UK Border Force — General Aviation
The smart way to submit your General Aviation Report
Scan passports, save your aircraft and crew, and submit a GAR in under two minutes — with real-time validation that catches errors before they cost you £2,500.
Passport OCR
Photo your passport — fields fill automatically
Real-Time Validation
Errors caught before submission, not after
Saved Profiles
Crew and aircraft remembered for next time
Flight Plan Import
ForeFlight and RocketRoute supported
Passport OCR Scanning
Photograph any passport and all fields populate automatically — no more manual typing, no more typos.
Validated Before Submission
Invalid dates, expired documents, and formatting issues are flagged immediately — before they become a £2,500 fine.
Save Time Every Flight
Save your aircraft and frequent passengers to your library. A repeat GAR takes seconds, not minutes.
GenDec vs. the current sGAR system
Current sGAR System
- ✗Manual data entry for every field, every flight
- ✗No validation until after submission
- ✗"Authority to travel" granted even for invalid data
- ✗£2,500+ fines for a single typo
- ✗Phone calls to Border Force during flight prep
GenDec
- ✓OCR auto-extracts all passport data
- ✓Real-time validation prevents errors at source
- ✓Clear confirmation only when data is valid
- ✓Saved profiles for aircraft and frequent travellers
- ✓Import flight plans directly from ForeFlight
How it works
Four steps from opening the app to a confirmed GAR.
Flight details
Enter departure and arrival airports with ICAO code lookup. Import a flight plan to fill everything automatically.
Select aircraft
Choose from your saved aircraft or add a new one. Registration lookup auto-fills the type and details.
Add people
Photograph passports to auto-fill all fields, or select from your saved people library.
Review & submit
All data is validated before submission. Clear confirmation when your GAR is accepted by Border Force.
ICD v1.4 Compliant
Built to the Home Office AMG Gateway specification
mTLS Authenticated
Secure certificate-based connection to Border Force GTR
Certification Testing
Currently undergoing Fujitsu/Border Force certification
Ready to file your first GAR?
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