APIS and Part 91

[mjg407]

Does anyone know a lot about this?

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has implemented expanded Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) submission requirements for Part 91 operators, requiring more detailed information about your aircraft, as well as crew and passenger manifest information.
This regulation affects all international flights inbound and outbound for the U.S. Compliance is required effective May 18, 2009.

 

[BajtheJino]

I wish the DHS and TSA would just go away.

 

[LineUpAndWait]

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/inspections_carriers_facilities/apis/e_apis_information.xml


You can register online. Two categories, private or commercial. Once registered you can enter passenger manifests into the system online.

 

[OldTownPilot]

I wish the DHS and TSA would just go away.

I wish the North Koreans (or Iranians, doesn't matter) would just nuke Washington and make all of them go away.

 

[surreal1221]

I wish the North Koreans (or Iranians, doesn't matter) would just nuke Washington and make all of them go away.

Really?

 

[capilot]

What do you want to know? If you list some specific questions I will try and answer them for you.

 

[TFaudree_ERAU]

I'm in the process of evaulating some software that will create the XML files to upload to the eAPIS website. The website itself is absolutely useless if you're doing manifests on a regular basis; there is no way to store passenger information, so you must input it each and every time. If the eAPIS website was one that was built by an IT guy for a private company, he would be fired, and rightfully so.

There is a lot more information that is required for eAPIS beyond that which was reqired on the old Form 178. I heard through the grapevine that it is because CBP is checking passengers and crew against the no-fly list. Ironic since that was part of the recently tabled LASP, but here is another government agency that is doing it anyway.

 

[mjg407]

What do you want to know? If you list some specific questions I will try and answer them for you.

Well we fall under a unique category, we fly under part 91 for the most part, and currently we are under contract to deliver aircraft out of the boneyard at KDMA to either Lisbon, or Rio, so we have to stop and clear customs outbound. I'm trying to figure out if we need to enter APIS or by virtue of what we are doing, are we exempt. I have an email into DHS right now....

 

[capilot]

For the Part 91/135 operators I work with, CBP would require you to file APIS on the leg that you will clear U.S. airspace. i.e. KDMA-KBGR-LPPT You would need to file APIS for the KBGR-LPPT leg. Whether or not you have to file may come down to who you are under contract with. If it is the U.S. government, you may not have to file. Just like the guys who fly into DCA on behalf of the government do not have to get a slot. My advice would be to do what you have already started. Contact the CBP/DHS for an official ruling on your unique situation.