Ook Ha ïti vluchtelingen moeten aan US A screening voldoen

[Cees Binkhorst]

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Sommige van de kinderen hebben een 4-jarige training achter de rug ;)
Hebben ze toch wat geleerd, of niet?

Groet / Cees

Business aircraft operators planning to assist directly in the Haiti
relief effort are being alerted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) that they are required to screen all passengers before boarding
flights to the United States, as well as filing manifests and getting
CBP permission before departure. That notification was issued earlier
this week, in response to the ongoing airlift of supplies and medical
personnel to the devastated island nation.

Specifically, CBP says no rules have been suspended for the effort and
thus pilots of private aircraft are required to electronically transmit
passenger and crew manifest information for all flights arriving in to
or departing from the United States. Pilots of private aircraft are also
obliged to take what the agency calls “reasonable steps” to prevent the
boarding of improperly documented aliens at Toussaint Louveture
International Airport in Port-au-Prince and any other ports of
embarkation in Haiti and third countries.

NBAA has the CBP advisory at www.nbaa.org/customs/20100121 and
www.nbaa.org/customs/20100121.

The Department of Homeland Security, of which CBP is a part, has the
authority to use discretion to mitigate or waive penalties associated
with INA section 273(a)(1) for “bringing an alien without a valid
unexpired entry document,” but operators cannot count on getting such
waivers.

For specific questions about documentary requirements, pilots of private
aircraft can consult the Carrier Information Guide available online at
http://www.cbp.gov/

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