On May 15, 2025, Memorandum D3-2-1: Air Pre-Arrival and Reporting Requirements (link) was updated with the following:
- add definitions and the French terms to the English definitions
- add a carrier obligations section and a domestic in-transit shipments section to separate in-transit movements from domestic in-transit movements
- remove the security requirements section and references to "pre-arrival" and replace with "ACI/eManifest," when applicable
- update policies information to the majority of the sections of this memorandum
This memorandum outlines and explains specific Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) requirements and administrative policies regarding the reporting and procedures for the advance notification, use and control of aircraft in international commercial services.
For information on the Customs Self-Assessment (CSA) Program policies, guidelines and procedures, refer to Memorandum D23-2-1: Customs Self-Assessment Program for Carriers.
For information about freight forwarder transmitting and reporting processes, refer to Memorandum D3-3-1: Freight forwarder pre-arrival and reporting requirements.
For information about the reporting and transportation of goods being exported from Canada, refer to Memorandum D3-1-8: Cargo – Export Movements.
For information on the release of commercial goods, refer to Memorandum D17-1-4: Release of Commercial Goods.
The Other Government Departments (OGD) requirements can be found throughout the Memoranda series D19: Acts and Regulations of Other Government Departments.
For information on the procedures pertaining to the non-commercial operations of private and corporate aircraft, refer to Memorandum D2-1-1: Temporary Importation of Baggage and Conveyances by Non-residents.
For reporting requirements for passengers and crew on board commercial aircraft, refer to Memorandum D2-5-6: Aircrew Reporting and Memorandum D2-5-11: Guidelines for commercial air carriers for the processing of prescribed traveller information.