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Hi everyone, we are flying into Beef Island in three weeks. Does anyone have many tips related to the new online entry process? I believe you cannot complete the process until a few days prior, but I would much rather do it from home than fill out forms when we get there. Has anybody traveled down recently and can share a few thoughts about the process? Thank you so much!

Yes, 3 days prior max. By all means fill it out and print it, but also be prepared that it will not be looked at :-/

Excellent - thank you - and agree, the mood of the day or technology glitches may throw us a curveball, but I’m glad there is a pre-trip completion option.

MrEZ is right. They went from paper forms that they didn't look at to online app forms they don't look at. I guess it's more ecological. As long as they collect their $20 they don't seem to care.

Hi, is there a URL for the new online entry? And thank you for this post. I had no idea there was a new process.

Yes..I'd like to know how to download it too..

From our experience, it is best to print your Sailclear departure and arrival notice for the BVIs. It speeds them up and avoids having to refill paper forms when they have computer/Internet/printer issues.

Cheers, RickG

Downloaded the entry form and its so typical BVI..they want it filled out three days before or less but want the name of your ferry..impossible to know even if you book ferfy in advance becaus,e I know, they want the real name ie Bomba Charger not Smith's..Somethings never change

I found information on the ferry schedule page about what to use for ferry name: Ferry Schedule

But of course it doesn't help if you aren't sure what ferry or time you'll be catching.

Just to pile on... I printed my form and also had it on my phone. Note that Immigration (the first window) doesn't want it. They only want to see your passport. I handed my paper form to the Customs guy and he looked at it and then asked for my $20 and that was it.

I am finding it impossible to fill this form out..it wont allow me to out in my birthdate correctly..keeps putting in the wrong one.If I dont fill this out what happens at Immigration..can I still fill out the paper?

The form is very poorly designed. I could write better software. If I recall you need to click on the year first and work from there. People used paper forms on my last trip.

Mal--sounds very much like the 'updated' entry process for St Maarten. They used to have us fill out paper forms with info, which I suspect they never looked at. And now we are required to fill them out online, and they probably don't look at that either. Probably the same morons who designed the SXM site prepared the BVI one, as the SXM site is whackadoodle.