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1The Form I–94 is not required for 

nonimmigrants seeking admission to the United 

States under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). 

Rather, the Form I–94W is the form required for 

nonimmigrants seeking admission into the United 

States under the VWP. The other categories of 

nonimmigrants not subject to the I–94 requirement 

are enumerated in 8 CFR 235.1(h)(1). 

Beginning date Ending date Under-payments 

(percent) 

Over-payments 

(percent) 

Corporate overpayments 

(eff. 1–1–99) 

(percent) 

040198 ................................................... 123198 .................................................. 8 7 ..............................

010199 ................................................... 033199 .................................................. 7 7 6 

040199 ................................................... 033100 .................................................. 8 8 7 

040100 ................................................... 033101 .................................................. 9 9 8 

040101 ................................................... 063001 .................................................. 8 8 7 

070101 ................................................... 123101 .................................................. 7 7 6 

010102 ................................................... 123102 .................................................. 6 6 5 

010103 ................................................... 093003 .................................................. 5 5 4 

100103 ................................................... 033104 .................................................. 4 4 3 

040104 ................................................... 063004 .................................................. 5 5 4 

070104 ................................................... 093004 .................................................. 4 4 3 

100104 ................................................... 033105 .................................................. 5 5 4 

040105 ................................................... 093005 .................................................. 6 6 5 

100105 ................................................... 063006 .................................................. 7 7 6 

070106 ................................................... 123107 .................................................. 8 8 7 

010108 ................................................... 033108 .................................................. 7 7 6 

040108 ................................................... 063008 .................................................. 6 6 5 

070108 ................................................... 093008 .................................................. 5 5 4 

100108 ................................................... 123108 .................................................. 6 6 5 

010109 ................................................... 033109 .................................................. 5 5 4 

040109 ................................................... 123110 .................................................. 4 4 3 

010111 ................................................... 033111 .................................................. 3 3 2 

040111 ................................................... 093011 .................................................. 4 4 3 

100111 ................................................... 033116 .................................................. 3 3 2 

040116 ................................................... 033118 .................................................. 4 4 3 

040118 ................................................... 123118 .................................................. 5 5 4 

010119 ................................................... 063019 .................................................. 6 6 5 

070119 ................................................... 063020 .................................................. 5 5 4 

070120 ................................................... 033122 .................................................. 3 3 2 

040122 ................................................... 063022 .................................................. 4 4 3 

Dated: March 11, 2022. 

Jeffrey Caine, 

Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection. 

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BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Streamlining I–94 Issuance at the Land 

Border 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, DHS. 

ACTION: General notice. 

SUMMARY: To increase efficiency, reduce 

operating costs, and streamline the 

admissions process, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) is now issuing 

electronic Form I–94s (Arrival/ 

Departure Record) at land ports of entry. 

The Form I–94 documents 

nonimmigrants’ status in the United 

States, the approved length of stay, and 

departure information. CBP has 

automated the Form I–94 process for the 

majority of nonimmigrants arriving by 

air and sea. However, CBP previously 

issued paper Form I–94s to 

nonimmigrants arriving by land. For 

land arrivals, CBP is no longer issuing 

paper forms to nonimmigrants upon 

arrival except in limited circumstances 

and upon nonimmigrant request if 

feasible. Nonimmigrants can access 

Form I–94s online or via mobile 

application. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tricia Kennedy, Office of Field 

Operations, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection at Tricia.Kennedy@

cbp.dhs.gov or (813) 927–6420. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

A. The Form I–94 

The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS) delegated its authority to 

issue and process the Form I–94 

(Arrival/Departure Record) to U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP). 

See DHS Delegation 7010.3 II.B.5 (May 

11, 2006). CBP issues a Form I–94 to 

certain nonimmigrants who are eligible 

for admission or parole in the United 

States. Each arriving nonimmigrant who 

is admitted to the United States, 

including nonimmigrants arriving by 

commercial conveyances, must be 

issued a Form I–94 as evidence of the 

terms of admission, unless otherwise 

exempted.1 See section 235.1(h) of title 

8 of the Code of Federal Regulations (8 

CFR 235.1(h)). CBP generally issues the 

Form I–94 to nonimmigrants at the time 

they lawfully enter the United States. 

The current Form I–94 documents 

nonimmigrants’ arrival and departure 

information, as well as their 

biographical information, such as name, 

birth date, sex, country of citizenship, 

visa and passport information or Alien 

Registration Number for certain 

categories of nonimmigrant, country of 

residence, address and telephone 

number while in the United States, and 

email address. For nonimmigrants 

admitted to the United States, the Form 

I–94 becomes the evidence of the terms 

of their admission. For nonimmigrants 

paroled into the United States, the Form 

I–94 reflects the duration and 

classification of parole. Currently, the 

Form I–94 process is automated for 

nonimmigrants arriving by air or sea. 

