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Whalen, Mary Kate 

Wheaton, Kelly D 

Williams, Marta 

Wilson, Mario N 

Wilson, Miltom D 

Wolfe, Herbert 

Wong, Sharon M 

Wright, Christopher J 

Dated: October 23, 2023. 

Gregory Ruocco, 

Director, Executive Resources, Office of the 

Chief Human Capital Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23684 Filed 10–25–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9112–FC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[OMB Control Number 1615–0101] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Revision of a Currently 

Approved Collection: Verification 

Request and Verification Request 

Supplement 

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 or 

new 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 

1615–0101 in the body of the letter, the 

agency name and Docket ID USCIS– 

2008–0008. Submit comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal website at 

https://www.regulations.gov under eDocket ID number USCIS–2008–0008. 

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: 

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–2008–0008 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: 

Verification Request and Verification 

Request Supplement. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: G–845; 

USCIS. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Federal Government; 

State, local or Tribal Government. In the 

verification process, a participating 

agency validates an applicant’s 

immigration status by inputting 

identifying information required into 

the Verification Information System 

(VIS), which executes immigration 

status queries against a range of data 

sources. If VIS returns an immigration 

status and the benefit-issuing agency 

does not find a material discrepancy 

with the response and the documents 

provided by the applicant, the 

verification process is complete. Then, 

the agency may use that immigration 

status information in determining 

whether or not to issue the benefit. In 

extraordinary situations as determined 

by the SAVE Program, agencies that do 

not access the automated verification 

system may request prior approval from 

SAVE to query USCIS by filing Form G– 

845. Although the Form G–845 does not 

require it, if needed certain agencies 

may also file the Form G–845 

Supplement with the Form G–845, 

along with copies of immigration 

documents to receive additional 

information necessary to make their 

benefit determinations. While this 

collection of information is primarily 

electronic in nature through the VIS 

query, these forms were originally 

developed to facilitate communication 

between all benefit-granting agencies 

and USCIS to ensure that basic 

information required to assess status 

verification requests is provided. 

(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 VIS Query is 21,578,198 and 

the estimated hour burden per response 

is 0.085 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 1,834,147 hours. 

(7) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in cost) associated with the 


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collection: The estimated total annual 

cost burden associated with this 

collection of information is $0. The 

collection of information is primarily 

electronic in nature and USCIS does not 

anticipate any mailings of the paper 

Form G–845 and Supplement and the 

cost associated with postage. 

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. 2023–23613 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–NEW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; New Collection: E-Verify 

NextGen, I–9NG 

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–2023–0011. All 

submissions received must include the 

OMB Control Number 1615–NEW in the 

body of the letter, the agency name and 

Docket ID USCIS–2023–0011. 

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 

42093, allowing for a 60-day public 

comment period. USCIS received six 

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: 

http://www.regulations.gov and enter 

USCIS–2023–0011 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: New Collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: EVerify NextGen. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: I–9NG; 

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. E-Verify 

NextGen, I–9NG, was developed as a 

demonstration project to further 

integrate the Form I–9, Employment 

Eligibility Verification, process with the 

E-Verify electronic employment 

eligibility confirmation process to create 

a more secure and less burdensome 

employment eligibility verification 

process overall for employees and 

employers. 

(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–9NG Employers, Recruiters 

and Referrers for a fee, and State 

Employment Agencies is 189,015 and 

the estimated hour burden per response 

is 0.05 hours; the estimated total 

number of respondents for the 

information collection I–9NG 

Employees (New User Account 

Creation) is 11,668,584 and the 

estimated burden per response is 0.17 

hours; the estimated total number of 

respondents for the information 

collection I–9NG Employees 

(Employment Eligibility Verification, 

Form I–9NG) is 13,231,050 and the 

estimated burden per response is 0.08 

hours; the estimated total number of 

respondents for the information 

collection by Record Keeping and 

Audits is 13,248,648 and the estimated 

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 5,955,966 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. This is 

a voluntary program. Any requirements 


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