We plan to work with the agency responsible for border security to ensure that the program is aligned with that agency's advance passenger information initiative. This system will make it possible to send the eTA decision to airports and airlines. So that the airlines receive accurate information as quickly as possible to determine whether the individuals can travel to Canada, CIC technologies need to be aligned with the agency's technologies.
We plan to implement the eTA program at least six months before implementing the IAPI. This way, travellers can have their eTA in hand before CIC and the airlines share the information in the context of the IAPI.