Advance Passenger Information System
The advance passenger information system ( English Advance Passenger Information System, APIS ) is an automated system to send personal data on some states - which this data for - especially to the US entry and exit charge.
The transmitted data include:
The airlines in the Board of Airline Representatives in Germany ( BARIG ) have agreed on a standard form for travelers to the USA . The data that the US authorities want to receive from October 4, 2005 prior to departure in Germany are noted there. According to Martin Gaebges, Secretary General of BARIG, travelers should receive the form when booking and present it when they check in. In addition to the passport data, the country in which the passenger lives and the first address in the USA (hotel, rental car station) are requested. The airlines want to prevent each airline from setting different requirements. Many airlines (for example Lufthansa , Air France , British Airways and Air Canada ) offer the option of entering and saving the desired information on their respective websites.
Similar procedures in the European Union
For the European Union , Directive 2004/82 / EC of the Council of April 29, 2004 provides that transport companies that transport people across the Schengen external borders into the EU, upon request of the authority responsible for border control after the check has been completed, Submit the following data to this authority:
- the number and type of travel document carried,
- nationality,
- the full name,
- date of birth,
- the border crossing point for entry into the Schengen area,
- the transport code number,
- the departure and arrival time,
- the total number of people carried on the transport concerned and
- the original departure point.
The data is collected for the purpose of facilitating border control and thus to prevent illegal entry and may only be used for other purposes if this serves the performance of the tasks of the border protection authority as such, for example because the data is used as evidence in criminal proceedings for unauthorized entry serve as proof of the departure country of a person rejected at the border. If they are no longer required for such purposes, the data must be deleted by the border authorities no later than 24 hours after entry. In any case, the carriers must delete the data 24 hours after the aircraft has landed. The passengers must be informed that the data will be forwarded to the border authority when the data is collected.
A key difference between the US and EU regulations is that the data only has to be collected at the request of the responsible border authority and not always.
In Germany, the guideline was transposed into national law with Section 31a of the Federal Police Act.
Similar procedures worldwide
The system of pre-recorded passenger data - Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) - is currently being used to / ex USA and Mexico , Canada , Korea , Syria and Japan . Since June 3, 2008, the PR China has also requested transmission. Other countries such as India , Thailand , South Africa and Russia are planning to introduce APIS.
Web links
- National Business Aviation Association, Inc. about APIS
Individual evidence
- ↑ Directive 2004/82 / EC of the Council of April 29, 2004 (OJ EC No. L 261, p. 24)
- ↑ Section 31a of the Federal Police Act .