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New Mobile Passport Control App Being Piloted in Atlanta

Dan Peltier

Photo Credit: CBP's new mobile passport control app lets Americans and Canadians make customs declarations and bypass long lines at the airport. CBP

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Using mobile apps to speed the customs process at the airport is a logical step. Anything that can speed the customs process while maintaining security has got to be a good thing.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection let travelers use its new mobile passport control app for the first time Wednesday at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, provided they were American or Canadian. Atlanta is the only airport piloting the app, which allows travelers to forgo the traditional customs declarations paper forms. The airport approached the CBP to pilot the app through the Airports Council International-North America, says Jennifer Evanitsky, a CBP spokeswoman. Airside Mobile and A

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