00:00Caribbean Airlines announced that passengers are traveling on Saturday, March 14th on specific flights are required to complete the Trinidad
00:08and Tobago digital arrival or departure form via travel.gov.tt as authorities at the airport are testing the online
00:17immigration and customs platform.
00:19In a statement posted on its Facebook page on Thursday, Trinidad and Tobago's state-owned airline said the online link
00:26will be accessible from March 14th and passengers on these test flights are to complete their digital arrival or departure
00:34forms on the date of travel.
00:36Caribbean Airlines said those flights are BW-527 and BW-431 arriving at POS and BW-240 departing POS.
00:47POS is the designation for the PRCO International Airport.
00:52The announcement by Caribbean Airlines on Thursday follows the official launch of the Trinidad and Tobago online arrival and departure
00:59card platform by Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander on Wednesday.
01:04The Homeland Security Ministry said on Wednesday that the new system will be fully implemented on March 17th, after which
01:12the paper-based system will be discontinued.
01:14In a post on the social media platform X on Wednesday night, Prime Minister Kamala Passat-Besessa said Trinidad and
01:20Tobago is moving forward and keeping pace with the digital age.
01:24The Prime Minister said that an online arrival and departure card platform will be implemented, making travel into and out
01:30of Trinidad and Tobago faster and more efficient.
01:33The statement was posted after the Prime Minister's arrival at Piacco International Airport following her official trip to Florida, which
01:41included her participation in the Shield of the America Summit hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump.
01:46The Prime Minister also said that the laws of Trinidad and Tobago will be available online, giving citizens, businesses and
01:54the wider public easier access to important legal information.
01:57The Prime Minister added that these initiatives mark another step in modernizing our systems, improving access to information and delivering
02:06more efficient public services.
02:09Jewel Brown, TV6 News.
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