Hello Shari, Happy New Year.

CASS is in full force now. It appears that all of the problems that surfaced during the implementation in the second half of 2012 have been resolved and the NOTAM's for those airports where the issues existed have been rescinded.

When you land, you will fill out a multi-page request form which is the same for either Single-Entry and Multiple-Entry permits. You will then be issued a multi-page permit form for either the Single-Entry or the Multiple-Entry permit. It is the exact same form, all that changes is the type of pemit being issued. However, with the new form, ONLY the DGAC will stamp it, not Immigration and Customs like before. What many airports are doing, however, is that Immigration and Customs will stamp the Arrival Report that you fill out upon landing. The DGAC at the airport uses this as confirmation that you have properly competed the arrival formalities with these federal agencies before they approve your Entry Permit. Your aircraft and arrival information is entered into CASS where supposedly Immigration and Customs have access in the even that they want to investigate the legal status of a particular aircraft.

Since the owners and pilots of aircraft DO NOT have access to CASS, we strongly recommend that you keep the arrival report stamped by Immigration and Customs in your files. That way, if there were ever a questions as to when the aircraft entered the country, you have more than just your word against theirs.

Last edited by Rick; 01/11/13 07:54 AM.
Rick Gardner
Caribbean Sky Tours