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Automation of CBP Form I-418 for Vessels
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection published this final rule in the Federal Register on November 17, 2025. It took effect on November 17, 2025.
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What the agency says
This rule adopts as final, without change, interim amendments to title 8 and title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations published in the Federal Register on December 28, 2021, that require commercial vessel operators to electronically submit the data elements of Form I- 418 to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in lieu of submitting a paper form. This electronic submission streamlines vessel arrival and departure processes by eliminating redundant data submissions, simplifying vessel inspections, and automating recordkeeping.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-19983
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Homeland Security Department; U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Published
- November 17, 2025
- Takes effect
- November 17, 2025
- Dates
- This rule is effective November 17, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket No. USCBP-2021-0046; CBP Dec. No. 2X-XX
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1651-AB18
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 8 CFR 251; 8 CFR 258; 19 CFR 4
- Topics
- Air carriers; Airmen; Aliens; Exports; Freight; Harbors; Longshore and harbor workers; Maritime carriers; Oil pollution; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Seamen; Vessels
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 11
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