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US-bound passengers have been urged to fill in thier immigration details before coming to the airport or risk delays.

The new advanced passenger information (API), to be introduced for all airlines, has been brought in to bolster security and will require all passengers to provide some additional information on top of the data found in their passport.

All passengers are now required to provide their county of residence and all non-US residents must also provide an address for where they are staying on their first night.

The relevance information can be given to the Airlines they are flying with before paasengers come to the airport either via the airline's website or their travel agent.

Letters have been sent to all major travel agencies in the UK two weeks ago asking for support in gathering this extra data at time of booking wherever possible.

Some airlines are currently carrying out trials on how best to collect and then input the extra data from any passengers who have not passed on the information before coming to the airport.

Airlines staff and employees who are flying to the US on duty travel or concessions must also fill in their API details before arriving at the airport. Failure to do so may mean they will not be able to board a flight as planned.