UK entry notice
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dankilb
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Helpful info, thanks.
But is it just me, or does the process still seem disconcertingly amateurish - such as the mobile number for the regional Border Force ‘office’?
But is it just me, or does the process still seem disconcertingly amateurish - such as the mobile number for the regional Border Force ‘office’?
stephen_h
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and having to post form C1331 by snail mail 
lustyd
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I hadn't noticed before but it explicitly states that you're declaring VAT status of the vessel, which would make it active fraud if VAT is unpaid and you don't declare it.
Jungle Jim
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What is this 'post' of which they speak? How do I make that work on my Iphone? Is there an app?
I see on the restricted goods list of Form C1331:
Animal products, (including meat and meat products, milk and other dairy products, fish, bivalves, honey and eggs).
No more French cheese then? 200-odd years ago my great-great-grandad made a living smuggling French brandy. Perhaps I should consider giving it a go with some Camembert. Customs probably wouldn't need to go to the trouble of getting a sniffer dog though, so probably not my best idea.
I see on the restricted goods list of Form C1331:
Animal products, (including meat and meat products, milk and other dairy products, fish, bivalves, honey and eggs).
No more French cheese then? 200-odd years ago my great-great-grandad made a living smuggling French brandy. Perhaps I should consider giving it a go with some Camembert. Customs probably wouldn't need to go to the trouble of getting a sniffer dog though, so probably not my best idea.
st599
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C1331 is being replaced by a web app.
You can read the comments of the Beta testers somewhere on the forum. I think the conclusion was needs a lot of work.
You can read the comments of the Beta testers somewhere on the forum. I think the conclusion was needs a lot of work.
westhinder
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Thank you, that is useful info.
Unfortunately, crossing the North Sea or the Channel has become a bit of an obstacle circuit. We didn’t want this, but there we are. I hope we will see the day when all this is no longer necessary.
Unfortunately, crossing the North Sea or the Channel has become a bit of an obstacle circuit. We didn’t want this, but there we are. I hope we will see the day when all this is no longer necessary.
eddystone
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Probably not in my (sailing) lifetime unfortunately
Seven Spades
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It is not very seaman like to expect everyone e to have a mobile phone. This should be done over VHF.
st599
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Once the Pleasure Craft Reporting Service app is running, you'll be expected to have an internet connection.
LadyInBed
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I think we should flood them with paperwork, lots of Voyage Abandoned 1331's
eddystone
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And how far off land can you expect to get a 4G signal - not 12 miles surely? So in future in order to cross the channel or North Sea in a private pleasure vessel we need satellite driven Wi-fi routers. Yachting is not just for the rich but it soon will be.
michael_w
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Do you want to give personal information ie passport numbers etc. en clair?
LadyInBed
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And how far off do you find a post box?
The 'paperwork' doesn't have to be submitted whilst at sea.
st599
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From what the Beta testers have said on this forum, you have to use the app before you depart the EU, giving a Lat and Long and time for arrival.
eddystone
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That means switching on roaming which was fine before we left the eu but now......
Gary Fox
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There's no legal requirement to sail with a VHF either, it's a matter of choice.
Gary Fox
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It's debatable whether it is 'neccessary', or it's a deranged, tyrannical response to a bit of seasonal 'flu.