For nonimmigrants arriving by land, 

CBP utilized a paper I–94 process that 

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2Previously all eligible nonimmigrants would 

complete the paper Form I–94. Now nonimmigrants 

may continue to submit their information via the 

paper Form I–94 on arrival, but CBP strongly 

encourages nonimmigrants to submit their I–94 

information via the website or mobile application 

up to seven days in advance instead. 

3See 8 CFR 1.4. CBP finalized the changes 

announced in the IFR with the publication of the 

2016 Final Rule. 

submission option. These processes are 

described below. 

B. Previous Paper I–94 Process for Land 

Arrivals 

CBP previously used a paper Form I– 

94 process for all eligible 

nonimmigrants arriving at land ports of 

entry (POEs). The paper Form I–94 

consists of two parts: The arrival portion 

and the departure portion. Each 

nonimmigrant arriving by land for 

whom a Form I–94 is required 

completes both the arrival and 

departure portions of the form either en 

route to or upon arrival in the United 

States when applicable.2 The 

information requested on the arrival 

portion of the I–94 includes: Family 

name, first (given) name, birth date, 

country of citizenship, sex, passport 

number, passport expiration date, 

passport issue date, airline and flight 

number (if applicable), country of 

residence, country of boarding, city 

where visa was issued, date visa was 

issued, address and telephone number 

while in the United States, and email 

address. The departure portion includes 

fields for the nonimmigrant’s full name, 

birth date, and country of citizenship. 

After the nonimmigrant completes the 

Form I–94, he or she presents it to a CBP 

officer at primary inspection, along with 

his or her travel documents and any 

other applicable information. 

Previously, after a successful 

completion of the inspection process, a 

CBP officer stamped the nonimmigrant’s 

Form I–94 and passport with either an 

admission or parole stamp. The CBP 

officer retained the arrival portion of the 

Form I–94 and returned the departure 

portion to the nonimmigrant. The 

departure portion of the form was 

provided to the nonimmigrant to retain 

in his or her possession for the duration 

of his or her stay and to surrender upon 

departure. In some circumstances, a 

nonimmigrant is required to have the 

Form I–94 in his or her possession at all 

times while in the United States. The 

nonimmigrant could present the 

departure portion to establish, where 

applicable, eligibility for employment, 

enrollment in a university, or benefits. 

CBP collects the arrival portions of 

the paper Forms I–94 daily at each POE 

and boxes and mails them to a 

centralized data processing center for 

logging, processing, scanning, and data 

capture. 

C. Automation of Form I–94 for Air and 

Sea Arrivals 

Prior to the automation of the Form I– 

94 for air and sea arrivals, CBP followed 

the same paper Form I–94 process 

described above for all air and sea 

arrivals. In order to transition to an 

automated process, DHS published an 

interim final rule (IFR), which amended 

DHS regulations to specify that the 

Form I–94 could be created and issued 

in either paper or electronic format. See 

78 FR 18457 (Mar. 27, 2013). On 

December 19, 2016, CBP finalized the 

changes announced in the IFR with the 

publication of a Final Rule in the 

Federal Register (81 FR 91646). 

Although the regulatory changes 

permitted DHS to automate the Form I– 

94 process for all modes of travel (air, 

sea, or land), CBP stated in the IFR that 

it was transitioning to an automated 

Form I–94 process for only air and sea 

arrivals at that time. Pursuant to the 

automated process, CBP no longer 

requires nonimmigrants arriving by air 

and sea to fill out a paper Form I–94 in 

most circumstances. Instead, an 

electronic version of the Form I–94 is 

populated with information available in 

CBP’s databases, including the 

information electronically transmitted 

by air and sea carriers, as well as data 

from the Department of State’s Consular 

Consolidated Databases (CCD). Any data 

element not available electronically is 

collected by the CBP officer at the time 

of inspection and recorded in the 

relevant electronic system. 

After a successful inspection, CBP 

issues an electronic Form I–94, which 

the nonimmigrant can access on a CBP 

website, https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov, or via 

the CBP OneTM mobile application, by 

entering details from his or her passport 

or Alien Registration Number for certain 

categories of nonimmigrants. The 

nonimmigrant can print a paper version 

of the Form I–94 to present as evidence 

of admission or parole. The printed 

version is the functional equivalent of 

the paper Form I–94. CBP may issue 

paper Form I–94s in limited 

circumstances and may provide a paper 

Form I–94 upon request from a 

nonimmigrant if feasible. 

