It is made for private aircraft (that means non-revenue) with no more than 15 people onboard.<\/strong> That includes the crew.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The idea is it provides expedited clearances, at more airports, for anyone deemed low-risk and who is pre-screened. This makes life easier hopefully for everyone – customs folk and private aircraft flying between the US and Canada.<\/p>\n A fair few now. You can see the full list here.<\/a><\/p>\n You can turn up to Airports of Entry and any of the CANPASS approved airports at anytime basically.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re a CANPASS member you can land at any airport of entry in Canada, anytime it is open (even if the local customs and border folk aren\u2019t in).<\/p>\n One big point – everyone onboard must be a CANPASS member<\/strong> or there are some other procedures you\u2019ll need to follow.<\/p>\n You have to be a citizen or permanent resident<\/strong> of Canada or the US, and have lived in one or the other for at least the last 3 years. There are some other criteria as well like not being a criminal, not having been caught trying to sneak in through immigration illegally ever.<\/p>\n You need to fill out an E672 form. You can find that form and a bunch more info on how to apply here.<\/a><\/p>\n Long story short, you call 1-888-CANPASS<\/strong> (1-888-226-7277) at least 2 hours before, and not more than 48 hours before to let them know when you\u2019ll be arriving in Canada.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The pilots need to do this – you\u2019re responsible for yourself, the rest of the crew, and everyone onboard. You have to provide a whole bunch on info like what you have onboard, when you\u2019re arriving, the people info, etc. Someone has set up a handy PDFable form here that you can use.<\/a><\/p>\n The pilot also should call up on landing before you open your doors in case they want you to wait and have an agent meet you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Well, then you need to enter the old fashioned way, and at a time when the local CIQ is open and available.<\/p>\n Remember we said on the private aircraft everyone needs to be a member? Well, if you\u2019re a corporate aircraft (corporate but still private, so no charter operators) then you can get approval for up to four non-CANPASS registered travellers to be onboard.<\/p>\n This is still for private (non revenue) flights.<\/p>\n We saw a question on non-scheduled international licences<\/strong> the other day. So here is the info on that.<\/p>\n First up, this isn’t anything to do with CANPASS.\u00a0A non-scheduled international license means you can operate a public air charter service between your country and Canada (not around Canada though. Land and leave again. No internal airport hopping).<\/p>\n If you want this, and you aren\u2019t Canadian, then you have to have all the documents you\u2019d expect in your home country (where you\u2019re registered) and then go read the Application Guide here,<\/a>\u00a0which also have all the legal mumbo jumbo you need to know, and apply.<\/p>\n It takes about 7 days to get your licence. This is applicable to revenue flights. CANPASS is for private non-revenue flights.<\/p>\nWhich airports are signed up to it?<\/h4>\n
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Tell me more!<\/h4>\nSo how do I join this elite sounding membership?<\/h4>\n
How does it work?<\/h4>\n
What if I\u2019m not a member?<\/h4>\n
There is a slightly different program for Corporate aircraft.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n
Any other things that might be handy to know?<\/h4>\n
We’ve not done it ourselves…<\/h4>\n