NCL Spirit 9/2122 Sailing how to handle ArriveCAN with two Canadian ports

[andrewsjerrypat]

This is an unusual cruise in that at departs and ends in Seattle, BUT it has two Canadian ports that it stops at midway thru the cruise, Vancouver and Victoria. How are they handling the ArriveCAN requirement since ports are in the middle of the cruise. I called NCL and they had no clue what I was talking about.Thanks. Jerry from Oklahoma

Edited August 12, 2022 by andrewsjerrypat
typo correction

[andrewsjerrypat]

Oops, made an error I said Carnival in the title, but meant NCL I just now corrected my error in the title to the correct cruise line, NCL.

 

Edited August 12, 2022 by andrewsjerrypat
typo correction

[Alex_77]

My understanding is that there are special cruise rules and you need to complete Arrive Can within 72 hours of embarking on the cruise. There is a cruise question which asks the ship name - so presumably links with any passport checks at ports. But do read the official website yourself to make sure I’m correct!

[tallnthensome]

I'm on a Carnival cruise to Alaska at the moment and had to use the AriveCan to board the cruise. Just fill it out with your first Canadian stop and be done with it. They don't care what you have within the app as long as your have tour emailed QR code from your confirmation email when you embark.  Nobody will even check your second port within if you can't figure it out.  All this nonsense is just a formality and it's stupid.

Edited August 12, 2022 by tallnthensome

[yankprintster]

Am on the same cruise.  Don't even know what ArriveCAN is yet.  Guess I better figure it out.

[Sea saw 56]

My understanding is that EACH TIME you enter Canada, even through a different port, you need to fill out a new ArriveCAN form.  Your Passport and vaccination info is already entered when you set your account up, however the separate ArriveCAN form is required each time you enter.

I have read that on either the Alaska Board or the West Coast Ports Board.

[Sea saw 56]

Sorry, should have said West Coast ‘Departures’ Board.

[ByThePond]

You would complete a single entry showing the first Canadian port. The same approach would be used in a East Coast cruise that goes to multiple Canadian ports. 

[julig22]

6 hours ago, Sea saw 56 said:

My understanding is that EACH TIME you enter Canada, even through a different port, you need to fill out a new ArriveCAN form.  Your Passport and vaccination info is already entered when you set your account up, however the separate ArriveCAN form is required each time you enter.

I have read that on either the Alaska Board or the West Coast Ports Board.

 Unless you are entering Canada on your own, you enter information based on your cruise itinerary/start date. So you would complete your application within 72 hours of starting your cruise, entering in Victoria. You need to have it completed prior to boarding the ship. Once you arrive in Victoria you are still in Canada until leaving Vancouver for Seattle, so you are not reentering Canada.

[Sea saw 56]

4 hours ago, julig22 said:

 Unless you are entering Canada on your own, you enter information based on your cruise itinerary/start date. So you would complete your application within 72 hours of starting your cruise, entering in Victoria. You need to have it completed prior to boarding the ship. Once you arrive in Victoria you are still in Canada until leaving Vancouver for Seattle, so you are not reentering Canada.

Sorry, I stand corrected.