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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DHS–2007–0019] 

Privacy Act; Inter-Country Adoptions 

AGENCY: Privacy Office, Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS). 

ACTION: Notice of Privacy Act system of 

records notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 

1974, the Department of Homeland 

Security, U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS) is 

updating and re-issuing a legacy system 

of records, Department of Justice DOJ/ 

Immigration and Naturalization (INS)—

007 SORN known as Orphan Petitioner 

Index and Files that was published on 

July 27, 2001, 66 FR 39199. This system 

of records will now be referred to as 

DHS/USCIS–005 Inter-Country 

Adoptions. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before July 5, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: 

You may submit comments, identified 

by DOCKET NUMBER DHS–2007–0019 

by one of the following methods: 

• Federal e-Rulemaking portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

via docket number DHS 2007–0019. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

• Fax: 1–866–466–5370. 

• Mail: Hugo Teufel III, DHS Chief 

Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security, Washington, DC 

20528. 

• Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions, please contact: 

Patrick Kernan, 20 Massachusetts 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20529, 

by telephone (202) 272–9522. For 

privacy issues, please contact: Hugo 

Teufel III (571–227–3813), Chief Privacy 

Officer, Privacy Office, U.S. Department 

of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 

20528. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

DHS implements United States 

immigration law and policy through the 

USCIS’s processing and adjudication of 

applications and petitions submitted for 

citizenship, asylum, and other 

immigration benefits. USCIS also 

supports national security by preventing 

individuals from fraudulently obtaining 

immigration benefits and by denying 

applications from individuals who pose 

national security or public safety 

threats. United States Immigration 

policy and law is also implemented 

through Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement’s (ICE) law enforcement 

activities and Customs and Border 

Protection’s (CBP) inspection process 

and protection of our borders. 

USCIS is embarking on an enterprisewide ‘‘Transformation Program’’ that 

will transition the agency from a 

fragmented, form-centric, and paperbased operational environment to a 

centralized, person-centric, 

consolidated environment utilizing 

electronic adjudication. The new 

operational environment will employ 

the types of online customer accounts 

used in the private sector. This ‘‘personcentric’’ model will link information 

related to an individual in a single 

account in order to facilitate customer 

friendly transactions, track activities, 

and reduce identity fraud. 

The Secure Information Management 

Service (SIMS) is a web-based, 

information and case management 

service that enables authorized USCIS 

representatives to perform end-to-end 

processing of applications while 

providing the agency with the ability to 

better associate and manage 

relationships with those seeking 

immigration related benefits. 

To support this effort, USCIS is 

deploying a series of pilots to validate 

key concepts of the program’s mission. 

One of the key functions of the SIMS 

deployment is to demonstrate the 

overall benefits of the USCIS 

Transformation Project. Using the intercountry adoption caseload as a ‘‘proofof-concept’’ of the SIMS, this pilot will 

demonstrate the case processing 

capability of the case management 

system, verify that an enumerator 

(unique identifier based on biometrics) 

supports the USCIS person-centric 

business process, and verify that the 

case management system can be used to 

view digitized files. 

The SIMS will utilize the 

Enumeration Services of DHS’s US–

VISIT Program, when deployed, to 

establish a unique identity for each 

individual interacting with USCIS. 

Enumeration Services will establish an 

enterprise-wide unique personal 

identifier, known as the enumerator, 

based on 10 fingerprints and limited 

biographic information of an individual. 

An enumerator is a randomly generated 

alphanumeric unique identifier that is 

used to link disparate records associated 

with an individual for the purpose of 

identification. Enumeration will allow 

USCIS to consolidate information on an 

individual and facilitate identity 

verification, risk evaluation, and benefit 

eligibility. 

In addition, the SIMS will utilize 

digitized Alien Registration Files 

(A–Files) generated through USCIS’s 

Integrated Digitization Document 

Management Program (IDDMP). System 

of Records Notice for A-Files and the 

Central Index System was published on 

January 16, 2007, 72 FR 1755. IDDMP 

enables USCIS to scan, store and view 

immigration paper files and related 

documents while integrating to personcentric records, making them 

electronically available to USCIS and 

other agencies. 

