13 January 2025
Who does this notice affect?
All clients submitting the below declarations:
- Full Import Declaration (FID)
- Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)
- Short Form Self Assessed Clearance (SFSAC)
- Cargo Report Self Assessed Clearance (CRSAC)
- Cargo Report Personal Effects (PE)
Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view electronic government certificates (eCertificates) and relevant attachments online via external verification for eCertificates (EVE) as part of document assessment for imported goods.
All users of the Seasonal Pest (SeaPest) system.
Information
Due to urgent scheduled infrastructure maintenance, there will be a 5-minute outage to the following departmental services between 23:00 Monday 13 January to 03:00 Tuesday 14 January 2025 (AEDT):
- DAFF messaging services and the Department of Home Affairs Integrated Cargo System (ICS)
- EVE
- SeaPest.
Messages between DAFF and ICS will be queued and will send at the conclusion of the outage.
Action
No action required. The department apologises for any inconvenience caused.