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Designan países elegibles para visas H-2A y H-2B para el 2013

El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de Estados Unidos (DHS, siglas en inglés) hoy anunció que han identificado a 59 países cuyos ciudadanos son elegibles para participar en los programas H-2A y H-2B en el próximo año.
El programa H-2A permite a empleadores estadounidenses traer a extranjeros a los Estados Unidos para empleos agrícolas temporales. El programa H-2B permite traer a extranjeros para empleos temporales no relacionados con la agricultura.
Con pocas excepciones, USCIS sólo aprueba las peticiones de ciudadanos de los países designados por el Secretario del DHS como elegibles para participar en el programa H-2A y H-2B. La nueva lista de países elegibles se anuncia en el Registro Federal y es válida por un año a partir de la fecha de publicación.
A partir del 18 de enero de 2013, ciudadanos de España y los siguientes países de Latinoamérica son elegibles para participar en los programas H-2A y H-2B:
Argentina, Belice, Brasil, Chile, Costa Rica, República Dominicana, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Perú, Uruguay.
Puede ver la lista completa de todos los países aquí.
Esta nueva lista no afecta el estatus de personas que actualmente tienen visas H-2A ó H-2B.


4154 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 13 / Friday, January 18, 2013 / Notices
(2) the accuracy of our estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of 
 information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
 and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 
 burden of the collection of information 
on respondents, including through the 
 use of automated collection techniques, 
when appropriate, and other forms of 
 information technology.
Food Labeling; Notification Procedures 
for Statements on Dietary 
 Supplements—21 CFR 101.93 (OMB 
Control Number 0910–0331—Extension) 
 Section 403(r)(6) of the FD&C Act (21 
U.S.C. 343(r)(6)) requires that FDA be 
 notified by manufacturers, packers, and 
distributors of dietary supplements that 
 they are marketing a dietary supplement  
product that bears on its label or in itslabeling a statement provided for in section 403(r)(6) of the FD&C Act.
Section 403(r)(6) of the FD&C Act requires that FDA be notified, with a submission about such statements, no later than 30 days after the first
marketing of the dietary supplement.
Information that is required in thesubmission includes: (1) The name and address of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor of the dietary supplement
product; (2) the text of the statement that is being made; (3) the name of the dietary ingredient or supplement that is the subject of the statement; (4) the
name of the dietary supplement (including the brand name); and (5) a signature of a responsible individual who can certify the accuracy of the information presented, and who must certify that the information contained in the notice is complete and accurate, and that the notifying firm has
substantiation that the statement is truthful and not misleading.
The procedural regulation for this program is codified at § 101.93 (21 CFR 101.93). Section 101.93 provides submission procedures and identifies the information that must be included in order to meet the requirements of section 403 of the FD&C Act.
Description of Respondents: Respondents to this collection of information include manufacturers, packers, or distributors of dietary supplements that bear section 403(r)(6) of the FD&C Act statements on their labels or labeling.
We estimate the burden of this collection of information as follows:

TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN 1

21 CFR Section Number of respondents 101.93
Number of  responses                                  2,200
Number of responses per  respondent       1      
Total annual responses                                2,200                               
Average burden per response                      0.75                    
Total hours                                                     1,650

1 There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.

We believe that there will be minimal 
burden on the industry to generate 
 
information to meet the requirements of 
 
section 403 of the FD&C Act in
submitting information regarding  section 403(r)(6) of the FD&C Act 
statements on labels or in labeling of 
 
dietary supplements. We are requesting
only information that is immediately 
 
available to the manufacturer, packer, or 
 distributor of the dietary supplement 
that bears such a statement on its label 
 
or in its labeling. We estimate that, each 
 
year, approximately 2,200 firms will 
submit the information required by 
 
section 403 of the FD&C Act. We
estimate that a firm will require 0.75 
 
hours to gather the information needed 
and prepare a submission, for a total of 
 
1,650 hours (2,200 × 0.75). This estimate 
 
is based on the average number of 
notification submissions received by us 
 
in the preceding 3 years.
Dated: January 14, 2013.
Leslie Kux,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2013–01031 Filed 1–17–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
 
SECURITY
[DHS–2011–0108]
RIN 1601–ZA11
Identification of Foreign Countries 
 
Whose Nationals Are Eligible To 
Participate in the H–2A and H–2B 
 
Nonimmigrant Worker Programs
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DHS. 
 
