ICE Revives Old Departure Form: Time to Comment Again
Published Date: 1/8/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is bringing back the Departure Notification Record (DNR) form and wants to keep collecting this info. If you’re involved with immigration departures, this means you might need to fill out or respond to this form again. Comments on this process are open until March 9, 2026, so now’s the time to speak up!
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.
Estimated Public Burden: 16.8M Responses
ICE estimates 16,800,000 DNR responses at 5 minutes per response, totaling 1,394,400 annual burden hours. This is the agency's estimate of the total time the public will spend responding each year for this collection.
DHS Will Use DNR Data to Assist Voluntary Departures
DHS, including CBP and ICE, will use DNR submissions to identify aliens in the United States who want to voluntarily depart and to assist them in departing to their destination country. The collection will use the CBP Home mobile application to receive this departure information.
DNR Reinstated — You May Be Asked to Report
The Departure Notification Record (DNR) was reinstated on December 22, 2025. If you are an individual involved in immigration departures, you may be asked to provide biographic and biometric data and information about your intended departure using the CBP Home mobile application. Comments on this collection are accepted through March 9, 2026 (OMB Control Number 1653-0057).
Comments and Personal Information Are Public
All comments submitted about the DNR will be posted without change to regulations.gov and may include any personal information you provide. DHS warns that submitting personal details via the public docket makes them public and suggests limiting personal information in voluntary submissions.
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