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Record 1 2014-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Safety
  • Surveillance and Formalities (Air Transport)
  • National and International Security
DEF

The basic data that identifies a person who is travelling, including the traveller's name, date of birth, gender, citizenship or nationality and travel document data.

OBS

Advance passenger information is collected prior to a traveller's departure in order to enable the Canada Border Services Agency to perform a risk assessment of this person prior to his or her arrival in Canada.

OBS

advance passenger information; API; advance information: terms, abbreviation and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité (Transport aérien)
  • Contrôles et formalités (Transport aérien)
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
DEF

Information de base permettant d'identifier une personne qui voyage, y compris le nom, la date de naissance, le sexe, la citoyenneté ou la nationalité, et les données figurant sur les documents de voyage de cette personne.

OBS

L'information préalable sur un voyageur est recueillie avant son départ pour permettre à l'Agence des services frontaliers du Canada d'effectuer une évaluation des risques que présente cette personne avant son arrivée au Canada.

OBS

information préalable sur un voyageur; IPV; renseignements préalables sur un voyageur : termes, abréviation et définition normalisés par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

Key term(s)
  • information préalable sur les voyageurs

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad (Transporte aéreo)
  • Vigilancia y formalidades (Transporte aéreo)
  • Seguridad nacional e internacional
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