Current Adoption Process 

The current adoption process is a 

form-centric approach that focuses on a 

series of forms and independent 

processes, rather than a consolidated set 

of transactions focusing on the 

customer’s primary request. Currently, a 

customer must file multiple 

applications to, (1) obtain parent 

qualification and approval, (2) adopt a 

child, and (3) obtain citizenship for a 

child. 

Generally, customers residing in the 

U.S. must file adoption applications 

with the local USCIS office with 

jurisdiction over their place of residence 

in the U.S. Customers residing outside 

of the U.S. must contact the nearest 

American consulate or embassy that 

will take action on their application. 

Should a customer move during the 

adoption process, USCIS must transfer 

his case to a different jurisdiction, 

resulting in longer processing times and 

limiting access to the file to a single 

adjudicator. Utilizing paper-based files 

results in high transmittal costs and 

requires a complex record management 

system. 

Customers may be engaged in the 

adoption process over a multi-year 

period depending upon the country 

from which they seek to adopt because 

of the differences in legal requirements 

in each foreign country. USCIS 

regulations dictate that applications 

expire in 18 months in order to ensure 

that home studies are current. As a 

result, customers may be required to refile their applications. Currently, refiling is the same as starting the process 

all over again. This process results in 

additional cost and time to complete the 

filing requirements. 

New Operational Concept 

The new operational concept will 

facilitate interactions between USCIS 

and adoptive parents or their 


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representatives. Each adoption 

application request will link to an 

existing SIMS account or trigger the 

creation of a new SIMS account that 

contains personally identifiable 

information. All adoption requests 

related to an individual will be 

contained in a SIMS case that tracks the 

actions required to adjudicate the 

adoption or naturalization request. The 

priorities of the new concept are as 

follows: 

• Establish a person-centric view for 

individuals associated with a case, 

utilizing the Enumeration Service of the 

US–VISIT program to establish a unique 

identity for each individual that is 

required by USCIS to be fingerprinted. 

• Provide a centralized, web-based 

repository for the data that provides 

access to all the documents related to a 

case, thereby eliminating the need for a 

paper application or a case file. 

However, for purposes of this pilot and 

to ensure continuity of operations, 

USCIS will maintain the paper file as a 

backup to the newly created electronic 

file. 

If it is determined that this new 

operational concept is valid, USCIS will 

consider adding additional application 

types and functionality to the SIMS and 

as appropriate, update the relevant 

system of records notices for those 

programs that use this new technology. 

As part of DHS’s ongoing efforts to 

increase transparency and update legacy 

system of records notices, USCIS 

reviewed and is updating and re-issuing 

Department of Justice DOJ/Immigration 

and Naturalization (INS)–007 SORN, 

known as Orphan Petitioner Index and 

Files that was published on July 27, 

2001, 66 FR 39199 to account for the 

new capabilities that SIMS offers that 

were not previously covered by the 

legacy SORN. The legacy SORN will be 

retired and replaced with the DHS/ 

USCIS–005 Inter-country Adoptions 

system of records. 

Consistent with DHS’s information 

sharing mission, information stored in 

the Adoptions portion of SIMS may be 

shared with other DHS components, as 

well as appropriate federal, state, local, 

tribal, foreign, or international 

government agencies. This sharing will 

only take place after DHS determines 

that the receiving component or agency 

has a need to know the information to 

carry out national security, law 

enforcement, immigration, intelligence, 

or other functions consistent with the 

routine uses set forth in this system of 

records notice. 

Types of information sharing that may 

result from the routine uses outlined in 

this notice include: (1) Disclosure to 

social worker or federal, state, or local 

government agency to determine the 

applicants’ suitability for adopting a 

child; (2) disclosure to individuals who 

are working as a contractor or with a 

similar relationship working on behalf 

of DHS; (3) sharing when there appears 

to be a specific violation or potential 

violation of law, or identified threat or 

potential threat to national or 

international security, such as criminal 

or terrorist activities, based on 

individual records in this system; (4) 

sharing with the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA) for 

proper handling of government records; 

(5) sharing when relevant to litigation 

associated with the Federal government; 

and (6) sharing to protect the individual 

who is the subject of the record from the 

harm of identity theft in the case of a 

data breach affecting this system. 

