[NHCOLL-L:4794] Re: edecs

[Carol Spencer]

Dear Paul,
The amount of time depends on what office you are applying to (what port the
specimens are being exported or imported through), the amount of back log
the agents have at those offices and also if you have submitted the
necessary paperwork. For SFO, we always fax in any supporting documentation
immediately upon submitting our edec online, including invoices listing the
number of specimens and their scientific names, any necessary permits, any
letters from officials in the countries we are sending/importing the
specimens, and any other pertinent information (Fed Ex way bills and other
customs forms, etc). I have had our edecs clear in as little as 3 days, when
submitting all the correct paperwork. I would look  call the appropriate
office that you submitted your edec through and speak to one of the agents;
usually they can help you get everything in so that your shipment will
clear.
Also if you are bringing specimens into the country, usually they will not
clear the edec until the specimens have been imported and inspected or they
have cleared you to receive it without inspection. Again, I would call the
appropriate office, I have found that they are very helpful:
http://www.fws.gov/le/ImpExp/inspectors.htm

Cheers,
Carol

On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Paul Callomon <callomon at ansp.org> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> If anyone uses the US Fish and Wildlife Service's Edecs system for online
> submission of import/export permit requests, could you tell me roughly what
> the turnaround time is? I've submitted and received clearance for three
> 3-177s by regular mail since submitting my first electronic one...
>
> PC.
>
>
> Paul Callomon
> Collections Manager
> Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General Invertebrates
> Department of Malacology
> Academy of Natural Sciences
> 1900 Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA
> Tel 215-405-5096 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              215-405-5096
>       end_of_the_skype_highlighting
> Fax 215-299-1170
>



-- 
Carol L. Spencer
Staff Curator of Herpetology & Researcher
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
3101 Valley Life Sciences Building
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA 94720-3160
atrox10 at gmail.com
atrox at berkeley.edu
TEL: 510-643-5778 /FAX: 510-643-8238

http://www.herpnet.org
http://mvz.berkeley.edu/
http://www.vertnet.org
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/private/nhcoll-l/attachments/20100404/75bb6de1/attachment.html