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An individual's national permit application: what's still missing?

October 2025 examBroker ComplianceQuestion 8 of 80

Suzy Smith is a licensed customs broker, and her license is overseen by the Processing Center located in Miami, Florida. Ms. Smith seeks to obtain a national permit in her individual capacity to transact customs business throughout the customs territory of the United States. Ms. Smith's application included the following information: (1) the applicant's broker license number and date of issuance; (2) the address, telephone number, and email address of the office designated by the applicant as the office of record; (3) the name, telephone number, and email address of the point of contact to be available to CBP to respond to issues related to the transaction of customs business; (4) a list of all employees together with the specific employee information prescribed in 19 CFR 111.28 for each employee; (5) the location where records will be retained; (6) the name, telephone number, and email address of the knowledgeable employee responsible for broker-wide records maintenance and financial recordkeeping requirements; (7) and a receipt showing that the fees specified in 19 CFR 111.96(b) and (c) have been paid. What additional materials must Ms. Smith provide to complete her application for a national permit?

How to get there

Ms. Smith's application already has the license number, office of record, point of contact, employee list, records location, recordkeeping contact and fee receipt. Compare that with the § 111.19(b) checklist:

The supervision plan is the missing item. (Items (2), (3) and (6) apply only to partnerships, associations or corporations, so they don't apply to an individual applicant.) The answer is C.

Why the other choices are wrong

A) Moving license oversight to CBP Headquarters: not part of the application. Applications go to the processing Center (or EDI).
B) A waiver of a national permit exam: there's no separate permit exam. Passing the broker license exam is the qualification (§ 111.19(b)).
D) All past employers: the application asks for a list of current employees (§ 111.28 information), not the applicant's employment history.
Tip
For individual applicants, the national permit checklist in § 111.19(b) has 8 items. Entity applicants add 3 (entity name and title, state formation documents, each licensed broker employed). The supervision plan is the one people forget.

Source: 19 CFR 111.19(b) (eCFR).

CBP answer key: Answer C · 19 CFR 111.19(b)(8)Source: CBP past exams ↗