Olson: The pre-inspection here at Amtrak's facility
in Vancouver, B.C. happened in 1995.
And it was agreement between then the Legacy Organizations of U.S. Immigration
and U.S. Customs and U.S. Agriculture to have a pre-inspection facility.
So we've been doing this for 20 years.
From Vancouver to Seattle the ride on Amtrak Cascades
is about three hours and forty-five minutes.
With full pre-clearance the stop in Blaine goes away
and we save about 15 minutes off of that.
Well, we're very positive about the ability to
move into full pre-clearance here in Vancouver,
because of the fact that we have been doing pre-inspection for 20 years.
We're set for it. The facility is set for it.
There is a few minor changes that we might want to make,
then U.S. CBP and CBS and I have talked about that
and so Amtrak will be sitting down with them and saying
what are those minor things that need to happen to get into full pre-clearance?
But all in all, we're set for full pre-clearance here in Vancouver, B.C.