Originally Posted by
kirkbauer
I just filed an APIS from US to the Bahamas and accidentally entered the passport issue date for the passport expiration date for one of my passengers. In other words, I said that their pasport had already expired. I didn't notice until later, so it was approved and I did the flight with no issues. I'm not sure if anybody really looks at it.
The APIS is not filed by the Passenger. The APIS is done by the airline when they scan your passport at check in. That information is sent normally by SITA (owned by airlines and is the IT company for the airlines) to the immigration of the arrival destination. It is all automatic and sometimes the name itself can cause a problem though it is someone else that they are looking for. By the time you land, the immigration already knows who is on that flight. sometimes they may even share that information with other law enforcement agencies.