GL: Great Loop and immigration

[Dave W]

IF I had a personal interest in something like this - as  in
affecting me personally. OR if I had a professional
responsibility for something like this - as  in part of my
business. I believe that I would contact the agency
PERSONALLY (or via a Lawyer). I would not go to a internet
mailing list. JWIWD

Dave W

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.)" _______________________________________________
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