II. The Privacy Act 

The Privacy Act embodies Fair 

Information principles in a statutory 

framework governing the means by 

which the United States Government 

collects, maintains, uses, and 

disseminates personally identifiable 

information. The Privacy Act applies to 

information that is maintained in a 

‘‘system of records.’’ A ‘‘system of 

records’’ is a group of any records under 

the control of an agency from which 

information is retrieved by the name of 

an individual or by some identifying 

number, symbol, or other identifying 

particular assigned to the individual. 

Individuals may request their own 

records that are maintained in a system 

of records in the possession or under the 

control of DHS by complying with DHS 

Privacy Act regulations, 6 CFR 5.21. 

The Privacy Act requires that each 

agency publish in the Federal Register 

a description denoting the type and 

character of each system of records in 

order to make agency recordkeeping 

practices transparent, to notify 

individuals about the use to which 

personally identifiable information is 

put, and to assist the individual to more 

easily find files within the agency. 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), 

DHS has provided a report of this 

revised system of records to the Office 

of Management and Budget and to the 

Congress. 

System of Records: DHS–USCIS–005 

SYSTEM NAME: 

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS), 

INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTIONS SECURITY

CLASSIFICATION: 

Sensitive; Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

The Inter-country Adoptions 

information is maintained in the SIMS 

database, which is physically located 

within USCIS’s data center in the 

Washington, DC metropolitan area. 

Backups are maintained in an 

undisclosed offsite location. Intercountry Adoptions will be accessible 

world-wide from designated USCIS 

domestic and international field offices 

and service centers that are part of the 

DHS Network. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

A. All individuals seeking an intercountry adoption pursuant to the 

Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 

U.S.C. Section 1101(b)(1)(F); 

B. All individuals over the age of 18 

residing in a prospective adoptive 

parent’s household whose principal or 

only residence is the home of the 

prospective adoptive parents pursuant 

to 8 CFR Section 204.3. 

C. Representatives of the adoptive 

parents may be contained in this system 

of records; 

D. Minors being adopted pursuant to 

the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 

U.S.C. Section 1101(b)(1)(F); and 

E. Biological mothers, fathers, or 

custodians of adopted minors. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

A. Applicant/Petitioner information 

includes biographic information 

associated with each applicant/ 

petitioner including, but not limited to; 

name, date of birth, country of birth, 

address, phone numbers, family 

member names, citizenship status, 

marital status, employment status, 

gender, height, biometrics, and results 

of background investigations (inclusive 

of home study checks, Federal Bureau of 

Investigation (FBI) checks, Treasury 

Enforcement Communication System 

(TECS)/Interagency Border Inspection 

System (IBIS) Name Checks, and FBI 

Fingerprint Checks). The applicant/ 

petitioner information also includes 

uniquely identifiable numbers, 

including but not limited to: Alien 

Number, Receipt Number, and Social 

Security Number. 

B. Information related to other 

individuals over the age of 18 residing 

in a prospective adoptive parent’s 

household would be derived from 

newly created inter-country adoption 

applications. The information collected 

about these individuals includes: full 

name and date of birth. 

C. Information related to the 

representatives of the adoptive parents 

may include: full name, date of birth, 

and place of birth. 

D. Information related to the minor(s) 

being adopted may include full name, 

date of birth, country of birth, and 

Social Security Number. 


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E. Information related to the minor’s 

biological mother, father, or custodian 

may include full name, date of birth, 

and country of birth. 

AUTHORITY OF MAINTENANCE FOR THE SYSTEM: 

Sections 103 and 290 of the 

Immigration and Nationality Act, as 

amended (8 U.S.C. 1103 and 1360), and 

the regulations issued pursuant thereto; 

and section 451 of the Homeland 

Security Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–296). 