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: Under Department of 
 
Homeland Security (DHS) regulations, 
 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
 
Services (USCIS) may approve petitions
for H–2A and H–2B nonimmigrant 
 
status only for nationals of countries 
 
that the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
 
with the concurrence of the Secretary of
State, has designated by notice 
 
published in the Federal Register. That 
 
notice must be renewed each year. This 
 
notice announces that the Secretary of
Homeland Security, in consultation 
 
with the Secretary of State, is 
 
identifying 59 countries whose 
 
nationals are eligible to participate in 
 
the H–2A and H–2B programs for the 
 
coming year. The list published today 
 
includes one new addition: Grenada.
DATES: Effective Date: This notice is 
 
effective January 18, 2013, and shall be 
 
without effect at the end of one year 
 
after January 18, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Francis Cissna, Office of Policy, 
 
Department of Homeland Security, 
 
Washington, DC 20528, (202) 447–3835.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
 
Background: Generally, USCIS may 
 
approve H–2A and H–2B petitions for 
 
nationals of only those countries that 
 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
 
with the concurrence of the Secretary of 
 
State, has designated as participating 
 
countries. Such designation must be
published as a notice in the Federal 
 
Register and expires after one year. 
 
USCIS, however, may allow a national 
 
from a country not on the list to be 
 
named as a beneficiary of an H–2A or 
 
H–2B petition based on a determination 
 
that such participation is in the U.S. 
 
interest. See 8 CFR 214.2(h)(5)(i)(F) and 
 
8 CFR 214.2(h)(6)(i)(E).
In designating countries to include on 
 
the list, the Secretary of Homeland 
 
Security, with the concurrence of the 
 
Secretary of State, will take into account
factors including, but not limited to: (1) 
 
The country’s cooperation with respect 
 
to issuance of travel documents for 
 
citizens, subjects, nationals, and 
 
residents of that country who are subject 
 
to a final order of removal; (2) the 
 
number of final and unexecuted orders 
 
of removal against citizens, subjects, 
 
nationals, and residents of that country; 
 
(3) the number of orders of removal 
 
executed against citizens, subjects,

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nationals, and residents of that country; 
 
and (4) such other factors as may serve 
 
the U.S. interest. See 8 CFR 
 
214.2(h)(5)(i)(F)(1)(i) and 8 CFR 
 
214.2(h)(6)(i)(E)(1). 
 
In December 2008, DHS published in 
 
the Federal Register two notices, 
 
‘‘Identification of Foreign Countries 
 
Whose Nationals Are Eligible to 
 
Participate in the H–2A Visa Program,’’ 
 
and ‘‘Identification of Foreign Countries 
 
Whose Nationals Are Eligible to 
 
Participate in the H–2B Visa Program,’’
which designated 28 countries whose 
 
nationals are eligible to participate in 
 
the H–2A and H–2B programs. See 73 
 
FR 77,043 (Dec. 18, 2008); 73 FR 77,729
 
(Dec. 19, 2008). The notices ceased to 
 
have effect on January 17, 2010 and 
 
January 18, 2010, respectively. See 8 
 
CFR 214.2(h)(5)(i)(F)(2) and 8 CFR 
 
214.2(h)(6)(i)(E)(3). To allow for the 
 
continued operation of the H–2A and 
 
H–2B programs, the Secretary of 
 
Homeland Security, with the 
 
concurrence of the Secretary of State, 
 
has published subsequent notices on an 
 
annual basis. See 75 FR 2,879 (Jan. 19,
 
2010) (adding 11 countries); 76 FR 2,915
(Jan. 18, 2011) (removing Indonesia and 
 
adding 15 countries); 77 FR 2,558 (Jan. 
 
