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ICE Tip Form
OMB Control Number: 1653-0049
Expiration Date: 10/31/2027

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigates more than 400 violations
of criminal law, ranging from child exploitation to transnational gangs. Use this form to
report suspected criminal activity.
Be as specific and as detailed as possible. You are encouraged to provide any additional
identifying details such as places of birth, countries of citizenship, and any numeric
identifiers in the below narrative text box. The detailed information you provide will
assist investigators as they look into reported violations.
We do not provide status updates for tip information provided. If you provide
information, you can be assured that it will be promptly forwarded to the responsible
office for follow up action as deemed appropriate.
Do NOT send the same information more than once, and do NOT file a duplicate report
by calling the ICE Tip Line.
Although there is absolutely no guarantee that tip information provided will result in
monetary payments, ICE has the discretion and statutory authorization to pay for
information and/or evidence that is used in support of criminal investigations, and/or
immigration enforcement activities.
Anonymous tips may be reported on this form and may also be reported to ICE via the
toll-free ICE Tip Line, (866) 347-2423

TTY for hearing impaired only: || TTY para personas con discapacidad auditiva solamente: (802) 872-6196

If this is an emergency, call 911.

* = Required Fields

Are you a Law Enforcement Officer?
Yes
No

If you are a law enforcement officer, please provide any
available information below.
Anonymous tips may be reported on this form and may also
be reported to ICE via the toll-free ICE Tip Line, (866) 3472423.
The information you provide will be maintained and handled
in accordance with applicable federal laws, regulations, and
policies, including but not limited to the Privacy Act of 1974,
as amended, and the relevant Department of Homeland
Security's privacy and data protection policies and/or
guidelines. Your personal information will not be disclosed or
released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) except
as required by law or as authorized by applicable statutes and
regulations.
Subject Name:

100 character(s) remaining
Subject DOB:

mm/dd/yyyy
Subject's Country of Birth or Citizenship:
- None Subject's Phone #:

(555-555-5555)
A #:

30 character(s) remaining
FIN #:

30 character(s) remaining
FBI #:

30 character(s) remaining
Event #:

30 character(s) remaining
Other ID #:

20 character(s) remaining
Vehicle:

20 character(s) remaining
Other relevant information (for examples, subject release
location, time of release, etc.):

50 character(s) remaining
Facility Name:

50 character(s) remaining

Facility Address:
Address:

Address 2:

City/Town:

State/Province:
- None ZIP/Postal Code:

Subject’s Forwarding Address:
Address:

Address 2:

City/Town:

State/Province:
- None ZIP/Postal Code:

Subject’s Charges:

150 character(s) remaining

LAW ENFORCEMENT TIPSTER CONTACT
INFORMATION

You may leave this section blank if you wish to remain
anonymous. The provision of submitter contact information is
optional but required if you wish to receive potential
compensation for tip information leading to an arrest.
Your Name (Optional):

50 character(s) remaining
Your Agency (Optional):

30 character(s) remaining
Your Phone Number (Optional):

(555-555-5555)
Your Email Address (Optional):

[email protected]

PRIVACY NOTICE
Authority: The collection of information that you provide in this
web form is authorized by the following: 6 U.S.C. § 202; 8 U.S.C. §
1103; 8 U.S.C. § 1357, 8 U.S.C. § 1360; Title 18, United States Code;
19 U.S.C. § 1589a; 31 CFR Chapter X, 5 U.S.C. § 552a; 5 U.S.C. § 301;
and 44 U.S.C. § 3101. Please also see the privacy policies for ICE's
public website, available at www.ice.gov/site-policies.
Purpose: ICE may use the information you provide to initiate and/or
support a law enforcement investigation or immigration
enforcement activity. ICE may use your personal information, if
provided, to contact you for additional details about your tip, or to
arrange monetary payment, if applicable.
Agency Disclosure of Information: The information you provide
may be shared internally within DHS for any appropriate official
purpose. The information you provide may also be shared with
federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and foreign law enforcement
agencies in order to refer reports of suspicious activity, tips,
potential violations of law and other relevant information to those
agencies with appropriate jurisdiction, authorities, and need-toknow concerning the matter(s) you report, or as otherwise required
by law.
If you are a United States Citizen, lawful permanent resident, or are
an individual whose records are covered by the Judicial Redress Act
of 2015 (5 U.S.C. § 552a note), your information may be disclosed in
accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(b),
including pursuant to the routine uses published in the DHS/ICE-016
FALCON Search and Analysis System of Records Notice (SORN),
which can be viewed at https://www.dhs.gov/system-recordsnotices-sorns.
Disclosure: Providing your name or other personal information on
this web form is voluntary. If you do not provide the requested
information, ICE may not be able to take action on your tip. While

ICE makes every reasonable effort to maintain anonymity, it is
possible that your Internet Protocol (IP) address could be part of a
report if you chose to report a tip via the Internet.
Public Reporting Burden: U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement is collecting this information as a part of its agency
mission under the Department of Homeland Security. The
estimated average time to review the instructions, search existing
data sources, gather and maintain the data needed and completing
and reviewing this collection of information is 10 minutes (0.166
hours) per response. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, an information collection
unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. Send
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of
this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing
this burden, to: 500 12th St SW, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20536,
ATTN: HSI Tip Line. Do not return the completed form to this
address.
WARNING REGARDING KNOWINGLY PROVIDING FALSE
INFORMATION
The information I've provided on this form is correct to the best of
my knowledge. I understand that providing false information could
subject me to fine, imprisonment, or both. (Title 18, U.S.C. § 1001).

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