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1Simplified Arrival is an enhanced international 

arrival process that uses facial biometrics to 

automate the manual document checks that are 

already required for admission into the United 

States. More information on CBP’s use of facial 

biometrics to secure and streamline travel can be 

found at https://www.cbp.gov/travel/biometrics. 

2 86 FR 48437. 3 86 FR 48437. 

Items To Declare Queue 

Travelers with items to declare enter 

the Items to Declare queue and present 

before a CBP officer to make an oral 

declaration. The CBP officer makes a 

determination if duty is owed by the 

traveler or if additional inspection is 

warranted. The CBP officer then directs 

the traveler accordingly. 

Referral to Secondary Inspection 

If a traveler is referred to secondary 

inspection at any point, CBP officers 

will follow standard procedures, 

including collecting an oral and/or 

written declaration during the referral 

and inspection. CBP officers will also 

follow current agency policy on 

declaration amendment opportunities. 

Test Period and Participants 

As indicated in the 2021 notice, the 

Declaration Zone test was set to begin 

no earlier than September 27, 2021, and 

run for approximately two years, 

initially at two sea POEs, Miami, 

Florida, and Bayonne, New Jersey. 86 

FR 48436–7. The 2021 notice stated that 

the start date may vary at each location 

in accordance with the resumption of 

passenger operations suspended due to 

the COVID–19 pandemic. 86 FR 48437. 

Also, as indicated in the 2021 notice, 

the test is currently restricted to closed 

loop cruises participating in the 

voluntary facial biometric debarkation 

(FBD) program. 86 FR 48437. 

Extension of the Declaration Zone Test 

Period and Expansion of the 

Declaration Zone Test 

Extension of the Test Period 

Based on limited cruise line 

operations and the suspension of 

passenger operations due to the COVID– 

19 pandemic, CBP was not able to 

implement the Declaration Zone test 

until May 2022 in Bayonne and July 

2022 in Miami. Due to this 

postponement, CBP is extending the 

Declaration Zone test for an additional 

two years until October 16, 2025, to 

properly assess and evaluate the impact 

of the new form of declaration. 

Expansion of the Test 

Additional Sea POEs 

In addition to the extension of the test 

period, to better evaluate the 

Declaration Zone test, CBP also intends 

to expand the Declaration Zone test to 

cruise terminal facilities at up to 

eighteen additional sea POE locations. 

CBP will only expand the Declaration 

Zone test to cruise terminal facilities at 

sea POEs with the sufficient space and 

infrastructure to accommodate queuing 

for processing through a Declaration 

Zone. CBP Headquarters will 

communicate with each Field Office 

and POE with cruise terminal facilities 

meeting these criteria and advise of the 

option to have a Declaration Zone test 

at their respective terminal(s). As 

provided in the 2021 notice, once a new 

location is identified, CBP will 

announce the expansion on the public 

facing CBP website, https://

www.cbp.gov, notifying the traveling 

public of the implementation of 

demonstrative declarations upon arrival 

into the United States at that particular 

sea POE. 86 FR 48437. 

Eligible Open Loop Cruises 

Additionally, CBP is expanding the 

Declaration Zone test to travelers being 

processed in Simplified Arrival for open 

loop cruises. When the Declaration 

Zone test was initially announced in 

2021, it was limited to passengers on 

closed loop cruises processed in FBD. 

FBD is the facial biometric solution for 

processing arriving cruise passengers on 

closed loop cruises, whereas Simplified 

Arrival is an equivalent facial biometric 

solution for processing arriving cruise 

passengers on open loop cruises.1 The 

test will no longer be restricted to closed 

loop cruises and will expand to open 

loop cruises participating in Simplified 

Arrival no sooner than October 1, 2023. 

The expansion date may vary at each 

location. 

Authorization for the Test 

The test described in the 2021 notice 2

and extended and expanded by this 

notice is authorized pursuant to 19 CFR 

101.9(a), which allows the 

Commissioner of CBP to impose 

requirements different from those 

specified in the CBP Regulations for 

purposes of conducting a test program 

or procedure designed to evaluate the 

effectiveness of new operational 

procedures regarding the processing of 

passengers. This test is authorized 

pursuant to this regulation as it is 

designed to evaluate whether allowing a 

demonstrative initial declaration is a 

feasible way to fulfill the declaration 

requirement and allow for streamlined 

processing. 

Waiver of Certain Regulatory 

Requirements 

CBP regulations require each traveler 

to provide an oral or written declaration 

of all articles brought into the United 

States to a CBP officer. See 19 CFR 

148.12 and 148.13. The test described in 

the 2021 notice 3 and extended and 

expanded by this notice provides 

arriving travelers with an alternative 

method to meet this requirement by 

allowing a demonstrative initial 

declaration. All other requirements of 

19 CFR part 148, subpart B, regarding 

declarations, including those provided 

by 19 CFR 148.18, regarding failure to 

declare, and 19 CFR 148.19, regarding 

false or fraudulent statements, still 

apply. 

Dated: October 10, 2023. 

Diane J. Sabatino, 

Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner, 

Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[OMB Control Number 1615–0099] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Extension, Without Change, 

of a Currently Approved Collection: 

Application for T Nonimmigrant Status 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS) will be 

submitting the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. The purpose of this notice is to 

allow an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until November 15, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or 

suggestions regarding the item(s) 

contained in this notice, especially 

regarding the estimated public burden 

and associated response time, must be 

submitted via the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal website at https://

www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID 

number USCIS–2006–0059. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, 


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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: 

Comments 

The information collection notice was 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on July 27, 2023, at 88 FR 

48488, allowing for a 60-day public 

comment period. USCIS did receive two 

comments in connection with the 60- 

day notice. 

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–2006–0059 in the 

search box. The comments submitted to 

USCIS via this method are visible to the 

Office of Management and Budget and 

comply with the requirements of 5 CFR 

1320.12(c). All submissions will be 

posted, without change, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

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 

http://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: 

Extension, Without Change, of a 

Currently Approved Collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Application for T Nonimmigrant Status. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: I–914; USCIS. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households; Federal Government; or 

State, local or Tribal Government. The 

information on all three parts of the 

form will be used to determine whether 

applicants meet the eligibility 

requirements for benefits. This 

application incorporates information 

pertinent to eligibility under the Victims 

of Trafficking and Violence Protection 

Act (VTVPA), Public Law 106–386, and 

a request for employment. 

(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–914 is 3,432 and the 

estimated hour burden per response is 

2.63 hours. The estimated total number 

of respondents for the information 

collection I–914A is 1,720 and the 

estimated hour burden per response is 

1.083 hours. The estimated total number 

of respondents for the information 

collection I–914B is 2402 and the 

estimated hour burden per response is 

3.83 hours. The estimated total number 

of respondents for the information 

collection of biometrics is 5,152 and the 

estimated hour burden per response is 

1.17 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 21,517 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 $5,905,400. 

Dated: October 10, 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 1615–0069] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Revision of a Currently 

Approved Collection: Application by 

Refugee for Waiver of Inadmissibility 

Grounds 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS) will be 

submitting the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. The purpose of this notice is to 

allow an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted November 15, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or 

suggestions regarding the item(s) 

contained in this notice, especially 

regarding the estimated public burden 

and associated response time, must be 

submitted via the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal website at https://

www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID 

number USCIS–2006–0042. All 

submissions received must include the 

OMB Control Number 1615–0069 in the 

body of the letter, the agency name and 

Docket ID USCIS–2006–0042. 

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 


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