18, 2012) (adding five countries).
The Secretary of Homeland Security 
 
has determined, with the concurrence of
 
the Secretary of State, that the 58 
 
countries designated in the January 18,
2012 notice continue to meet the 
 
standards identified in that notice for 
 
eligible countries and therefore should 
 
remain designated as countries whose 
 
nationals are eligible to participate in 
 
the H–2A and H–2B programs. Further, 
 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
 
with the concurrence of the Secretary of 
 
State, has determined to add Grenada to
the list. This determination is made 
 
taking into account the four factors 
 
identified above. The Secretary of 
 
Homeland Security also considered 
 
other pertinent factors including, but 
 
not limited to, evidence of past usage of 
 
the H–2A and H–2B programs by 
 
nationals of the country to be added, as 
 
well as evidence relating to the 
 
economic impact on particular U.S. 
industries or regions resulting from the 
 
addition or continued non-inclusion of
 
specific countries.
Designation of Countries Whose 
 
Nationals Are Eligible To Participate in 
 
the H–2A and H–2B Nonimmigrant 
 
Worker Programs 
Pursuant to the authority provided to 
 
the Secretary of Homeland Security 
 
under sections 214(a)(1), 215(a)(1), and 
 
241 of the Immigration and Nationality 
 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(a)(1), 1185(a)(1), and 
 
1231), I am designating, with the 
 
concurrence of the Secretary of State, 
 
nationals from the following countries
 
to be eligible to participate in the H–2A 
 
and H–2B nonimmigrant worker 
 
programs:
Argentina
Australia
Barbados
Belize
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
Costa Rica
Croatia
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Grenada
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Jamaica
Japan
Kiribati
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Mexico
Moldova
Montenegro
Nauru
The Netherlands
Nicaragua
New Zealand
Norway
Papua New Guinea
Peru
The Philippines
Poland
Romania
Samoa
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Switzerland
Tonga
Turkey
Tuvalu
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Vanuato

This notice does not affect the status
 
of aliens who currently hold valid H–2A 
 
or H–2B nonimmigrant status. Persons 
 
holding such status, however, will be
affected by this notice at the time they 
 
seek an extension of stay in H–2 
 
classification, or a change of status (1) 
 
from another nonimmigrant status to H–
2 status or (2) from one H–2 status to 
 
another.
Nothing in this notice limits the 
 
authority of the Secretary of Homeland 
 
Security or her designee or any other 
 
federal agency to invoke against any
foreign country or its nationals any 
 
other remedy, penalty, or enforcement 
 
action available by law.
Janet Napolitano,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013–00908 Filed 1–17–13; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
 
SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
 
Agency Information Collection 
 
Activities: Application for Foreign 
 
Trade Zone and/or Status Designation, 
 
and Application for Foreign Trade 
 
Zone Activity Permit 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 
 
Protection (CBP), Department of 
 
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for 
 
comments; Extension of an existing 
 
collection of information: 1651–0029. 
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 
 
to reduce paperwork and respondent 
 
burden, CBP invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to comment 
 
on an information collection
requirement concerning the Application 
 
for Foreign Trade Zone Admission and/ 
 
or Status Designation, and Application 
 
for Foreign Trade Zone Activity Permit 
 
(CBP Forms 214, 214A, 214B, 214C and 
 
216). 
This request for comment is being 
 
made pursuant to the Paperwork 
 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13).
DATES: Written comments should be 
 
received on or before March 19, 2013 to 
 
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 
 
to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
 
Attn: Tracey Denning, Regulations and 
 
Rulings, Office of International Trade, 
 
799 9th Street NW., 5th Floor, 
 
Washington, DC 20229–1177.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
 
Requests for additional information 
 
should be directed to Tracey Denning, 
 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
 
Regulations and Rulings, Office of 
 
International Trade, 799 9th Street NW., 
 
5th Floor, Washington, DC 20229–1177, 
 








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