Arrival and Departure Record and Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA)
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Emergency
03/04/2025
03/04/2025
Requested
Previously Approved
6 Months From Approved
04/30/2025
16,958,048
18,797,619
4,959,446
4,054,581
261,444,521
287,283,714
Form I-94 (Arrival/Departure Record) and Form I-94W (Nonimmigrant Visa Waiver Arrival/Departure) are used to document a traveler's admission into the United States. These forms include date of arrival, visa classification and the date the authorized stay expires. The forms are also used by business employers and other organizations to confirm legal status in 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.
CBP is implementing a new capability within the CBP GO mobile application, or any successor mobile application, to allow aliens who are subject to I-94 requirements, and who are departing the United States, to voluntarily provide biographic data, facial images, and geolocation to provide evidence of that departure. This collection is a part of CBPâs critical efforts in fulfilling DHSâs statutory mandate to collect biometric information from departing aliens and CBPâs plans to fully automate I-94 information collection.2 This capability will close the information gap on alien entries and exits by making it easier for aliens subject to I-94 requirements to report their exit to CBP after their departures from the United States. It will also create a biometrically confirmed, and geolocation confirmed, and thereby more accurate, exit record for such aliens leaving the United States. Aliens subject to I-94 requirements may use the application to voluntarily submit their biographic information from their passports, or other travel documents after they have exited the United States.
The total increase in annual burden hours to this previously approved collection is 904,865 hours; an increase from 4,054,581 hours to 4,959,446 hours.
There has been an increase in the estimated annual burden hours previously reported for this information collection due to adding the CBP GO application as part of the VSRE pilot, an additional collection tool respondents can voluntarily use to report their biometrically confirmed exit. The number of respondents has increased this collection by 600,000, and the annual burden hours for this collection tool (20,000 hours) were incorporated into the total annual burden accordingly.
There has been an increase in the estimated annual burden hours previously reported for the ESTA mobile application, from 183,333 hours to 796,696 hours, an increase of 613,363 hours. This increase is due to the rise in the number of respondents and responses received annually, to reflect current usage and the anticipated burden for the next three years to accommodate additional respondents from VWP additions including the recent additions of Qatar and Romania, an increase from 500,000 to 2,172,611.
There has been an increase in the estimated annual burden hours previously reported for the ESTA website, from 3,259,100 to 3,899,040, an increase of 639,940 hours. This increase is due to a revised estimate in the time burden for the collection based on system information on how long it takes to complete the application.
The annual burden for the I-94W collection has been removed, as the number of respondents using a paper I-94W yearly is lower than 10, resulting in a decrease of 368,438 hours for the information collection.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form CBP Form I-94 Arrival and Departure Record I-94
Emergency Request Memo for ESTA VSRE 2.28.25_EAC signed.pdf
3.3.25 [ROCIS] EMERGENCY VSRE SS for 1651-0111 ESTA I-94.docx
9-11 Act PL 110-53.doc
CBP Go