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 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.

1

Flight details

Enter departure and arrival airports with ICAO code lookup. Import a flight plan to fill everything automatically.

2

Select aircraft

Choose from your saved aircraft or add a new one. Registration lookup auto-fills the type and details.

3

Add people

Photograph passports to auto-fill all fields, or select from your saved people library.

4

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?

Create a free account and submit your first General Aviation Report in minutes.

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