workers in the United States. 

(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–9 Employers is 62,063,950 

and the estimated hour burden per 

response is 0.35 hours; the estimated 

total number of respondents for the 

information collection I–9 Employees is 

62,063,950 and the estimated hour 

burden per response is 0.15 hours; the 

estimated total number of respondents 

for the information collection by Record 

Keeping is 27,200,000 and the estimated 

hour burden per response is 0.17 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 35,655,976 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 $0. Any 

requirements to support the verification 

process are already available through 

other approved collections of 

information that may be employment 

related or occur as a part of the hiring 

process. There is no submission to 

USCIS of materials which eliminates 

mailing and photocopying costs. 


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73612 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 206 / Thursday, October 26, 2023 / Notices 

Dated: October 20, 2023. 

Jerry L. Rigdon, 

Deputy Chief, Regulatory Coordination 

Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23619 Filed 10–25–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[OMB Control Number 1615–0075] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Revision of a Currently 

Approved Collection: I–864, Affidavit of 

Support Under Section 213A of the 

INA; I–864A, Contract Between 

Sponsor and Household Member; I– 

864EZ, Affidavit of Support Under 

Section 213A of the INA 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: 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 

December 26, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: All submissions received 

must include the OMB Control Number 

1615–0075 in the body of the letter, the 

agency name and Docket ID USCIS– 

2007–0029. Submit comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal website at 

https://www.regulations.gov under eDocket ID number USCIS–2007–0029. 

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 

Since 1997, U.S. immigration law has 

required certain intending immigrants 

to submit an Affidavit of Support Under 

Section 213A of the INA (Form I–864 or 

Form I–864EZ) executed by a sponsor 

pledging financial support for the 

intending immigrant to show that they 

have adequate means of financial 

support and are not likely to become a 

public charge. See INA sections 

212(a)(4)(C) and (D). The Affidavit of 

Support Under Section 213A of the INA 

is a contract between a sponsor and the 

U.S. government that imposes a legally 

enforceable obligation on the sponsor to 

support the sponsored immigrant until 

the obligation period ends. 

Certain noncitizens are required by 

regulation to affirmatively request an 

exemption from filing an Affidavit of 

Support Under Section 213A of the INA. 

See 8 CFR 213a.2(a)(1)(i)(B). The 

Request for Exemption for Intending 

Immigrant’s Affidavit of Support (Form 

I–864W) is the current mechanism used 

to affirmatively request the exemption. 

However, USCIS is discontinuing the 

use of the Request for Exemption for 

Intending Immigrant’s Affidavit of 

Support in its adjudications. Instead, a 

noncitizen who needs to affirmatively 

request the exemption from USCIS can 

request it on the form for their 

immigration benefit request by checking 

the appropriate box. For example, an 

adjustment of status applicant who 

needs to affirmatively request the 

exemption will do so on their 

Application to Register Permanent 

Residence or Adjust Status (Form I–485) 

and would not need to complete and 

submit a Request for Exemption for 

Intending Immigrant’s Affidavit of 

Support. 

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–2007–0029 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; 

(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: 

Affidavit of Support Under Section 

213A of the INA; Contract Between 

Sponsor and Household Member; 

Affidavit of Support under Section 

213A of the INA. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: I–864; I– 

864A, I–864EZ; USCIS. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households. USCIS uses the data 

collected on Form I–864 to determine 

whether the sponsor has the ability to 

support the sponsored immigrant under 

section 213A of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act. This form standardizes 

evaluation of a sponsor’s ability to 

support the sponsored immigrant and 

ensures that basic information required 


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