PURPOSE(S): 

USCIS collects the information on 

adoptive parents and other associated 

individuals in order to assess the 

physical, mental, and emotional 

capabilities of the prospective adoptive 

parents and those residing in the house. 

USCIS also collects information 

pertaining to the minor to be adopted so 

that he or she can complete the 

naturalization process. Information will 

be collected on organizations that have 

facilitated the adoption process to 

include law firms, adoption home study 

providers, adoption placement agencies 

and adoption non-profit organizations 

so that USCIS will be able to track and 

verify those entities that are authorized 

to participate in the adoption process. 

Finally, where available USCIS collects 

biographic information relating to the 

biological parents and the custodians of 

the minor being adopted so that USICS 

will be able to identify potential 

incidence of fraud. 

The Inter-country Adoptions SORN 

stores information on individuals and 

organizations associated with the 

following activities: 

• Filing of the Office and 

Management and Budget (OMB)- 

approved versions of USCIS adoption 

related forms and applications: 

• Form I–600, Petition to Classify 

Orphan as an Immediate Relative. 

• Form I–600A, Application for 

Advance Processing of Orphan Petition. 

• Form N–600, Application for 

Certificate of Citizenship. 

• Form N–600K, Application for 

Citizenship and Issuance of Certificate 

under Section 322. 

• Account setup data for each 

individual seeking to adopt and 

organization involved in an adoption 

case. 

• FBI Name Checks, TECS/IBIS Name 

Checks, and FBI Fingerprint Checks on 

other individuals over the age of 18 

residing in a prospective adoptive 

parent’s household. 

Consistent with DHS’s information 

sharing mission, information stored in 

SIMS may be shared with other DHS 

components, as well as appropriate 

federal, state, local, tribal, foreign, or 

international government agencies. This 

sharing will only take place after DHS 

determines that the receiving 

component or agency has a need to 

know the information to carry out 

national security, law enforcement, 

immigration, intelligence, or other 

functions consistent with the routine 

uses set forth in this system of records 

notice. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

In addition to those disclosures 

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 

Section 552a(b) of the Privacy Act, all or 

a portion of the records or information 

contained in this system may be 

disclosed to authorized entities, as is 

determined to be relevant and 

necessary, outside DHS as a routine use 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Section 552a(b)(3) 

as follows: 

A. To clerks and judges of courts 

exercising naturalization jurisdiction for 

the purpose of filing petitions for 

naturalization and to enable such courts 

to determine eligibility for 

naturalization or grounds for revocation 

of naturalization. 

B. To the Department of State (DoS) 

in the processing of visas, applications, 

or petitions for benefits under the 

Immigration and Nationality Act, and 

all other immigration and nationality 

laws including treaties and reciprocal 

agreements. 

C. To appropriate federal, state, tribal, 

and local government law enforcement 

and regulatory agencies, foreign 

governments, and international 

organizations, for example the 

Department of Defense, the DoS, the 

Department of the Treasury, the Central 

Intelligence Agency, the Selective 

Service System, the United Nations, and 

INTERPOL, and individuals and 

organizations during the course of an 

investigation by DHS or the processing 

of a matter under DHS’s jurisdiction, or 

during a proceeding within the purview 

of the immigration and nationality laws, 

when necessary to elicit information 

required by DHS to carry out its 

functions and statutory mandates. 

D. To an appropriate federal, state, 

tribal, local, or foreign government 

agency or organization, or international 

organization, lawfully engaged in 

collecting law enforcement intelligence, 

whether civil or criminal, or charged 

with investigating, prosecuting, 

enforcing or implementing civil or 

criminal laws, related rules, regulations 

or orders, to enable these entities to 

carry out their law enforcement 

responsibilities, including the collection 

of law enforcement intelligence and the 

disclosure is appropriate to the proper 

performance of the official duties of the 

person receiving the disclosure. 

E. To the United States Department of 

Justice (DOJ) (including United States 

Attorneys’ offices) or other Federal 

agency conducting litigation or in 

proceedings before any court, 

adjudicative or administrative body, or 

to the court or administrative body, 

when it is necessary to the litigation and 

one of the following is a party to the 

litigation or has an interest in such 

litigation: (1) Any employee of DHS in 

his/her official capacity; (2) any 

employee of DHS in his/her individual 

capacity where DOJ or DHS has agreed 

to represent said employee; or (3) the 

United States or any agency thereof. 

