[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 236 (Tuesday, December 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73096-73098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28775]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
[1651-0111]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Arrival and Departure
Record (Forms I-94 and I-94W) and Electronic System for Travel
Authorization
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for comments; extension and revision
of an existing collection of information.
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SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) will be submitting the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act: CBP
Form I-94 (Arrival/Departure Record), CBP Form I-94W (Nonimmigrant Visa
Waiver Arrival/Departure), and the Electronic System for Travel
Authorization (ESTA). CBP is proposing that this information collection
be extended with a change to the burden hours and a revision to the
information collected. This document is published to obtain comments
from the public and affected agencies.
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before February 9,
2015 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, 90 K Street NE., 10th 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, 90
K Street NE 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229-1177, at 202-325-0265.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing information
collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law
104-13; 44 U.S.C. 3507). The comments should address: (a) Whether the
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of
the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d)
ways to minimize the burden including the use of automated collection
techniques or the use of other forms of information technology; and (e)
the annual cost burden to respondents or record keepers from the
collection of information (total capital/startup costs, and operations
and maintenance costs). The comments that are submitted will be
summarized and included in the CBP request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of public record. In this document, CBP
is soliciting comments concerning the following information collection:
Title: Arrival and Departure Record, Nonimmigrant Visa Waiver
Arrival/Departure, and Electronic System for Travel Authorization
(ESTA).
OMB Number: 1651-0111.
Form Numbers: I-94 and I-94W.
Abstract:
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Background
CBP Forms I-94 (Arrival/Departure Record) and I-94W (Nonimmigrant
Visa Waiver Arrival/Departure Record) are used to document a traveler's
admission into the United States. These forms are filled out by aliens
and are used to collect information on citizenship, residency, and
contact information. The data elements collected on these forms enable
the DHS to perform its mission related to the screening of alien
visitors for potential risks to national security, and the
determination of admissibility to the United States. The Electronic
System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) applies to aliens traveling to
the United States under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) and requires that
VWP travelers provide information electronically to CBP before
embarking on travel to the United States. Travelers who are entering
under the VWP in the air or sea environment, and who have a travel
authorization obtained through ESTA, are not required to complete the
paper Form I-94W.
Pursuant to an interim final rule published on March 27, 2013 in
the Federal Register (78 FR 18457) related to Form I-94, CBP has
partially automated the Form I-94 process. CBP now gathers data
previously collected on the paper Form I-94 from existing automated
sources in lieu of requiring passengers arriving by air or sea to
submit a paper I-94 upon arrival. Passengers can access and print their
electronic I-94 via the Web site at www.cbp.gov/I94.
ESTA can be accessed at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/id_visa/esta/. Samples of CBP Forms I-94 and I-94W can be viewed at: http://www.cbp.gov/document/forms/form-i-94-arrivaldeparture-record and http://www.cbp.gov/document/forms/form-i-94w-visa-waiver-arrivaldeparture-record.
Recent and Proposed Changes
In response to the increasing concerns regarding national security,
DHS used the emergency Paperwork Reduction Act process to strengthen
the security of the VWP by adding data elements to ESTA and to Form I-
94W. DHS determined that the addition of these new data elements
improves the Department's ability to screen prospective VWP travelers
while more accurately and effectively identifying those who pose a
security risk to the United States and facilitates adjudication of ESTA
applications.
The following data elements are either new elements that were
approved in the emergency PRA submission or data elements that were
collected previously that were changed from ``optional'' to
``mandatory'' on the ESTA application:
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1..................................... Other Names or Aliases........ Mandatory.
2..................................... Other Country of Citizenship.. Mandatory.
3..................................... If yes, passport number on Optional
additional citizenship
passport.
4..................................... Home Address.................. Mandatory.
5..................................... Parents....................... Mandatory.
6..................................... Current or Previous Job Title. Optional
7..................................... Current or Previous Employer Mandatory.
Name.
8..................................... Current or Previous Employer Mandatory.
Address.
9..................................... Current or Previous Employer Optional
Telephone number.
10.................................... Primary Email................. Mandatory_was optional.
11.................................... Primary Telephone Number...... Mandatory_was optional.
12.................................... U.S. Point of Contact Name.... Mandatory.
13.................................... U.S. Point of Contact Address. Mandatory.
14.................................... U.S. Point of Contact Email... Mandatory.
15.................................... U.S. Point of Contact Phone... Mandatory.
16.................................... City of Birth................. Mandatory.
17.................................... National Identification Number Mandatory.
18.................................... Emergency Point of Contact Mandatory.
Information Name.
19.................................... Emergency Point of Contact Mandatory.
Information Email.
20.................................... Emergency Point of Contact Mandatory.
Information Phone.
22.................................... Do you have a current or Mandatory.
previous employer?.
21.................................... Is your travel to the U.S. Mandatory.
occurring in transit to
another country?.
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For the following ``mandatory'' fields ESTA applicants are permitted to
enter ``unknown,'' if they do not have or know the information, without
impeding the submission of their ESTA application: City of Birth,
Parents, National Identification Number, Emergency Contact Information,
U.S. Point of Contact information, and Employer Address.
Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 264(b) and Executive Order 13295, as amended
on July 31, 2014, CBP proposes to revise the question on quarantinable
communicable diseases as follows:
Currently Approved Question
Do you have a physical or mental disorder; or are you a drug abuser
or addict; or currently have any of the following diseases:
Chancroid
Gonorrhea
Granuloma inguinale
Leprosy, infectious
Lymphogranuloma venereum
Syphilis, infectious
Active Tuberculosis
Proposed New Question
Do you have a physical or mental disorder; or are you a drug abuser
or addict; or do you currently have any of the following diseases
(communicable diseases are specified pursuant to section 361(b) of the
Public Health Service Act):
Cholera
Diphtheria
Tuberculosis, infectious
Plague
Smallpox
Yellow Fever
Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers, including Ebola, Lassa, Marburg,
Crimean-Congo
Severe acute respiratory illnesses capable of transmission
to other persons and likely to cause mortality.
Current Actions: This submission is being made to extend the
expiration date with a change to the burden hours based on updated
estimates of the numbers of respondents. Specifically, the number of
respondents for the I-94 Web site was decreased by 1,188,899 from
5,047,681 to 3,858,782; the number of respondents for the ESTA burden
was increased by 870,000 from 22,090,000 to 22,960,000; and the number
of respondents paying the ESTA fee was increased by 707,000 from
18,183,000 to 18,890,000.
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There is a change to the questions on ESTA and on Form I-94W as
described in the Abstract section of this document. There are no
changes to the information collected on Form I-94, or the I-94 Web
site.
Type of Review: Extension (with change).
Affected Public: Individuals, Carriers, and the Travel and Tourism
Industry.
Form I-94 (Arrival and Departure Record):
Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,387,550.
Estimated Time per Response: 8 minutes.
Estimated Burden Hours: 583,544.
Estimated Annual Cost to Public: $26,325,300.
I-94 Web site:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,858,782.
Estimated Time per Response: 4 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 254,679.
Form I-94W (Nonimmigrant Visa Waiver Arrival/Departure):
Estimated Number of Respondents: 941,291.
Estimated Time per Response: 13 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 204,260.
Estimated Annual Cost to the Public: $5,647,746.
Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA):
Estimated Number of Respondents: 22,960,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 20 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,645,680.
Estimated Annual Cost to the Public: $264,460,000.
Dated: December 3, 2014.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2014-28775 Filed 12-8-14; 8:45 am]
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