PLANS have been revealed by Broward County’s Port Everglades in the US state of Florida to pilot Automated Passport Control (APC) kiosks and Mobile Passport Control (MPC) kiosks this summer. Working with Carnival Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean International and US Customs & Border Protection, Port Everglades will be the first...
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PLANS have been revealed by
Broward County’s Port Everglades
in the US state of Florida to pilot
Automated Passport Control
(APC) kiosks and Mobile Passport
Control (MPC) kiosks this
summer.
Working with Carnival
Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean
International and US Customs
& Border Protection, Port
Everglades will be the first cruise
port in the United States to test
the programs.
Both are designed to streamline
the inspection process and
enable officers to focus more on
the inspection.
The APC kiosks allow passengers
to provide their travel documents
and customs declaration forms
prior to speaking to a customs
officer, while the MPC program
uses a smartphone app.
US citizens debarking a cruise
ship will be able to complete their
Customs declaration using their
phones, speeding their clearance.
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