D. Enhanced Form I–94 Land Border 

Process 

As detailed in the Final Rule, in 

addition to the automation of the Form 

I–94 at air and sea POEs started by the 

2013 IFR, CBP modified the process by 

which a nonimmigrant arriving at the 

land border can provide Form I–94 

information and pay the related fee by 

adding a nonautomated electronic 

option on September 29, 2016. 81 FR 

91646, 91648 (Dec. 19, 2016). 

Specifically, CBP enhanced the I–94 

website to enable nonimmigrants 

arriving at a land POE to submit the 

Form I–94 information to CBP and pay 

the required fee prior to arrival. Using 

the I–94 website, the nonimmigrant 

enters all of the required data for I–94 

processing that would be collected by 

CBP at the POE. Upon paying the fee, 

the nonimmigrant receives an electronic 

‘‘provisional I–94’’. This ‘‘provisional I– 

94’’ becomes effective after the 

nonimmigrant appears at a land POE 

and completes the I–94 issuance process 

with a CBP officer. If the ‘‘provisional I– 

94’’ is not processed within seven days 

of submitting the application, it will 

expire and the fee will be forfeited. 

The I–94 website instructs the 

nonimmigrant to appear at the land POE 

for an interview and biometric 

collection. When the nonimmigrant 

arrives at the POE, the nonimmigrant 

completes the issuance process with a 

CBP officer. The CBP officer will locate 

the nonimmigrant’s information in 

CBP’s database using the 

nonimmigrant’s passport or other travel 

document. This will verify that the fee 

was paid and pre-populate the data 

fields from the document and the 

information provided in advance by the 

nonimmigrant on the I–94 website. Prior 

to May 26, 2021, if the CBP officer 

determined that the nonimmigrant was 

admissible, the CBP officer would print 

out a Form I–94 and give it to the 

nonimmigrant. 

However, as of May 26, 2021, CBP is 

no longer providing a paper form to 

these nonimmigrants, who may now 

access their Form I–94 via the website 

or the CBP OneTM mobile application. 

As of June 11, 2021, in addition to 

accessing their I–94 via the CBP OneTM

mobile application, nonimmigrants now 

also have the option of submitting their 

Form I–94 information and paying the 

related fee via the CBP OneTM mobile 

application to receive a ‘‘provisional I– 

94’’ prior to arriving at land POEs. 

II. Legal Authority 

The IFR added to the regulations a 

definition of ‘‘Form I–94’’ that allows 

DHS to issue the Form I–94 in either 

paper or electronic format.3 The 

introductory text of 8 CFR 1.4 states that 

the term ‘‘Form I–94’’ includes the 

collection of arrival/departure and 

admission or parole information by 

DHS, whether in paper or electronic 

format. Additionally, the ‘‘issuance’’ of 

a Form I–94 includes, but is not limited 


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4For more information on the electronic 

prepayment of the I–94 fee for land border POEs 

online see 81 FR 91646, 91648. For more 

information on the CBP OneTM mobile application 

see https://www.cbp.gov/about/mobile-appsdirectory/cbpone. 

to, the creation of an electronic record 

of admission or arrival/departure by 

DHS following an inspection performed 

by an immigration officer. 8 CFR 1.4(c). 

Together, these regulations authorize 

CBP to issue Form I–94 in either a paper 

or electronic format to any 

nonimmigrant eligible to receive a Form 

I–94. 

III. Streamlining I–94 Issuance at the 

Land Border 

To increase efficiency, reduce 

operating costs, and streamline the 

admissions process, CBP is now issuing 

Form I–94s electronically and 

nonimmigrants no longer receive a 

paper I–94 receipt. Nonimmigrants can 

access their Form I–94s online through 

a website or via a mobile application. 

CBP will no longer provide a paper 

version of Form I–94 in the majority of 

circumstances. CBP continues to issue a 

Form I–94 at land POEs only upon 

payment of a fee. 

A. The Electronic Form I–94 

As of May 26, 2021, CBP officers no 

longer issue most eligible 

nonimmigrants a paper version of the I– 

94 at the time of admission or parole. 

Rather, CBP issues an electronic Form I– 

94, which the nonimmigrant can access 

on a CBP website, https://

i94.cbp.dhs.gov, or via the CBP OneTM

mobile application. However, CBP may 

issue a paper Form I–94 in limited 

circumstances and may provide a paper 

Form I–94 upon request from a 

nonimmigrant if feasible. 

