Advance Passenger Information System
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The Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS), also Advance Passenger Information System, is a system established for commercial airline and vessel operators by the United States Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP).
APIS as an electronic data interchange
system, involving a limited number of data elements (identification details from the passport and basic flight information) between the computer system of the airline and the computer system of the destination state. Required information should conform to specifications for UN/EDIFACT
Passenger List Message (PAXLST) formats.
Beginning in May 2009, private aircraft pilots must also provide the necessary information to the CBP. The regulations were put into effect in December 2008 with a 180 day voluntary compliance period .
eAPIS (electronic APIS) is a public website (https://eapis.cbp.dhs.gov) which allows small commercial carriers to transmit data to the CBP electronically. .
When travelling to or from certain countries, passengers are required to provide advance passenger information (API) before they check in or they will be unable to fly. These countries include
The required information consists of:
APIS as an electronic data interchange
Electronic Data Interchange
Electronic data interchange is the structured transmission of data between organizations by electronic means. It is used to transfer electronic documents or business data from one computer system to another computer system, i.e...
system, involving a limited number of data elements (identification details from the passport and basic flight information) between the computer system of the airline and the computer system of the destination state. Required information should conform to specifications for UN/EDIFACT
EDIFACT
United Nations/Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce and Transport is the international EDI standard developed under the United Nations...
Passenger List Message (PAXLST) formats.
Beginning in May 2009, private aircraft pilots must also provide the necessary information to the CBP. The regulations were put into effect in December 2008 with a 180 day voluntary compliance period .
eAPIS (electronic APIS) is a public website (https://eapis.cbp.dhs.gov) which allows small commercial carriers to transmit data to the CBP electronically. .
When travelling to or from certain countries, passengers are required to provide advance passenger information (API) before they check in or they will be unable to fly. These countries include
- Antigua
- Australia
- Barbados
- Canada
- China
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- India
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Mexico
- Republic of Korea
- Saint Lucia
- Trinidad & Tobago
- United Kingdom
- United States
The required information consists of:
- Full name (last name, first name, middle name if applicable)
- Gender
- Date of birth
- Nationality
- Country of residence
- Travel document type (normally passport)
- Travel document number (expiry date and country of issue for passport)
- [For US travellers] Address of the first night spent in the US (not required for US nationals, legal permanent residents, or alien residents of the US entering the US)
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