2008 REED’s East Coast Edition - Rules & Regulations
Not every foreign-flagged vessel is eligible arrival for each calendar year. Vessels with a
for a cruising license; it is a reciprocal ar- cruising license and those under 30 feet are
rangement with countries that have similar exempt. Buy your decal by mail by mailing
arrangements for American sailors. The CBP Form 339 (available from the CBP Web-
eligible-nations list changes from time to site, above) with your $25 payment to: Cus-
time, but suffice it to say it includes most of toms and Border Protection, Decal Program
Europe and the British Commonwealth na- Administrator, PO Box 382030, Pittsburgh PA
tions as well as the Caribbean nations. 15250-8030 on online at https://tradelinks4.
s & O R E I G N V E S S E L S W I T H l R E A R M S mellon.c A B O A Rom/c D bp/Dispatcher. If you do it on-
must apply for permission to enter with line you will receive an annual reminder.
the weapon by obtaining ATF Form 6 in s 4 H E R E Q U I R E D F A C E
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advance. This can up to six weeks. Down- agents of the USCBP upon arrival can be
load the form at www.atf.gov.firearms/ waived if you are eligible to participate in
feib/index/htm. If you arrive without it, any of four of the Alternative Inspection
the weapons will be seized and held in Systems. Under AIS you still must report,
storage pending your obtaining the form but it can be completed with a phone call.
and approval. You will then be liable for s 4 H E . % 8 5 3 - A R I N E P R O G R A M I S A J O I N T
storage fees and will have to pick up the US-Canadian initiative that eases cus-
weapon in person after getting the form. toms and immigration clearance for rec-
Alternatively you can make arrangements reational, low-risk sailors for entry into
to export the firearm. Without one of E I T H E R C O U N T R Y ! . % 8 5 3 C E R T I l C A T E I S
these arrangements the weapon will be valid for five years, and the only compli-
seized and destroyed. cation is that all crew must be registered
s 5 3 R E S I D E N T S W I T H l R E A R M S M U S T W I T H R E G . % 8 5 3 I S T E R T O U S E T H E S Y S T E M 9 O U C A N
with USCBP on a form CF 4457 prior enroll at GOES (Global Online Enroll-
to taking it out of the US. This must be ment System) at the USCBP Website. The
done in person with the weapon in hand non-refundable application fee is $50 per
in front of a USCBP officer. When you person and the process takes six to eight
re-enter the US, this is proof you didn’t weeks.
purchase it abroad. The original receipt The Canadian Border Landing Permit
for the weapon will also be sufficient to (form I-68) is a seasonal “border pass” for
prove it is American goods returned. US citizens, resident aliens and Canadian
s 5 P O N A R R I V A L O N C E A N C H O R E D citiz O R ens, T I E D valid for 72-hour v isits within 25
up, no one may leave the boat without miles of the shoreline on the US-Canada
completing the requisite processing by border. The cost for the annually renewed
USCBP personnel. If the skipper goes form is $16, with a family cap of $32.00. Ev-
ashore to report arrival, he must return ery family member older than 14 must apply
to the boat to await official permission to separately and in person. With a valid I-68,
go ashore. Similarly no baggage or stores entry procedures are taken care of with a
may be landed or boarded until clearance phone call.
is completed. The Outlying Areas Reporting Stations
s % V E R Y P E R S O N O N B O A R D M U S T (O B E ARS) is pr S E E N imar I N ily for use along the US-
person by USCBP officer. Passports are Canadian border and consists of video-
an obvious requirement; resident aliens phones at certain marinas. These are used to
must have form I-551 and non-resident report to the USCBP.
aliens must have a visa. Lastly, the Local Boater Option, available
Note that US vessels that depart US territo- in Miami, Tampa and San Juan, is a program
rial waters but do not visit a foreign port are for US citizens and Lawful Permanent Resi-
considered to not have left the United States. dents to register themselves and their boats
Documented or registered vessels 30ft LOA with the USCBP. Participants in this volun-
and greater are required to pay a user fee of tary program can satisfy their entry require-
$25 annually, at or before the time of first ments with a phone call.
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