F. To an appropriate federal, state, 

local, tribal, territorial, foreign, or 

international agency, if the information 

is relevant and necessary to a requesting 

agency’s decision concerning the hiring 

or retention of an individual, or 

issuance of a security clearance, license, 

contract, grant, or other benefit, or if the 

information is relevant and necessary to 

a DHS decision concerning the hiring or 

retention of an employee, the issuance 

of a security clearance, the reporting of 

an investigation of an employee, the 

letting of a contract, or the issuance of 

a license, grant or other benefit and 

when disclosure is appropriate to the 

proper performance of the official duties 

of the person making the request. 

G. To an attorney or representative (as 

defined in 8 CFR 1.1(j)) who is acting on 

behalf of an individual covered by this 

system of records in connection with 

any proceeding before USCIS or the 

Executive Office for Immigration 

Review. 

H. To a Congressional office from the 

record of an individual in response to 

an inquiry from that Congressional 

office made at the request of that 

individual. 

I. To NARA or other Federal 

government agencies pursuant to 

records management inspections being 

conducted under the authority of 44 

U.S.C. Sections 2904 and 2906. 

J. To a Federal, state or local 

government agency seeking to verify or 

ascertain the citizenship or immigration 

status of any individual within the 

jurisdiction of the agency for any 

purpose authorized by law. 

K. To contractors and their agents, 

grantees, experts, consultants, and 

others performing or working on a 

contract, service, grant, cooperative 

agreement, or other assignment for DHS, 

when necessary to accomplish an 

agency function related to this system of 

records. Those provided information 

under this routine use are subject to the 


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same Privacy Act limitations as are 

applicable to DHS officers and 

employees. 

L. To the appropriate federal, state, 

local, tribal, territorial, or foreign, or 

international agency responsible for 

investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or 

implementing a statute, rule, regulation, 

or order, where DHS becomes aware of, 

or in conjunction with other 

information determines, that a violation 

or potential violation of civil or criminal 

law has occurred. 

M. To the Social Security 

Administration (SSA) for the purpose of 

issuing a Social Security number and 

card to an alien who has made a request 

for a Social Security number as part of 

the immigration process and in 

accordance with any related agreements 

in effect between the SSA, DHS, and the 

DoS entered into pursuant to 20 CFR 

422.103(b) (3); 422.103(c); and 

422.106(a), or other relevant laws and 

regulations. 

N. To Federal and foreign government 

intelligence or counterterrorism 

agencies or components where DHS 

becomes aware of an indication of a 

threat or potential threat to national or 

international security, or when the 

information is needed to assist in antiterrorism efforts and disclosure is 

appropriate to the proper performance 

of the official duties of the person 

making the disclosure; 

O. To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when: 

(1) It is suspected or confirmed that 

the security or confidentiality of 

information in the system of records has 

been compromised; 

(2) It is determined that as a result of 

the suspected or confirmed compromise 

there is a risk of harm to economic or 

property interests, identity theft or 

fraud, or harm to the security or 

integrity of this system or other systems 

or programs (whether maintained by 

DHS or another agency or entity) that 

rely upon the compromised 

information; and 

(3) The disclosure is made to such 

agencies, entities, and persons when 

reasonably necessary to assist in 

connection with efforts to respond to 

the suspected or confirmed compromise 

and prevent, minimize, or remedy such 

harm. 

P. To officials of other federal, state, 

and local government agencies and 

adoption agencies and social workers to 

elicit information required for making a 

final determination of the petitioner’s 

ability to care for a beneficiary. 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

None. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Records in the system will be stored 

in an electronic database repository 

housed in USCIS’s data center. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

The following data elements may be 

used to initiate a query in order to 

retrieve data from the Inter-country 

Adoptions System of Records within 

SIMS. These data elements include an 

individual’s Name and Date of Birth, 

Enumerator, SIMS Account Number, 

and SIMS Case Number. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

USCIS offices are located in secure, 

guarded buildings and access to 

premises requires official identification. 

