iAPIS

Oops! Beaten to it by a whole month by kortopates

Quote: 201er I'm very interested in this as well. Someone told me that you have to depart from an international airport in the US when going to Canada. So if leaving from a small uncontrolled field, that you have to land in a US based international airport before going to Canada. However, the AOPA article doesn't mention this. What's the story with outbound procedures?

Becca - great summary! However, I need to make a couple of corrections: You can certainly file eAPIS via your iPhone & iPad now. If I may plug my app, please see iAPIS on the App Store. It's a free download and has been fully certified by the CBP after several months of testing with them. We do make a small charge per filed manifest (currently $2.99) but we believe the way the app streamlines and simplifies the eAPIS manifest filing makes this charge worthwhile (Fltplan.com charge $250 for a similar service!). When returning to the USA you must phone the CBP at the airport of arrival before departing, as well as filing the eAPIS manifest. Also, it can be a bit confusing knowing what you need to do if some aspect of a flight changes (some passengers are no longer travelling, or date or time of flight is changing). The CBP have rules on this and we have summarised there here: http://iapis.tenderapp.com/kb/eapis/manifest-changes-do-i-need-to-resubmit-a-new-manifest If there are any questions on eAPIS or even on the iAPIS app then feel free to ask me.