Employment Eligibility Verification

OMB Control No: 1615-0047	ICR Reference No: 201610-1615-024
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201603-1615-002
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCIS	Agency Tracking No: I-9
Title: Employment Eligibility Verification
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 10/31/2016
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 10/25/2016
Terms of Clearance: DHS will publish a revised Form I-9 no later than November 22, 2016. DHS will allow employers to use the previous version (Rev. 03/08/2013)N until January 21, 2017. After January 21, 2017, all previous versions of Form I-9 are invalid.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2019	08/31/2019	08/31/2019
Responses	130,800,000	0	130,800,000
Time Burden (Hours)	29,300,000	0	29,300,000
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: 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.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 8 USC 1324a Name of Law: Immigration and Nationality Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 73200	11/24/2015
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	81 FR 17195	03/28/2016
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

IC Title Form No. Form Name Employment Eligibility Verification (Employers) I-9, I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification ,   Employment Eligibility Verification Employment Eligibility Verification (Employees) I-9, I-9 Employment Elibility Verification (Employees) ,   Employment Eligibility Verification (Employees; screen shots) Recordkeeping

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	130,800,000	130,800,000	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	29,300,000	29,300,000	0	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The total estimated annual burden hours has decreased by 11,300,000 hours. This change is due to a new agency estimate regarding the projected number of respondents that will be completing this form. USCIS previously requested approval for 40,600,000 total burden hours, while is now only requesting approval for 29,300,000 total burden hours. The estimated number of respondents previously was previously estimated at 78,000,000, while it is now estimated to be approximately at 55,400,000 respondents. USCIS is revising this collection to provide drop-downs, helper text, hover text and field validation to reduce the number of technical errors when the form is completed on a computer.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $20,066

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Heather Young 202 272-1673 [email protected]

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
		(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;
		(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;
		(c) It reduces burden on small entities;
		(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;
		(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;
		(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;
		(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:
			(i) Why the information is being collected;
			(ii) Use of information;
			(iii) Burden estimate;
			(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
			(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
			(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
		(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.
		(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and
		(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Certification Date: 10/25/2016

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