1. US-VISIT Goals Enhance the security of our citizens and visitors
Facilitate legitimate travel and trade
Ensure the integrity of our immigration system
Protect the privacy of our visitors
I will explain in the following slides how DHS and CBP will meet the goals outlined here.

2. US-VISIT: Introduction
About US-VISIT:
Processed almost 100 million passengers
at all Ports of Entry.
An average of 70,000 passengers a day.
No increase in wait times.
Helps the U.S. government identify, mitigate and eliminate human security risks.
DHS’s efforts to meet a congressional mandate.
US-VISIT safeguards information and protects personal privacy.
US-VISIT has processed almost 100 million passengers at air, sea and land ports of entry– with an average of 70,000 a day– without increasing wait times
US-VISIT’s biometrics‑based identity management services help the U.S. government identify, mitigate and eliminate human security risks 
  US-VISIT provides its services to authorized officials within agencies throughout the immigration and border management system, law enforcement and intelligence communities 
   The program supports DHS’s efforts to meet a congressional mandate for an integrated, automated biometric entry-exit system
US-VISIT provides identity management services within a framework that safeguards information and protects personal privacy

3. Every Day, US-VISIT:
Compares more than 100,000 names to a list of 3.2 million suspects.
73,328 visitors, without increasing wait times.
Assist other law enforcement entities
in the identification of criminals
Verifies identity of 26,000 visa applicants
30,000 authorized federal, state, and local
government users.
Compares more than 100,000 names to alist of 3.2 million suspects.
73,328 visitors, without increasing wait times at our ports of entry.
Assist other law enforcement entities in the identification of criminals.
Enables decision‑makers to compare more than 100,000 visitors’ biometrics against a watch list of more than 3.2 million known or suspected terrorists, criminals and immigration violators
Enhances, with biometric technology,  U.S. Customs and Border Protection  (CBP)  processing of 73,328 visitors, without increasing wait times at our ports of entry
Verifies the identity of 26,000 visa applicants for the State Department (DOS) using biometrics
Provides biometrics-based information to 30,000 authorized federal (CBP, ICE, CIS, U.S. Coast Guard, DOJ/FBI, DOD and DOS), state and local government agency users in order to identify, mitigate and eliminate security risks, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year

4. US-VISIT Key Milestones
Delivered the initial operational biometric entry capability at 115 air and 14 sea ports; launch of exit pilot at BWI airport and Miami seaport
1/05/2004
9/30/2004
Expanded US-VISIT enrollment to Visa Waiver Program (VWP) members
Delivered initial operational biometric entry capability at 50 busiest land ports of entry.
12/29/2004
Delivered operating capability to authenticate
U.S. Issued Travel Documents at ports of entry.
10/26/2005
Delivered initial operational biometric entry capability at remaining land ports of entry (104).
12/31/2005
Began Interim Data Sharing Model (iDSM) pilot with FBI CJIS
9/7/2006
11/13/2006
Began biometric collection pilot with the US Coast Guard in the Mona Pass
11/14/2006
Delivered deployment of e-Passport readers to 33 ports of entry

5. US-VISIT Status 10-Fingerprint Transition
Biometric Exit Procedures at Airports 
Biometrics at Sea Program
Privacy
Outreach
Explained in the following slides

6. 10-Fingerprint Transition
In the process of transitioning to 10-fingerprint
A DHS top priority
Benefits:
Continued Facilitation
Better identifies and prevents dangerous people from entering the USA
US-VISIT is in the process of transitioning from a two-fingerprint standard to a 10-fingerprint standard.
The transition is one of the department’s top priorities because it furthers our ability to meet equally important goals of enhancing security while facilitating legitimate trade and travel.
Benefits include:
Continued facilitation of legitimate international travel by more accurately establishing a traveler’s identity;
Improved ability to prevent dangerous people from visiting the United States and;
Enhanced ability to identify more criminal and immigration violators based on the full set of 10 fingers as well as latent prints.

