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Advance Passenger Information System [1] or APIS is an electronic data interchange system established by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). [2]APIS governs the provision of a limited number of data elements (identification details from the passport and basic flight information) from commercial airline and vessel operators to the computer system of the destination state. [3]
Page of a passport with machine-readable zone in the red oval (US passport pictured) Passport booklets have an identity page containing the identity data. This page is in the ID-3 size of 125 × 88 mm (4.92 × 3.46 in). The data of the machine-readable zone consists of two rows of 44 characters each.
The following codes are standard across all CRSs based on the original PARS system: - Name; 0 Segment (flight) information, including number of seats booked, status code (for example HK1 - confirmed for one passenger) and fare class; 1 Related PNR record ids. 2 PNR owner identification (airline, CRS user name and role)
It is used by U.S. Department of State passport agencies and consular posts as well as U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other border inspection agencies to perform namechecks on visa and passport applicants to identify individuals who may be ineligible for issuance or require other special action. Potential reasons for ineligibility ...
The United States Department of State has announced, and, in March 2021, started to issue, the next generation passport. [2] The passport will have an embedded data chip on the information page protected by a polycarbonate coating; this will help prevent the book from getting wet and bending, and—should a passport be stolen—the chip will ...
Travelers who need to schedule an appointment within 72 hours of an urgent trip can call the National Passport Information Center at 1-877-487-2778 from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday.
The Consular Consolidated Database (CCD) is a database used by the Bureau of Consular Affairs under the United States Department of State, that has over 290 million passport records, 184 million visa records, and 25 million records of U.S. citizens living overseas, and adding 35,000 visa cases a day.
If the holder of a Document of Identity is a school pupil who is an Annex I national (i.e. he/she is required to possess a visa for all stays in Schengen agreement states), he/she can enter Malta, Poland and Slovakia visa-free by virtue of Article 4(2) as long as they are travelling as part of a school trip led by a school teacher for a maximum ...