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CBSA Appeal Form for the Review of an Enforcement Action

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Please use the form below to send us your appeal. Please note, we can only respond to your correspondence if you complete the fields below marked "required".

Note: Please ensure your information is factual, relevant and appropriate. The CBSA will not respond to any profane or obscene content. This form cannot be saved or printed. You are responsible for maintaining your own record of the information you submit to the CBSA using this form.

Type of Review

Please select below the decision you are requesting a review for. An example form will be displayed for each option below if you are unsure.

I am requesting a review of (required)

a Notice of Penalty Assessment
a Customs Seizure Receipt
a Seizure Receipt for Currency and Monetary Instruments
a Notice of Violation
a Notice of Ascertained Forfeiture

Enforcement Action Number (required)

Date of Action (required)

yyyy-mm-dd

The following image illustrates a portion of the Notice of Ascertained Forfeiture form where the Enforcement Action Number and the Date of Action can be found in the top right corner.

Seizure Receipt form where the Enforcement Action Number and the Date of Action can be found in the top right portion of the form.

The following image illustrates a portion of the Seizure Receipt form where the Date of Action can be found in the top left corner of the document.

The following image illustrates a portion of the Seizure Receipt form where the Date of Action can be found in the top left corner of the document.

The following image illustrates a portion of the Seizure Receipt form where the Enforcement Action Number can be found in the top right corner of the document.

The following image illustrates a portion of the Notice of Violation at the Point of Entry form where the Enforcement Action Number and the Date of Action can be found in the top right corner.

The following image illustrates a portion of the Notice of Penalty Assessment form where the Enforcement Action Number and the Date of Action can be found in the top left corner.

Client Information

Client Type (required)

First Name (required)

Surname (required)

Company Name (required)

Company Contact First Name

Company Contact Surname

Address (required)

City (required)

Country (required)

Province/State (required)

Other Province/State

Postal Code/Zip Code (required)

X9X 9X9 99999

Phone Number (required)

###-###-####

Representative Information

Are you represented? (required)

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Type of Representative (required)

Account Security Number (required)

In accordance with privacy legislation, we require written authorization confirming that we may correspond with your representative and release information relating to this matter. Until we receive such authorization, we will direct all correspondence related to this request to you.

Please send written authorization to the address below or by fax to 613-960-5129. Please reference the enforcement action number in your correspondence.

Recourse Directorate
1686 Woodward Drive
Ottawa, ON K1H 6W3

Representative Name (required)

Contact Person

Address (required)

City (required)

Country (required)

Province/State (required)

Other Province/State

Postal Code/Zip Code (required)

X9X 9X9 99999

Phone Number (required)

###-###-####

Details

Please describe the reason for your request for review (500-word limit).

If you have additional information or documentation, please send them to the address below or by fax to 613-960-5129. Please reference the enforcement action number in your correspondence.

Recourse Directorate
1686 Woodward Drive
Ottawa, ON K1H 6W3

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Submit

The information you provide in this document is collected under the authority of the Customs Act, Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act and Agricultural and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act for the purpose of providing redress to a commercial enterprise or individual traveller who disagree with a decision of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) regarding the issuance of an enforcement action. The information may be disclosed to CBSA officials for program evaluation, trend analysis, and statistical data collection or to CBSA stakeholders, the Department of Justice, Canada Revenue Agency, and Public Works and Government Services Canada as a consistent use by those who may be involved in the processing of the appeal.

Individuals have the right of access to and/or can make corrections of their personal information under the Privacy Act.The information collected is described within Info Source under the CBSA ADM 101, Enforcement Appeals, Personal Information Bank CBSA PPU 005 which is detailed at http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/

Certification

All the information I have given in this application is true and complete. (required)

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