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We are traveling to St Martin in a couple weeks. Does anyone know if the entry card is still paused while they work out the kinks?
The website doesn't even seem to allow for entering information.

Thanks!

Multiple people here have said they have done it very recently, including some who arrived this week. What exactly is the issue you are having?

The official site said you don't need a visa if you're a US National. What's this all about?

Randy and Wendy, you are supposed to fill it out, and there is a benefit - it should make life easier and quicker when you arrive.

I filled out mine last night successfully for a trip in early May and I received the email immediately after I submitted it. The email did end up in the spam folder.

It's not a visa. It's an entry form from the St Maarten government you fill out at www.entry.sx/ It's the online equivalent of the little cards that they used to hand out on planes and fill out before you arrived.

This is what you need to fill out and it still is up and running.
https://www.entry.sx/

I just tried a test and I can enter everything except the dropdowns for Nationality and Country won't work.

The website opens but it is not working for me either. When trying to fill out the individual form under Names & Aliases it does not have a text box or a button to select. It just has Q10.txt so a name can't be entered. It does have a button to add nationality, but when I select that, the button changes to red REMOVE. Contacts & Address does not have a button either, just Q70.txt

Thanks everyone for the replies. I just tried again and the website won't let me enter any info.

I'll keep trying. I still have a couple weeks

It appears that they are trying to "fix" it again and have broken it again. I was going to say that comes from doing a contract with "websites R us", but apparently there actually IS such a company!! .

There must be a problem, imagine that! I just tried and it will not allow one to enter "Nationality" and "Country" as SXMScubaman indicated.

Eric says it's "Acme Websites"!

I was actually thinking something else.

I was able to register last Sat morning and sent the following to our friends based on my experience.

"I just completed the SXM registration process. Pretty simple with a few tips: 1). You need to have you passport info. 2) Need arrival flight # and arrival and departure dates. 4). Maybe because I was using a MAC, when I selected the dates it always showed the prior date? When I selected a second time it worked fine. 5). When you enter phone # you need to use the following format. +1XXXXXXXXXX. Note when you scroll to our birth year, try not to get a cramp, it’s A LOT of scrolling."

Sharing here in hope it might help others.

FYI Confirmation email was received on Monday. (2 days later)

I started the endless scroll for the birth date than realized if you click on the year or day shown it brings up a menu you can easy pick the year and day from..

Are the Nationality and Country dropdowns working yet?

As of 9:30pm EST, they were not for me.

Ok, I arrived this past Wednesday April 16th and I did fill out the form months ago. It was easy back then and I got a reply as well and it did go to Spam. So I am off the plane, carry on luggage in hand and get in line for the Kisok's. I noticed that some people were hunting and pecking in information on the keyboards and it was taking them a while. However some were breezing through and told the assistant I have filled out the form prior. She stated that everyone must scan their passport and have their picture taken for id and of course entry. So I did Scan the passport and answered a few simple questions electronically, stood for my passport no glasses or hat and got a green light to go,(NO Typing) since I filled out the form. Then to the next station and stay behind the yellow taped line or get scolded like I did. So this requires pasport in hand and another picture and the gates open to exit the airport.
So fill out the form to avoid a delay.
Jim

Is there now a separate line for those that filled it out beforehand or are all grouped into the same line?

I just tried this morning (6:12 EST) and the nationality dropdown was working.

There was when we arrived on Monday.

Just saw this on the Juliana Facebook page.

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Link not working.

I'm sorry...I tried. I used the full editor and copied and pasted the link. In any event, what it says is that the form is down, and they are working on getting it back up.

OK so I tried again today and it seems everything went through. Thanks for all the help

From what I experienced we were all sent to the same line, no separation. However, I will say there were really no directions.

We did the form last week and it seemed to have worked. However, the date selection was messed up, we had to correct the date manually for each input.

When traveling with just your wife is it group registration or individual

It's SUPPOSED to be each person does their own form, but I guess some have been able to do a group registration. Supposedly the group thing is supposed to be for tour groups, etc.

Ok I received an email thanking me for filling out the registration form and an option to view the registration. Should I view and print that or Will I receive another email with an approval for travel????
Thanks

Probably all you need but safe to print it out just to have it. I seem to print everything just because but that's just me.

As I understand it, there will be no further communication beyond the initial confirmation email.

There have been reports of gate agents at US departure airports (erroneously) demanding passengers headed to SXM show proof of completion of the online registration. And since the only proof is a print-out of the email confirmation, that's what people have been presenting at the departure gate (when asked).

Again, not necessary but good to have.