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NewsNSEERS Special Registration UpdateDecember 16, 2003Effective immediately, the Department of Homeland Security has changed certain requirements mandated by the National Security Entry/Exit Registration System (NSEERS) by removing the registration requirements at local U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Offices. If you were previously designated as a “Special Registrant” either at a U.S. Port of Entry or during the national call-in “Special Registration” last winter, you are no longer required to report to the Boston District USCIS Office. Please keep in mind that the new NSEERS provisions still permit the Department of Homeland Security to, at its discretion, require any designated NSEERS “Special Registrant” to appear for additional registration interviews upon request. It is important to note that an individual who has been designated a “Special Registrant” is STILL required to depart the U.S. from one of the approved ports of exit. Please keep in mind that you must present yourself to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office at your final U.S. exit point. This means that if you fly from Boston Logan airport to Los Angeles and intend to exit the U.S. from Los Angeles, Los Angeles is your final U.S. Port of Exit. Failure to conduct a pre-departure interview at your final point of departure from the U.S. is a violation of your non-immigrant status. For a list of acceptable U.S. Ports of Exit, please see pages 7 and 8 of the following USCIS website: http://www.ice.gov/doclib/pi/specialregistration/WalkawayMaterial.pdf Please give yourself sufficient time at the airport, prior to departure, to ensure that you can check in at your airline first and then go to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office to appear before the USCBP officer to register your departure. You must depart the U.S. the same day you register your departure. If you are departing the U.S. from Boston's Logan Airport, please report to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office located in Terminal E. USCBP officers are available from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and can be reached by telephone at (617) 568-1810. The new rule also eliminates the special
address notification for “Special Registrants” who are
F-1/J-1 students or J-1 scholars monitored through the Student and
Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) as address reporting
is a standard SEVIS notification. In addition, the new rule clarifies
that individuals are designated as a “Special Registrant”
only while present in the U.S. and that the designation is removed
upon departure. Individuals are not required to follow the “Special
Registrant” procedures unless they are designated again as
a “Special Registrant” upon return to the U.S.
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