SNAP Redesign (SNAP-R) includes: enhanced security, ability to attach supporting documents electronically, user access rights and account management, and the ability for BIS Licensing Officers to view work items and supporting documents electronically.
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BIS' SNAP-R is available at no cost to the exporting community. With SNAP-R you have:
- The ability to attach supporting documents to online export license application submissions by uploading files through the web interface;
- Enhanced system security and improved authentication;
- Email notification capability to support exporter and staff correspondence, acknowledgements, and validations;
- The capability to copy and re-use work item and supporting documents; and
- The capability to share work items within the same company (based on user rights management).
SNAP-R gives you the ability to:
- Submit export and re-export applications, and commodity classification requests via the Internet in a secure environment;
- Receive same-day acknowledgment of your submission; and
- Obtain online validations (e.g. electronic facsimile of export license) from BIS.
Requirements:
- Internet access and Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 or later with Active Scripting, session cookies, and PDF file download enabled (default configuration);
- A PDF Reader, such as Adobe® Reader®, if you want to read previously uploaded supporting documents online; and
- Company Identification Number (CIN) and an active user account.
If you have not submitted to BIS electronically in the past, you will need to obtain a Company Identification Number (CIN). Detailed procedures for obtaining a CIN and user account are set forth in Section 748.7 of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
If you have any questions on SNAP-R, you may email us.