DHS/USCIS/PIA-056 USCIS Electronic Immigration System (USCIS ELIS)

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Electronic Immigration System (ELIS) serves as an internal case management system for electronically filed benefit request forms and certain paper forms, along with providing services and system interconnections. ELIS is an end-to-end digital case processing “system-of-services” that offers a seamless user experience for USCIS employees to perform highly complex processing and adjudicative tasks. This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) update documents the implementation of the USCIS ELIS Photo Validation Tool. This new photo validation microservice is based on a set of established business requirements for card production quality that systematically reviews and validates photo quality for applicant-submitted photographs supporting the Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization. The USCIS ELIS Photo Validation Tool uses points of interest within and around the human face to validate that the photo meets the business requirements to produce the Employment Authorization Document (EAD); the Tool does not validate the applicant’s identity or any information about the applicant. November 2024

Associated SORN(s):

• DHS/USCIS/ICE/CBP-001 Alien File, Index, and National File Tracking System
• DHS/USCIS-007 Benefits Information System
• DHS/USCIS-018 Immigration Biometric and Background Check