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　　SEA-TAC AIRPORT, Wash. - It’s noontime at Sea-Tac Airport and for most international flights, that’s rush hour.

　　While midday lines tend to be the shortest at the ticket counters, lines of passengers waiting to clear passport control zig-zag in the windowless and secure basement of the South Terminal.

　　But, Ann and Haley Damian of Eugene, Ore. were able to bypass those long lines, go straight to baggage claim in the secure area, and pass though customs using a free app called .

　　“It was great, you just get to go past all those lines up there, go right down get your luggage,” said Ann Damian.

　　Her daughter, Haley, said it took five minutes to answer all the declaration questions and scan her passport while they were waiting to get off the plane from Paris.

　　Mobile Passport Control is the first authorized app from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, intended to speed up a traveler’s arrival into the United States. It’s free and it’s a time saver, especially during the international rush hours.

　　It’s available only to U.S. and Canadian citizens.

　　Travelers voluntarily scan their passport’s barcode using the camera on a smart phone or tablet, then answer the typical inspection-related questions asked at the Automated Passport Control kiosks. The app allows travelers to avoid the lines at those kiosks and the passport check that follows.

　　“First, its to help the passengers complete the administrative tasks prior to arriving and secondly to assist officers to be more focus just on the inspection,” said Monyr Thabet, Chief CBP officer at Sea-Tac Airport.

　　Travelers who successfully use the app will no longer have to complete the typical paper declaration form or use an APC kiosk.

　　As for security, the QR code the app generates for CBP to scan is only good for four hours, and a visual inspection of the traveler's passport is required when interviewed by the CBP officer. All data is deleted off the phone when the traveler clears customs.

　　Aside from Sea-Tac Airport, the app can be used atin the United States and Puerto Rico, and the cruise terminal in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

　　Android and iPhone users can download the for free from the and .