Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Systems
Application for Advance Commercial Information (ACI)

Section I – ACI EDI Applicant Information

• Select one line of business that applies to this ACI EDI application.
  • Highway Carrier
  • Air Carrier
  • Marine Carrier
  • Rail Carrier
  • Freight Forwarder
  • Warehouse Operator
  • Account Security Holder

Section 2 – Company Profile

• Legal Company Name
• Operating/Trade Name
• CBSA Issued client identifier (Associated to the line of business selected.)
• Are you an approved Customs self-assessment (CSA) carrier or importer? Yes or No
• Are you an approved Partners in Protection (PIP) carrier or importer? Yes or No
• Will you be transmitting customs information for CSA goods? Yes or No

Head Office Address

• Street, City, Province/State Code, Country Code, Postal/Zip Code

Business Office Address

• Street, City, Province/State Code, Country Code, Postal/Zip Code

Contact Information

• Last Name
• First Name
• Title
• eMail
• Telephone:
• Fax:
• Language Preference: English or French

Emergency After Hours Contact Information (the name of the person who can trouble shoot system issues)

• Last Name
• First Name
• Title
• eMail
• Telephone:
• Fax:
• Language Preference: English or French

Section 3 - Authorize an Agent

Complete this section if you have contracted the services of an Agent to act on your behalf. Please note that the obligation to provide information required by the Customs Act and any related regulation to the CBSA is the sole responsibility of the client regardless of whether an agent is used. It is your responsibility to advise the CBSA should/when you wish to cancel authorization for this agent.

• Legal Company Name
• Operating/Trade Name
• CBSA identifier of the Agent (if applicable)

Contact Information

• Last Name
• First Name
• Title
• eMail
• Telephone:
• Fax:
• Do you authorize this agent to process customs information electronically for the CBSA on your behalf? Yes or No
• Do you authorize the CBSA to release to this agent, customs information transacted on your behalf by this agent?* Yes or No
• Language Preference: English or French

*Customs information released to the Agent or Service Provider will include any information related to the EDI client profile, electronic information transmitted or processed by the Agent or Service Provider and pre-arrival information required by the CBSA during monitoring or audit.

Section 4 - Authorize a Service Provider

Complete this section if you have contracted the services of a service provider to set up your EDI client profile and/or transmit customs information electronically to the CBSA. Please note that the obligation to provide information required by the Customs Act and any related regulation to the CBSA is the sole responsibility of the carrier regardless of whether a service provider is used. It is your responsibility to advise the CBSA should/when you wish to cancel authorization for this service provider. A service provider may be any party that you contract to transmit electronic documents and/or receive messages from the CBSA. A service provider is not an Agent in that they are simply providing a mechanism for which you may transact electronic commerce with the CBSA. Note: It is your responsibility to ensure that your Section 12, Report of Goods is obtained for your own books and records.

• Legal Company Name
• Operating/Trade Name

Contact Information

• Last Name
• First Name
• Title
• eMail
• Telephone:
• Fax:
• Do you authorize this service provider to process customs information electronically for the CBSA on your behalf? Yes or No
• Do you authorize the CBSA to release to this service provider customs information transmitted on your behalf by this service provider?* Yes or No
• Language Preference: English or French

*Customs information released to the Agent or Service Provider will include any information related to the EDI client profile, electronic information transmitted or processed by the Agent or Service Provider and pre-arrival information required by the CBSA during monitoring or audit.

Section 5 - Software

• Will you be using your own software to create electronic customs information? Yes or No
• Name of Software Provider

Section 5a - Communications Protocol Method

Identify the communication protocol method that you intend to use or that the authorized agent and/or service provider is to use. You may select one or more communication protocol methods to transmit customs information to the CBSA. Complete the following for each communication method that will be utilized.

More information on the approved communication methods.

Section 5b - Customs Internet Gateway

• Will you be using the Customs Internet Gateway? Yes or No
• Sender Identification (Client defined application sender ID as per the GS or UNG segment)
• Certificate Number in Production
• Certificate Number in Testing
• Mailbox ID (Partner ID, the ISA or UNB segment)
• EDI map version: EDIFACT or ANSI

Section 5c – Direct Connect or Value Added Network

• Will you be using a Direct Connect or Value Added Network? Yes or No
• Name of Direct Connect or Value Added Network
• Sender Identification (Client defined application sender ID as per the GS or UNG segment)
• Mailbox ID (Partner ID, the ISA or UNB segment)
• EDI map version: EDIFACT or ANSI

Section 6 - EDI Messages (must select one)

Please select from the list below, the EDI message(s) that you wish to add to your EDI client profile.  You must select at least one of the message listed below

Section 6a Document Notices

(Check all the notices you would like to receive. Please note an acknowledgment will be sent automatically once CBSA receives your inbound document).
See chart in instruction below to know which notices are available.

