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checks and make an employee’s
employment eligibility verification
easier for future employment.
• Giving employees more direct
control over their data privacy and a
more direct stake in their employment
eligibility verification process by
creating a secure, individual account for
employment eligibility verification. This
better protects personally identifiable
information and helps improve data
accuracy.
• Allowing employees to receive
notification of and resolve E-Verify
mismatches directly with the
government without requiring the
employer to be an intermediary to print
and distribute forms, which is a more
secure and private process that can
speed up case resolution.
• Removing the employer’s primary
role in the mismatch resolution process.
While employers would be informed
about their employee’s mismatch, this
process removes employers as the
intermediary to communicate a
mismatch to the employee, as affected
employees are instead notified directly
and provided the instructions required
to resolve the mismatch.
The demonstration project will be
built upon the existing USCIS and EVerify web services capabilities and will
be enhanced by two electronic
applications for the employee and
employer, respectively, each of which
will have its own terms of service.
USCIS will conduct detailed internal
assessments of the demonstration
project and intends to provide necessary
reports and briefings on the project
status as required by law. USCIS now
welcomes comments to the proposed
collection of information associated
with these new functionalities.
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–2023–0011 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,
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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:
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
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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
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: June 23, 2023.
Samantha L. Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–0075]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Extension, Without Change,
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; I–
864W, Request for Exemption for
Intending Immigrant’s Affidavit of
Support
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
AGENCY:

U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS),
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment upon
this proposed extension of a currently
approved collection of information. In

SUMMARY:

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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
August 28, 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:

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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.

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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:
Extension, Without Change, of a
Currently Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/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; I–
864W, Request for Exemption for
Intending Immigrant’s Affidavit of
Support.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: I–864; I–
864A; I–864EZ; I–864W; 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
to assess eligibility is provided by
sponsors.
Form I–864A is a contract between
the sponsor and the sponsor’s
household members. It is only required
if the sponsor used income of their
household members to reach the
required 125 percent of the Federal
poverty guidelines. The contract holds
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sponsored immigrant. The information
collection required on Form I–864A is
necessary for public benefit agencies to
enforce the Affidavit of Support in the
event the sponsor used income of their
household members to reach the
required income level and the public
benefit agencies are requesting
reimbursement from the sponsor.
USCIS uses Form I–864EZ in exactly
the same way as Form I–864; however,
USCIS collects less information from the
sponsors as less information is needed
from those who qualify in order to make
a thorough adjudication.
USCIS uses Form I–864W to
determine whether the intending
immigrant meets the criteria for
exemption from section 213A
requirements. This form collects the
immigrant’s basic information, such as
name and address, the reason for the
exemption, and accompanying
documentation in support of the
immigrant’s claim that they are not
subject to section 213.
(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 Form I–864 is 453,345 and
the estimated hour burden per response
is 6 hours; the estimated total number
of respondents for the information
collection Form I–864A is 215,800 and
the estimated hour burden per response
is 1.75 hours; the estimated total
number of respondents for the
information collection Form I–864EZ is
100,000 and the estimated hour burden
per response is 2.5 hours; the estimated
total number of respondents for the
information collection Form I–864W is
98,119 and the estimated hour burden
per response is 1 hour.
(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 3,445,839 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
$159,608,680.
Dated: June 23, 2023.
Samantha L. Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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