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CBP Officers to Register Local Boaters at Miami International Boat Show
(Wednesday, February 11, 2009)
contacts for this news releaseMiami - Customs and Border Protection officers will be at the 2009 Miami International Boat Show to enroll eligible participants in the CBP Local Boater Option. Participants must be U.S. Citizens or Lawful Permanent Residents (Green Card holders). Officers will be available during the following days and hours.Thursday, February 12 | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. | Friday, February 13 | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. | Saturday, February 14 | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. | Sunday, February 15 | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. | Monday, February 16 | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. | The Local Boater Option is a new voluntary, free of charge, program which allows a participant, under certain circumstances, to telephonically report the arrival of their private vessel, make customs declarations, submit any necessary additional information, and be cleared for Immigration purposes without the need to report to a port of entry in person.The program is only available to private vessels arriving into ports of South Florida, Tampa, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. To enroll in the program, an individual must present him/herself to a CBP officer with the appropriate documentation (passport is preferred) to verify identity, citizenship or lawful permanent immigration status. All family members must be present to register; registration is on an individual basis. The officer will then register the individual into the program, and create a Boater Registration Number. This number will then be used during the telephone arrival notification process, (1-800-432-1216 or 1-800-451-0393).The BR# is for an individual, not a vessel. If an arriving passenger is not an LBO participant, it will still be the master’s responsibility to insure that the unregistered passenger reports to a CBP office in a timely manner. CBP retains the authority to require LBO participants to report for a physical inspection and/or board the arriving vessel. Currently, the assigned BR numbers do not expire, however any BR# may be revoked, at any time, by CBP.Registration is also available, by appointment, at the following locations Monday through Friday:Port of Miami 903 S. America Way, Terminal H, Suite 220 Miami, FL 33132 (305) 536-4758Port Everglades 1800 Eller Drive, Suite 104 Ft. Lauderdale, FL (954) 761-2000West Palm Beach 1 East 11th Street Riviera Beach, FL (561) 848-6922U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws. | Contacts For This News Release
| 909 SE 1st Street Miami,
FL
33131 | Jose Castellano Public Affairs Officer
Phone: |
(305) 810-5190 or
(305) 796-6003 or
(305) 205-8219 |
| | | | CBP Headquarters
Office of Public Affairs
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Room 3.4A
Washington, DC 20229
| Phone: | (202) 344-1770 or (800) 826-1471 | Fax: | (202) 344-1393 |
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