Videophone Inspection Program and Outlying Area Reporting Station

The program was designed to facilitate the legal entry of pleasure boats into the United States that had not been issued a Form I-68.

The systems were first deployed in Morristown, Waddington, Ogdensburg and Clayton, New York, with installation completed on July 3, 1997.

This system was called the Outlying Area Reporting Station (OARS), and it was installed on the shores of Grand Lake in Orient, Maine.

The systems at Angle Inlet were also used to inspect motor vehicles passengers arriving from Canada because there is no port of entry at the border.

Subsequently, a program called CBP ROAM[2] was initiated, enabling small boaters to report for inspection using a mobile app.