Information in this system is also 

safeguarded in accordance with 

applicable laws, rules and policies 

including the DHS Information 

Technology Security Programs 

Handbook. All records are protected 

from unauthorized access through 

appropriate administrative, physical, 

and technical safeguards including 

restricting access to authorized 

personnel who require information in 

the records for the performance of their 

official authorized duties, using locks, 

and password protection identification 

features. 

Information in this system is 

safeguarded in accordance with 

applicable laws and policies, including 

the DHS information technology 

security policies and the Federal 

Information Security Management Act 

(FISMA). All records are protected from 

unauthorized access through 

appropriate administrative, physical, 

and technical safeguards. These 

safeguards include restricting access to 

authorized personnel who have a needto-know through the use of locks and 

password protection features. The 

system is also protected through a 

multi-layer security approach. The 

protective strategies are physical, 

technical, administrative and 

environmental in nature, which provide 

access control to sensitive data, physical 

access control to DHS facilities, 

confidentiality of communications, 

authentication of sending parties, and 

personnel screening to ensure that all 

personnel with access to data are 

screened through background 

investigations commensurate with the 

level of access required to perform their 

duties. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

USCIS is working with NARA to 

develop a retention and disposal 

schedule for data contained within 

SIMS. USCIS’s proposal for retention 

and disposal of these records is to store 

and retain adoption related records for 

75 years, during which time the records 

will be archived. The 75 year retention 

period is derived from the length of time 

USCIS may interact with a customer. 

The proposed retention and disposal 

schedule is based upon a holistic 

adoption ‘‘case’’ which will contain 

each of the USCIS adoption related 

applications and supporting 

documentation. It should be noted that 

for purposes of the SIMS pilot a 

hardcopy record of all adoption related 

applications and supporting 

documentation will be maintained by 

USCIS. The SIMS retention and disposal 

schedule will be reviewed and updated 

accordingly as additional USCIS 

applications and system functionalities 

are added to SIMS. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Robert Genesoni, Pilot Branch Chief, 

Transformation Program Office, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services 

(USCIS) Transformation Program Office, 

Department of Homeland Security, 111 

Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Fifth 

Floor, Washington, DC 20529. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

In order to gain access to one’s 

information stored in the Inter-country 

Adoptions portion of the SIMS database, 

a request for access must be made in 

writing and addressed to the Freedom of 

Information Act/Privacy Act (FOIA/PA) 

officer at USCIS. Individuals who are 

seeking information pertaining to 

themselves are directed to clearly mark 

the envelope and letter ‘‘Privacy Act 

Request.’’ Within the text of the request, 

the subject of the record must provide 

his/her account number and/or the full 

name, date and place of birth, and 

notarized signature, and any other 

information which may assist in 

identifying and locating the record, and 

a return address. For convenience, 

individuals may obtain Form G–639, 

FOIA/PA Request, from the nearest DHS 

office and used to submit a request for 

access. The procedures for making a 

request for access to one’s records can 

also be found on the USCIS Web site, 

located at www.uscis.gov. 

An individual who would like to file 

a FOIA/PA request to view their USCIS 

record may do so by sending the request 

to the following address: 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services, National Records Center, 

FOIA/PA Office, P.O. Box 648010, Lee’s 

Summit, MO 64064–8010. 


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RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

See procedures as stated in the 

‘‘Notification procedure’’ section above. 

CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURES: 

See procedures as stated in the 

‘‘Notification procedure’’ section above. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information contained in this system 

of records is primarily supplied by 

individuals, seeking to adopt, on the 

OMB-approved versions of the 

following USCIS applications and 

forms: 

• Form I–600, Petition to Classify 

Orphan as an Immediate Relative. 

• Form I–600A, Application for 

Advance Processing of Orphan Petition. 

• Form N–600, Application for 

Certificate of Citizenship. 

• Form N–600K, Application for 

Citizenship and Issuance of Certificate 

under Section 322. 

