CBP expands mobile customs declarations and seeks comments on Form 6059B revisions
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CBP is updating how travelers declare identity, residence, goods, and related entry information when arriving in the United States. The notice keeps CBP Form 6059B in place but expands digital alternatives, especially Mobile Passport Control and the CBP Link app, so more travelers can submit information electronically instead of using a paper customs declaration. The practical change is broader use of mobile processing at airports, seaports, land crossings, pedestrian lanes, personal vehicles, and commercial buses. Travelers may need to submit extra details such as a vehicle license plate, arrival time, port of entry, selfie, or I-94 information through the app. Carriers and travel operators should watch the rollout because bus passenger information and group submissions may increasingly feed into CBP’s pre-arrival screening and inspection workflow. Public comments are due by June 5, 2026.
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Key Changes
- Expands Mobile Passport Control to visa-exempt non-immigrants and travelers holding non-immigrant visas.
- Adds land border features, including license plate submission for personal vehicles and commercial buses.
- Plans staged integration of I-94 applications and payments into the Mobile Passport Control app.
Obligations
What this law requires
Members of the public or affected agencies who want their comments considered must submit written comments or suggestions in English through www.reginfo.gov by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or using the search function for OMB Control Number 1651-0009.
Travelers entering the United States must provide a written customs declaration using CBP Form 6059B when CBP requires a written declaration or when an oral declaration is not accepted under 19 CFR 148.12.
Travelers using Mobile Passport Control must electronically answer the customs declaration questions that appear on CBP Form 6059B through the MPC application instead of submitting a paper form.
Travelers using the CBP Link application must submit their arrival information in advance, including port of entry, time and/or date of arrival, answers to CBP questions, and a self-picture/selfie.
Travelers arriving by personal vehicle through expanded MPC land-port processing must self-submit the vehicle license plate number through the MPC application so CBP can associate the travelers with the conveyance.