H-2B Program

H-2B Application for Temporary Employment Certification

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form ETA-9142B H-2B Program Form
H-2B Quick Start Guide_Enhancement.pdf Other-Quick Start Guide
508 Proposed FORM_ETA_9142B_Instructions 04.04.19.pdf Instruction
ETA-9142B H-2B Application for Temporary Employment Certification ETA Form 9142B Screenshots.pdf Form
ETA-9142B H-2B Application for Temporary Employment Certification FORM_ETA-9142B.pdf Form

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	H-2B Program	Agency IC Tracking Number:

Is this a Common Form? No		IC Status: Modified

Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits

CFR Citation: 8 CFR 214.2(h)(6)

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form	ETA-9142B	H-2B Application for Temporary Employment Certification	ETA Form 9142B Screenshots.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form	ETA-9142B	H-2B Application for Temporary Employment Certification	FORM_ETA-9142B.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Other-Quick Start Guide			H-2B Quick Start Guide_Enhancement.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Instruction			508 Proposed FORM_ETA_9142B_Instructions 04.04.19.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable

Line of Business: Workforce Management

Subfunction: Labor Rights Management

Privacy Act System of Records
Title:	FR Citation:

Number of Respondents: 5,938	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 0

Affected Public: Private Sector	Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits, Farms, Not-for-profit institutions

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 90 %

	Approved	Program Change Due to Agency Discretion	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	224,958	54,289	170,669
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	55,411	13,372	42,039
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,227,525	875,725	351,800

Documents for IC

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Blank fields in records indicate information that was not collected or not collected electronically prior to July 2006.