Section 6b Profile

Please enter your Partner alias(es) as well as identify the document alias type for each.

Section 7 – Remove a Company Contact

• Last Name
• First Name
• eMail

Section 8 – Remove an Agent

Complete this section if you wish to cancel authorization for this agent.

• Legal Company Name
• Operating/Trade Name
• CBSA identifier of the Agent (if applicable)

Section 9 – Remove a Service Provider

Complete this section if you wish to cancel authorization for this service provider.

• Legal Company Name
• Operating/Trade Name

Section 10 - Certification

This form must be signed by an authorized person of the business such as an owner, a partner of a partnership, or a director of a corporation. By signing and dating this form, you authorize the CBSA to deal with the individual(s), or firm(s) listed in Sections 3 and/or 4 of this form.

• Language Preference? Englishor French
• Telephone
• Fax
• eMail
• Authorized Person's Name
• Title
• Signature
• Date (YYYY/MM/DD)

Completed forms can be sent :

by mail:
Program Business System Integration Division
Canada Border Services Agency
355 North River Road, 6th floor, Tower B
Ottawa, Ontario  K1A 0L8

By eMail:
tccu-ustcc@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca

By Fax:
(343) 291-5482

Electronic Data Interchange Privacy Notice Statement

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is committed to protecting the privacy rights of individuals, including safeguarding the confidentiality of information provided by individuals and Trade Chain Partners.

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a standards-based computer-to-computer communication method that allows the CBSA’s Trade Chain Partners to transmit trade data to the CBSA through one of four options: a value added network, a third party service provider, the Customs Internet Gateway (CIG), or by a direct connection to the CBSA.

Submission of any personal information as part of your EDI transmission constitutes your consent and acknowledgement that you, as a carrier, freight forwarder, or account security holder have secured the individual’s consent to use their personal information, and that you have secured their consent to the collection, use, retention and disclosure of the information by the CBSA for any purpose regarding the goods.

Submission of the conveyance reference number (CRN) belonging to the carrier transporting the goods to Canada as part of your EDI transmission expressly acknowledges a contract of carriage for the goods with that carrier. Because the CRN is prescribed information for ACI necessary to link the goods to the conveyance, and it’s provided to you by the carrier, its use as part of your EDI transmission constitutes the carrier’s consent to its collection, use, retention and disclosure by the CBSA for any purpose regarding the goods. As well, such also constitutes your consent to the disclosure by the CBSA of any do-not-load notification regarding the goods to the carrier. As the carrier is legally obligated to report all goods upon arrival in Canada, it necessarily needs to know when a do-not-load notification has been issued by the CBSA regarding any goods destined to be transported by it.

The personal information is collected under the authority of the Customs Act (R.S.C., 1985, c.1 (Second Supp.)), Section 7.1, 8, 8.1 as well as Reporting of Imported Goods Regulations for the purpose of determining the admissibility of commercial goods, including conveyances and organizations, as well as U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Individuals have the right of access to and/or can make corrections of their personal information under the Privacy Act. Information collected is described under the eManifest Personal Information Bank PPU 048 which is detailed at www.infosource.gc.ca.

Instructions

The company that is responsible for submitting electronic ACI information to the CBSA must complete and certify this application for new and updates to CBSA electronic client profiles.

Complete all relevant sections when submitting a new application. A separate application must be submitted for each line of business and for each service provider/agent that you intend to conduct business with.

Complete Section 1, Section 2 (Legal Name and CBSA issued client identifier), and all relevant sections when updating an existing electronic client profile.

Complete Section 1, (Legal Name and CBSA issued client identifier), and the relevant Sections 8 – 10 when removing a company contact or authorized agent and/or service provider.

Section 11 – Certification is mandatory for all new applications and all updates to existing electronic client profiles. The CBSA must receive a signed document from the company that is required to submit electronic ACI information. If you wish to submit this form electronically, you must print, sign and then scan and send the application to the email address provided on this form.

Date modified:

2019-12-19