eAPIS
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 3:40 pm
Well, I did it. I hate bureacracy.
May 18, 2009 is the deadline for pilots leaving/entering the U.S. to utilize the electronic passenger information system operated by "Homeland Security". If you haven't yet registered, you need to do so if you ever intend to cross the border in a private airplane as the pilot.
It is STOOPID STOOPID STOOPID...but we must do it.
First of all, be forewarned that you must remember a password of which they require a particular format that will defy memory. They will also issue you a "user id" that will defy your changing to anything memorable, as well. They will then warn you about how "secret" and "confidential" you must keep this information...under threat of Federal prosecution.... which they send to you in an ordinary, open email that any high-school geek can hack.
The link to register is so buried in electronic bureacracy that you will be pizzed off to the point of revolution, so I am going to give you the direct-link to at least get started with enrollement. Try to remain calm while you do this. Enjoy it as a tutorial on how to develop your own bureacracy should you ever find yourself tapped by the authorities to fill in as a stand-in bureacrat. (especially enjoy the password-format they will require you to top-double-secret-remember):
https://eapis.cbp.dhs.gov/
If you want to have the full-benefit of higher-blood-pressure, then don't use the above link. Instead use the "HOME" page link and try to find your way to the enrollment page on your own. (By the way, this is also the link which you will use in the future to actually access the system..after you have registered.):
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/inspe ... system.xml
May 18, 2009 is the deadline for pilots leaving/entering the U.S. to utilize the electronic passenger information system operated by "Homeland Security". If you haven't yet registered, you need to do so if you ever intend to cross the border in a private airplane as the pilot.
It is STOOPID STOOPID STOOPID...but we must do it.
First of all, be forewarned that you must remember a password of which they require a particular format that will defy memory. They will also issue you a "user id" that will defy your changing to anything memorable, as well. They will then warn you about how "secret" and "confidential" you must keep this information...under threat of Federal prosecution.... which they send to you in an ordinary, open email that any high-school geek can hack.
The link to register is so buried in electronic bureacracy that you will be pizzed off to the point of revolution, so I am going to give you the direct-link to at least get started with enrollement. Try to remain calm while you do this. Enjoy it as a tutorial on how to develop your own bureacracy should you ever find yourself tapped by the authorities to fill in as a stand-in bureacrat. (especially enjoy the password-format they will require you to top-double-secret-remember):
https://eapis.cbp.dhs.gov/
If you want to have the full-benefit of higher-blood-pressure, then don't use the above link. Instead use the "HOME" page link and try to find your way to the enrollment page on your own. (By the way, this is also the link which you will use in the future to actually access the system..after you have registered.):
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/inspe ... system.xml