eAPIS experience

[Ernie Martin]

Just did my first pair of eApis manifests (outbound 3/9, inbound 3/12). Not up to the standards of convenience and user friendliness as a typical commercial site, but average compared to other government sites.

One funny thing is the different wording on the two responses from Customs. Both responses look identical, with a table with data and two substantive paragraphs. But when you read them carefully, the outbound has a sentence that says "Based upon the information submitted, you are cleared for departure" while in the inbound that sentence reads "Notices of arrival and/or landing rights must be coordinated directly with the CBP destination port". I'm guessing that I'm OK to come back as long as I call the CBP port, but why not say that? Something like "Based upon the information submitted, you are cleared for arrival provided you meet other CBP requirements (e.g., contacting the CBP destination port at least one hour before arrival)".

Ernie