Information contained in this system 

of records is also obtained from: 

• SIMS account registration data 

obtained from each individual seeking 

to adopt, representatives of prospective 

adoptive parents and other 

organizations involved in an adoption 

case; 

• Home study reports prepared by 

State-certified home study providers 

submitted to USCIS in furtherance of 

the adoption process; 

• Memoralizations of interviews 

performed by authorized USCIS 

personnel of individuals seeking to 

adopt; and 

• Data obtained from other DHS and 

non-DHS Federal agency’s systems and 

databases including the FBI, DoS, ICE, 

and CBP. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

Dated: May 25, 2007. 

Hugo Teufel III, 

Chief Privacy Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–2783 Filed 5–31–07; 1:24 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Receipt of Applications for Permit 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications 

for permit. 

SUMMARY: The public is invited to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species and/or marine 

mammals. 

DATES: Written data, comments or 

requests must be received by July 5, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Documents and other 

information submitted with these 

applications are available for review, 

subject to the requirements of the 

Privacy Act and Freedom of Information 

Act, by any party who submits a written 

request for a copy of such documents 

within 30 days of the date of publication 

of this notice to: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Division of Management 

Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, 

Room 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203; 

fax 703/358–2281. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Division of Management Authority, 

telephone 703/358–2104. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Endangered Species 

The public is invited to comment on 

the following applications for a permit 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. This notice is 

provided pursuant to Section 10(c) of 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Written data, comments, or requests for 

copies of these complete applications 

should be submitted to the Director 

(address above). 

Applicant: Gibbon Conservation 

Center, Santa Clarita, CA, PRT–154527. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import one male captive-born capped 

gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) from the 

Japan Monkey Centre, Inuyama City, 

Japan for the purpose of enhancement 

of the species through captive 

propagation and conservation 

education. 

Applicant: Richard B. Dubin, La 

Canada, CA, PRT–152721. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import the sport-hunted trophy of one 

male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus 

pygargus) culled from a captive herd 

maintained under the management 

program of the Republic of South Africa, 

for the purpose of enhancement of the 

survival of the species. 

Marine Mammals 

The public is invited to comment on 

the following applications for a permit 

to conduct certain activities with marine 

mammals. The applications were 

submitted to satisfy requirements of the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, 

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and 

the regulations governing marine 

mammals (50 CFR part 18). Written 

data, comments, or requests for copies 

of the complete applications or requests 

for a public hearing on these 

applications should be submitted to the 

Director (address above). Anyone 

requesting a hearing should give 

specific reasons why a hearing would be 

appropriate. The holding of such a 

hearing is at the discretion of the 

Director. 

Applicant: Ritchie G. Studer, Addison, 

TX, PRT–152748. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) 

sport hunted from the Lancaster Sound 

polar bear population in Canada for 

personal, noncommercial use. 

Applicant: Donill J. Kenney, Lake 

Worth, FL, PRT–153378. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) 

sport hunted from the Lancaster Sound 

polar bear population in Canada for 

personal, noncommercial use. 

Applicant: Casey P. Brooks, Lacenter, 

WA, PRT–152993. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) 

sport hunted from the Lancaster Sound 

polar bear population in Canada for 

personal, noncommercial use. 

Applicant: Daniel A. Hoffler, Virginia 

Beach, VA, PRT–152688. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) 

sport hunted from the Viscount Melville 

Sound polar bear population in Canada 

for personal, noncommercial use. 

Applicant: Rip D. Miller, Austin, TX, 

PRT–153363. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) 

sport hunted from the Lancaster Sound 

polar bear population in Canada for 

personal, noncommercial use. 

Applicant: Mark A. Watson, Franklin, 

TN, PRT–153380. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) 

sport hunted from the Northern Beaufort 

Sea polar bear population in Canada for 

personal, noncommercial use. 

Dated: May 11, 2007. 

Michael S. Moore, 

Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits, 

Division of Management Authority. 

[FR Doc. E7–10761 Filed 6–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Receipt of Applications for Permit 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications 

for permit. 


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