Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 50 / Friday, March 14, 2014 / Notices 14567 

ADDRESSES: Direct comments to the 

Department of State Desk Officer in the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs at the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). You may submit 

comments by the following methods: 

• Email: oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. You must include the DS 

form number, information collection 

title, and the OMB control number in 

the subject line of your message. 

• Fax: 202–395–5806. Attention: Desk 

Officer for Department of State. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct requests for additional 

information regarding the collection 

listed in this notice, including requests 

for copies of the proposed collection 

instrument and supporting documents, 

to Sydney Taylor, who may be reached 

at PRA_BurdenComments@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

• Title of Information Collection: 

Online Application for Nonimmigrant 

Visa. 

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0182. 

• Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

• Originating Office: CA/VO/L/R. 

• Form Number: DS–160. 

• Respondents: All Nonimmigrant 

Visa Applicants. 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

11,100,276. 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

11,100,276. 

• Average Time per Response: 75 

minutes. 

• Total Estimated Burden Time: 

13,875,345. 

• Frequency: Once per respondent. 

• Obligation to Respond: Required to 

Obtain or Retain a Benefit. 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the time and cost burden for 

this proposed collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that comments submitted 

in response to this Notice are public 

record. Before including any detailed 

personal information, you should be 

aware that your comments as submitted, 

including your personal information, 

will be available for public review. 

Abstract of proposed collection: 

The Online Application for 

Nonimmigrant Visa (DS–160) will be 

used to collect biographical information 

from individuals seeking a 

nonimmigrant visa. The consular officer 

uses the information collected to 

determine the applicant’s eligibility for 

a visa. This collection combines 

questions from current information 

collections DS–156 Nonimmigrant Visa 

Application, DS–156E Nonimmigrant 

Treaty Trader Investor Application (for 

certain qualifiers), DS–156K 

Nonimmigrant Fiance ́ Application, DS– 

157 Nonimmigrant Supplemental Visa 

Application, and DS–158 Contact 

Information and Work History 

Application, with a new question asking 

whether the applicant is a permanent 

resident of a country other than country 

or place of nationality and, if so, to 

indicate that country. 

Methodology: 

The DS–160 will be submitted 

electronically to the Department via the 

internet. The applicant will be 

instructed to print a confirmation page 

containing a bar coded record locator, 

which will be scanned at the time of 

processing. Applicants who submit the 

electronic application will no longer 

submit paper-based applications to the 

Department. 

Dated: March 7, 2014. 

Edward Ramotowski, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 

Consular Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–05689 Filed 3–13–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8658] 

International Security Advisory Board 

(ISAB) Meeting Notice; Closed Meeting 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. App § 10(a)(2), the Department of 

State announces a meeting of the 

International Security Advisory Board 

(ISAB) to take place on April 2, 2014, 

at the Department of Defense, Pentagon, 

Washington DC 20001. 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. App § 10(d), and 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(1), it has been determined that 

this meeting will be closed to the public 

because the ISAB will be reviewing and 

discussing matters properly classified in 

accordance with Executive Order 13526. 

The purpose of the ISAB is to provide 

the Department of State with a 

continuing source of independent 

advice on all aspects of arms control, 

disarmament, nonproliferation, 

political-military affairs, international 

security, and related aspects of public 

diplomacy. 

The agenda for this meeting will 

include a classified discussion and 

information exchange related to the 

ISAB’s studies on current U.S. policy 

and issues regarding arms control, 

international security, nuclear 

proliferation, cyber stability, energy 

security, and diplomacy, as well as the 

future of cooperative threat reduction, 

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) 

elimination, and nuclear strategic 

stability. The meeting will be held in 

conjunction with a meeting of the 

Department of Defense Threat 

Reduction Advisory Committee. 

For more information, contact Richard 

W. Hartman II, Executive Director of the 

International Security Advisory Board, 

U.S. Department of State, Washington, 

DC 20520, telephone: (202) 736–4290. 

Dated: March 7, 2014. 

Richard W. Hartman, II, 

Executive Director, International Security 

Advisory Board, U.S. Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–05686 Filed 3–13–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8659] 

Shipping Coordinating Committee; 

Notice of Committee Meeting 

The Shipping Coordinating 

Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 

meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, April 

18, 2014, in Room 2E16–06, United 

States Coast Guard Headquarters, 2703 

Martine Luther King Jr. Ave. SE., 

Washington, DC 20593–7213. The 

primary purpose of the meeting is to 

prepare for the one hundred first 

Session of the International Maritime 

Organization’s (IMO) Legal Committee 

to be held at the IMO Headquarters, 

United Kingdom, April 28–May 2, 2014. 

The agenda items to be considered 

include: 

• Adoption of the agenda and report on 

delegation credentials 

• HNS Protocol, 2010 

• Fair treatment of seafarers in the event 

of a maritime accident 

• Piracy 

• Technical cooperation activities 

related to maritime legislation 

• Election of officers 

• Liability and compensation issues 

connected with transboundary 

pollution damage from offshore oil 

exploration and exploitation 

Members of the public may attend 

this meeting up to the seating capacity 


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