7. Transition from Two-to-10-Fingerprint
End of 2007 DOS will use 10-fingerprint scanners at 109 visa posts and complete deployment to all 211 posts.
11/07 DHS will begin 10 prints at Washington Dulles Int’l.
Early 2008, US-VISIT will begin the testing of 10-fingerprint collection capability.
As a result of government and private sector collaboration, the United States is now poised to complete the transition.
By the end of this year, the State Department will be using 10-fingerprint scanners at 109 visa-issuing posts and will complete deployment to all 211 posts.
At the end of this November, DHS will begin collecting 10 fingerprints at Washington Dulles International Airport.
At the following Int’l airports:
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
Atlanta
Houston’s George Bush
Miami
New York
Orlando
San Francisco

8. Biometric Exit Procedures at Airports
On May 6, 2007, US-VISIT completed a biometric exit pilot at select air and sea ports.
The biometric exit capabilities established by US-VISIT significantly enhance the ability to match entry and exit data.
Based on the pilots and other potential options, DHS has determined that US-VISIT airport exit procedures should be incorporated into the existing departure process.
On May 6, 2007, US-VISIT completed a biometric exit pilot at select air and sea ports which marked the first step toward the full implementation of biometric exit procedures at airports and seaports in the next year
The biometric exit capabilities established by US-VISIT significantly enhance the ability to match entry and exit data and identify criminals and others who may have warrants for their arrest
Based on the pilots and other potential options, DHS has determined that US-VISIT airport exit procedures should be incorporated into the existing departure process. This option will minimize the impact on legitimate travelers and dramatically improve compliance

9. Biometric Exit Procedures at Airports
Timelines:
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) by the end of 2007 or beginning of 2008
Final Rule Published by June 2008
Complete Air Exit Deployment by December 2008

10. US-VISIT “Biometrics at Sea” Program
Thousands of illegal migrants try to cross a dangerous 80-mile waterway between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
US‑VISIT and the U.S. Coast Guard began working together to collect biometrics.
50 vessels have been intercepted with 1,322 migrants.
93 individuals brought ashore and presented for prosecution for criminal and immigration violations.
Every year, thousands of illegal migrants try to cross a dangerous 80-mile waterway between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico known as the Mona Passage. The migrants ride in unsafe vessels, usually without lifejackets – but always without any identification.
On November 13, 2006, US‑VISIT and the U.S. Coast Guard began working together to collect biometrics from these illegal migrants in real time. These interdictions take place on the high seas in all kinds of weather.
Since the inception of the program, 50 vessels have been intercepted involving 1,322 migrants. Access to actionable information, has resulted in 93 individuals brought ashore and presented for prosecution for criminal and immigration violations.

11. US-VISIT Protecting Privacy
A Comprehensive privacy program, led by DHS’ Chief Privacy Officer and US-VISIT Privacy Officer, ensures that privacy protection is integrated into our processes and procedures
Information use
Redress policy
Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)
Information use: Established rules governing collection, notice, and dissemination. Applied principles of the Privacy Act to foreign nationals
Redress policy: Established process for individual to correct data errors or problems. 40 Redress Forms have been processed/received
Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA): Prepared multiple PIAs that included detailed information about the program. These identified privacy risks and offered mitigation strategies

12. US-VISIT Outreach International Outreach travel and tourism industry
foreign governments
 Ongoing Communication
more than 3,000 stakeholders internationally and domestically have signed up to receive electronic updates
US-VISIT conducts extensive international outreach to the travel and tourism industry, international travelers, foreign governments,
and private-sector stakeholders to communicate US-VISIT program procedures,
and allow for collaboration with other governments developing programs similar to US-VISIT
Currently, more than 3,000 stakeholders internationally and domestically have signed up to receive electronic updates about the program. 
US-VISIT materials are also produced in several languages and available at