All travellers into Singapore will be able to use automated lanes that scan passports and use facial and iris recognition by the end of the year, the city state’s Immigration & Checkpoints Authority said.
“Singapore may be the first in the world to allow all foreign travellers, including first time visitors, to use automated lanes without prior enrolment upon arrival, and to depart without presenting their passports for immigration clearance,” the authority said in a statement Friday.
The moves should reduce immigration clearance time at Changi Airport, already widely considered one of the most efficient and best in the world, by about 40 per cent, according to the ICA. It may also give Singapore an edge over Hong Kong, another important regional air hub, where the immigration process isn’t as automated.
To facilitate the faster immigration process, around 600…
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