Information About the Customer Profile Management System - IDENTity Verification Tool (CPMS-IVT)

Information About the Customer Profile Management
System - IDENTity Verification Tool (CPMS-IVT)
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

USCIS
Form M-1061

OMB No. 1615-0125
Expires 05/31/2021

What Is the Purpose of This Tool?
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) uses the Customer Profile Management System - IDENTity
Verification Tool (CPMS-IVT) to verify each customer’s identity. CPMS-IVT processes, retrieves, and displays biometric
and biographic data from the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) fingerprint identity system, the Automated
Biometric Identification System (IDENT). USCIS-trained staff in USCIS district or field offices will use CPMS-IVT to
verify your identity when you appear for a naturalization or immigration benefit interview, or when you appear at a USCIS
district or field office to receive a USCIS-issued document evidencing an immigration benefit.

How Does Use of This Tool Affect Me?
You will be asked to place your left and right index fingers on the fingerprint scanner where they will be scanned
electronically. You will also have your picture taken electronically. Your photograph and fingerprints will then be sent to
IDENT where they are compared with your photograph and fingerprints on file.
USCIS will use CPMS-IVT and IDENT to verify your identity and determine if there are any other known identities or
A-Numbers associated with you. USCIS will also use this tool to see if you have any immigration offenses or watch list
warnings or warrants from the FBI or Department of State.
This is the same information and process that DHS uses when you enter the United States through a port of entry and are
processed through IDENT.

USCIS Privacy Notice
AUTHORITIES: The information requested for use by the CPMS-IVT is collected under 8 CFR 103.2(b)(9) and (e).
PURPOSE: The primary purpose for providing your biometric information (fingerprints and photograph) to USCIS is to
verify your identity and other information relevant to determining if you are eligible for the immigration benefit you are
seeking. DHS uses the information you provide to grant or deny the immigration benefit you are seeking.
DISCLOSURE: The information you provide is voluntary. However, failure to provide the requested information,
including your Social Security Number, if applicable, and any requested evidence, may delay a final decision or result in
the denial of your immigration benefit.
ROUTINE USES: DHS may share the information you provide through CPMS-IVT with other Federal, state, local,
and foreign government agencies and authorized organizations. DHS follows approved routine uses described in the
associated published system of records notices [DHS/USCIS-002 - Background Check Service and DHS/USCIS-003
- Biometric Storage System] and the published privacy impact assessments [DHS/USCIS/PIA-060 Customer Profile
Management Service] which you can find at www.dhs.gov/privacy. DHS may also share the information, as appropriate,
for law enforcement purposes or in the interest of national security.

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Paperwork Reduction Act
An agency may not conduct or sponsor an information collection, and a person is not required to respond to a collection
of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The public
reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated at 5 minutes per response, including the time for receiving
instructions and providing required biometric data. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect
of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, 20 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC
20529-2140. OMB No. 1615-0125. Do not mail completed petitions, applications, or requests to this address.

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