U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

•U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)


Citizenship and Immigration Data Repository (CIDR) September 8, 2010 (PDF, 25 pages – 252 KB) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) developed the Citizenship Immigration Data Repository (CIDR), hosted on DHS classified networks, in order to make information from multiple USCIS benefits administration systems available for querying by authorized USCIS personnel for the following three purposes: (1) vetting USCIS application information for indications of possible immigration fraud and national security concerns, (2) detecting possible fraud and misuse of immigration information or position by USCIS employees, for personal gain or by coercion, and (3) responding to requests for information (RFIs) from the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) and/or the federal intelligence and law enforcement community members that are based on classified criteria. In conjunction with this PIA, DHS is issuing a new Privacy Act system of records notice to cover the search parameters and the results of the searches.