Singapore residents at Changi Airport Terminal 3 will be able to enjoy passport-less immigration clearance in live trials at selected automated lanes from August 5 This will be...
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This will be done simply using facial and iris biometrics though travellers are advised they need their passports with them for overseas clearance and occasional checks in Singapore The live trial by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority is part of a progressive rollout of this new system on a large scale at Singapore’s land, sea and air crossings.
The agency also added that the QR code clearance at land checkpoints will also be extended to motorcyclists and their pillion riders by August The system was rolled out by ICA this year on March 19, allowing car travellers to generate a QR code for immigration clearance on the MyICA app instead of needing to present a passport.
ICA said that as traveller information is not available beforehand for those travelling via land checkpoints, the QR code was introduced “as a token of identification in lieu of the passport, for faster and more convenient border clearance for both individuals and groups of travellers”.
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