“Customs and Border Protection deals with the world when it’s on the move. Now it has a mobile app to help travelers to the United States deal with their documents and figuring out what services or information they need for arrival and departure. Tricia Kennedy, a CBP officer assigned to its Innovation Center, and Sunil Madhugiri, acting chief technology officer, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin with a more detailed description…” “Tom Temin: Tell us who in the public that you deal with is this app aimed at? Tricia Kennedy: The CBP One mobile application will be for travelers arriving [at] airports, seaports and land borders. At the same time, this CBP One mobile app is an overarching app, so it’s also for CBP stakeholders. And CBP stakeholders can be brokers, airline carriers, commercial vessels, freight forwarders, and bus operators. One of the reasons why we made it overarching is because stakeholders are typically travelers and vice versa. Tom Temin: And this is foreign travelers coming to the United States, or is it also for US people that leave and come back? Tricia Kennedy: So currently it is for a foreign traveler, but in the next several months, this app will be available for any travelers coming into the United States. Tom Temin: All right, and what types of services do you offer through the app? What do people do with it? Tricia Kennedy: Currently, the CBP One app is available for foreign nationals who require an I94 form. And an I94 form is an arrival/departure form, which confirms that the foreign visitor has been lawfully admitted into the United States. It gives them visa information and also says how long they’re allowed to stay in the United States. So these travelers can apply for and pay for this form, in advance. And then once the I94 form is issued at the port of entry, they have immediate access on their handheld device to the electronic form. They know exactly how long they have left to stay in the United States, and they can provide that information to anyone who might require it…” Read the full interview here. Source: Customs and Border Protection creates a mobile app for mobile people – By Tom Temin, March 30, 2021. Federal News Network.