The printout from the website or 

mobile application is the functional 

equivalent of the departure portion of 

the paper Form I–94 and includes the 

terms and duration of admission or 

parole. Nonimmigrants may print out a 

copy of the Form I–94 from the website 

or mobile application and present it to 

third parties to establish, where 

applicable, eligibility for benefits, 

enrollment at a university, or eligibility 

for employment. 

The streamlining of Form I–94 for 

nonimmigrants arriving by land by 

providing an electronic Form I–94 saves 

time and money for both the traveling 

public and CBP. The electronic process 

eliminates some of the paper Form I–94 

processing performed by CBP and will 

reduce wait times at passenger 

processing, which will also facilitate 

inspection of all nonimmigrants. The 

electronic Form I–94 will save the time 

and expenses associated with lost Form 

I–94s, as nonimmigrants will simply be 

able to print out new copies from the 

website or mobile application as 

necessary, as opposed to filing a Form 

I–102 and paying a fee, as previously 

required. This will result in cost savings 

for nonimmigrants, carriers, and CBP. 

B. Form I–94 Fee 

For land border admissions, CBP 

issues a Form I–94 only upon payment 

of a fee. See 8 CFR 235.1(h). 

Nonimmigrants intending to enter the 

United States at land POEs have the 

option either to pay the required fee at 

the border during processing or pay the 

required fee online or via the CBP 

OneTM mobile application up to seven 

days in advance of arrival.4 At this time, 

CBP is not changing the procedures 

regarding the payment of the Form I–94 

fee. Accordingly, nonimmigrants 

arriving by land will continue to have 

the option to either pay the required fee 

at the POE or pay online or via the 

mobile application prior to arrival. 

CBP strongly encourages 

nonimmigrants to apply and pay for I– 

94s via the website or mobile 

application. 

IV. Privacy 

CBP will ensure that all Privacy Act 

requirements and applicable policies are 

adhered to during the streamlining of 

Form I–94 at land border POEs. 

V. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507(d)) requires that 

CBP consider the impact of paperwork 

and other information collection 

burdens imposed on the public. The 

Form I–94 is covered by OMB control 

number 1651–0111. There is no change 

to the information collection associated 

with this notice. 

VI. Signing Authority 

Commissioner Chris Magnus, having 

reviewed and approved this document, 

is delegating the authority to 

electronically sign this document to 

Robert F. Altneu, who is the Director of 

the Regulations and Disclosure Law 

Division for CBP, for purposes of 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Dated: March 14, 2022. 

Robert F. Altneu, 

Director, Regulations & Disclosure Law 

Division, Regulations & Rulings, Office of 

Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

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BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2022–0001] 

Notice of Public Hearing on the Use of 

Forced Labor in the People’s Republic 

of China and Measures To Prevent the 

Importation of Goods Produced, 

Mined, or Manufactured, Wholly or in 

Part, With Forced Labor in the People’s 

Republic of China Into the United 

States 

AGENCY: Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearing. 

SUMMARY: The Forced Labor 

Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) will 

hold a public hearing, as required by the 

Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, on 

the use of forced labor in the People’s 

Republic of China and potential 

measures to prevent the importation of 

goods mined, produced, or 

manufactured wholly or in part with 

forced labor in the People’s Republic of 

China into the United States. This 

hearing will be held remotely via web 

conference. 

DATES: The Forced Labor Enforcement 

Task Force (FLETF) will hold the 

hearing on Friday, April 8, 2022, 

starting at 9 a.m. and ending at 1:30 

p.m. EDT. Members of the public 

interested in providing public testimony 

must register by Wednesday, March 30, 

2022, 11:59 p.m. EDT; instructions on 

how to register are included in 

ADDRESSES. Please note that the hearing 

may close early, or run over time, 

depending on the number of registered 

speakers. Allocation of time within the 

event may shift based on participation 

and registration per topic area, as listed 

in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held 

remotely via web conference. Members 

of the public interested in providing 

public testimony at the hearing must 

register at the following link, https://

forms.office.com/g/fC8AeiDEbQ, by 

Wednesday, March 30, 2022, 11:59 p.m. 

EDT. You must indicate in the 

registration form that you want to speak 

by selecting ‘‘provide public testimony’’ 

in question 6 (explaining how you are 

‘‘requesting to’’ participate). You must 

register for the public hearing with the 

same email address that you plan to use 

to login to attend the public hearing. 

When registering, identify the topic area 

on which you would like to speak. More 

information regarding the list of topics 

is included in SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION below. 

Members of the public interested in 

attending in listen-only mode can 


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