GL: Great Loop and immigration

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From: Ron Rogers
<rcrogers6 at kennett.net>
To: Dr Michael Hechtkopf
<oneseptember at msn.com>;
jacques.faudot at noos.fr; great-loop great-loop
<great-loop at lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 10:34:51 PM
Subject: Re: GL: Great Loop and
immigration

What about the separate
requirements for a cruising permit and
the
requirement to report upon entry
and departure from every darned port? I
really need to understand these
requirements for a Swedish couple here in my
marina who have registered their
previously US boat in Sweden and will
proudly
fly the Swedish flag. The boat
won't be entering since it is already
here!
Ron Rogers

 
You need to call a
US Customs office. I suggest the one in Ft. Lauderdale because they are very
familiar with this. US Customs Service (954) 356-7431 
 
But they will need to
get a cruising permit as far as I know based on having run a number of foreign
registered vessels.
 
 
 
                                                                             
                                     Capt. Bill 
"The master of a foreign-flag
or undocumented foreign pleasure boat must report its arrival to US Customs
immediately and must make formal vessel entry on a Customs Forms (CF) 1300
within 48 hours. In the absence of a cruising license, vessels in this
category must obtain a permit before proceeding to each subsequent US port.
Navigation fees will be charged for the formal entry, the permit to proceed,
and for the clearance of foreign-flag pleasure boats. The master of every
foreign-flagged vessel arriving in the US is required to make entry and the
master must have a complete legible manifest consisting of CF 1300 through
1304 and a passenger list. Pleasure boats from foreign countries, without a
valid US Cruising Permit, must obtain clearance before leaving a port or place
in the US and proceeding to a foreign port or place or for another port or
place in the US.
 
Cruising licenses exempt pleasure boats of certain
countries from having to undergo formal entry and clearance procedures, such
as filing manifests and obtaining permits, to proceed as well as from the
payment of tonnage tax and entry and clearance fees at all but the first port
of entry. These licenses can be obtained from the US Customs port director at
the first port of arrival in the US. Normally valid for one year, a cruising
license has no bearing on the dutiability of a pleasure boat. Under Customs
policy, when a foreign flag vessel's cruising license expires, that vessel may
not be issued another license until the following three conditions have been
met: (1) the vessel leaves the US for a foreign port or place, and (2) it
returns from that foreign port or place, and (3) at least 15 days have elapsed
since the previous license expired. (Customs Directive 3100-06, November 7,
1988.)"