Mobile Passport Control now available at Phoenix Sky Harbor

Mobile Passport Control is now available at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX).

PHX is the 22nd airport to offer Mobile Passport Control (MPC) to speed up the United States arrival process.

The Mobile Passport app has been downloaded 1 million times over the last two years.

Mobile Passport is the first authorized app to speed up a passengers ’s arrival into the United States. Eligible passengers can submit their passport information and answers to inspection-related questions to CBP via a smartphone or tablet app before arrival.

MPC currently offers U.S. citizens and Canadian visitors a more efficient in-person inspection between the CBP officer and the traveler upon arrival in the United States. Much like Automated Passport Control (APC) the app does not require pre-approval and is free to use.

Passengers who successfully use the app will no longer have to complete a paper form or use an APC kiosk and should have shorter wait times, less congestion and faster processing.

How it works

Passengers follow these five steps to use MPC:

• Download the Mobile Passport Control App from the Apple App Store before arriving

• Create a profile with their passport information

• Complete the ‘New Trip’ section upon arrival in the US

• Submit their customs declaration form through the app to receive an electronic receipt with an Encrypted Quick Response (QR) code. This receipt will expire four hours after being issued

• Take their passport and smartphone or tablet with their digital bar-coded receipt to a CBP officer

The MPC pilot launched in August 2014 for eligible passengers arriving at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta, and has since expanded to 22 airports and 1 cruise port.