CBP ROAM App expands reach in Michigan, Minnesota

The Reporting Offside Arrival-Mobile (ROAM) application, used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Field Operations to report small boats, has expanded its capabilities to new sites in Michigan and Minnesota.

In Michigan, the app now reaches four sites in the Sault Ste. Marie area: the Rogers City Marina, Detour Village, Drummond Island Yacht Haven, and Mackinac Island. Minnesota will see the application expanded to the Arrowhead region.

“From an officer standpoint this is much-needed technology,” Arrowhead Area Port Director Jason Schmeiz said. “From the clarity of the video to the ease of use for the traveler, CBP ROAM has strengthened border security in these remote areas while facilitating legitimate travel and trade.”

The additions allow more areas for boaters to report arrival in-country to CBP officers, video conferencing and to arrange an inspection. ROAM users do not have to depend on various marinas and other port sites’ hours of operation. Inspections will still need to be conducted at authorized sites, though. The latter is moot if boaters possess NEXUS cards and I-68 forms. They merely need to call their respective ports of entry upon entry.

U.S. citizens and nonimmigrant aliens from Canada entering the United States are still required to present valid WHTI-compliant documents such as passports, passport cards, enhanced driver’s licenses, trusted traveler cards, military identification cards or U.S. Merchant Mariner Documents. Children require birth certificates, consular reports of birth abroad, naturalization certificates or Canadian Citizenship Cards. Native Americans may rely on current tribal documents.

Information created within the ROAM app can be saved and reused for future crossings.