Obligation of carrier to provide certain information:
(1) The country representative or station manager of an airline departing or embarking from India to an airport outside India, arriving or landing in India from an airport outside India, shall provide the following information to the civil authority or the Immigration Officer, namely:
(a) The passenger and crew manifest in Form V;
(b) Advance passenger information data of passengers on board and crew, within fifteen minutes of leaving or wheels-off of the aircraft from the port of embarkation outside India, and after closure of boarding or wheels-off the aircraft from the port of embarkation within India, as per International Civil Aviation Organisation Annex-9 (Facilitation) data fields and data format UNEDIFACT-PAXLST including passenger information (Name, Gender, Date of Birth and Nationality) and travel document information of passport and visa (type, number, date of issue and expiry), flight and journey information;
(c) Passenger name record data of passengers for arrival in India or for departure from India at T-72 hours, at T-24 hours, at T-08 hours and at T-0 hours, where T is the scheduled time of arrival in India or departure from India, as the case may be, as per International Civil Aviation Organisation Annex-9 (Facilitation) data fields and data format UNEDIFACT-PNRGOV including passenger information (Name, Gender, Date of Birth and Nationality), travel document information of passport and visa (type, number, date of issue and expiry), travel and payment information, flight and journey information.
(2) The country representative or master of a vessel (cargo or cruise or general movement chartered ships) departing or embarking from India to a port or place outside India and arriving or berthing in India from a port or place outside India shall provide the passenger manifest and crew manifest as in Form VI at T-72 hours, where T is the scheduled time of arrival in India or departure from India, as the case may be, to the civil authority or the Immigration Officer.
Liability of carrier to furnish information: Every carrier shall, when required, provide information to the District Magistrate or Commissioner of Police or, where there is no Commissioner of Police, Superintendent of Police or the civil authority or the Immigration Officer, of passenger and crew manifest in Form V or Form VI, as the case may be.
General Declaration furnished by carrier to Immigration Officer:
(1) Every carrier shall submit a general declaration to the Immigration Officer in Form VIII prior to the departure of the flight, vessel or other mode of transport at D-45 minutes, where D is the scheduled departure time.
(2) No flight or vessel or other mode of transport shall be permitted by the carrier to depart from a port of place in India until the Immigration Officer has given clearance on such general declaration.
Queries/clarifications: Queries on the technical aspects of APIS implementation may be addressed to apisindia[at]nic[dot]in and on the administrative aspects, may be addressed to frrodli[at]nic[at]in.
Important PDFs regarding APIS :-
