What is immigration intelligence?What is immigration intelligence?

Bali Process Ad Hoc Working Group Workshop on Immigration Intelligence Best Practice

Auckland, New Zealand, 7-10 February 2012

Bill PettittPrincipal Intelligence Advisor

Department of Immigration & Citizenship, Australia

What is intelligence?

Intelligence is the result of a process involving the evaluation, analysis, integration and interpretation of disparate pieces of information, usually in conjunction with existing intelligence

What is immigration intelligence?

• Immigration intelligence is the term now widely adopted to describe intelligence product resulting from the processing of immigration-related information to warn of threats to immigration borders and to support risk mitigation strategies

What is immigration intelligence?

Best described as a process of the collection of information

- about people, situations, incidents, knowledge about the way people and organisations do things, why they do them, and how they operate in a certain set of circumstances –

Then it’s drawing together of the pieces of information and knowledge to come up with a coherent, predictive picture

– including any limitations on the completeness and validity of that picture.

Direction

CollectionProcessing

Dissemination

Task/Mission

Intelligence Cycle

Direction

CollectionProcessing

Dissemination

Task/Mission

Collection

Direction

CollectionProcessing

Dissemination

LogEvaluate

Collate

Interpret

Task/Mission

Processing

Direction

CollectionProcessing

Dissemination

Task/Mission

Dissemination

Layered Approach Application Process

Identity checks

Referrals to agencies

CMAL + RMAS (1)

Valid visa application

Safeguards

Integrity checks

CMAL + RMAS (2)

Check - In

Advance Passenger Processing (APP)

Australian Passports Database

NZ Passports Database

RMAS

CMAL (DAL only)

Border Operations Centre

ALO’s

Post Check - In

EARS

CMAL

Expected Movement File

Onshore Profiling (Tactical Support Unit)

SmartGateECP

Referrals

CMAL

DIAC Airport Inspectors

Arrival

Visa Grant and

Evidencing

Authorised to Travel

In FlightImmigration

Cleared

TRAVELLER LIFE CYCLE

Pre-Application

Managing Intent

Questions?