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Singapore has revealed its plans to bring automated biometric lanes to more airports, and make them available to its residents later this year.
When businessman Atul Sethi landed at Changi Airport after his flight from New York on Thursday (May 16), the Indian national was pleasantly surprised that it took him less than a minute to clear immigration. All thanks to the new Automated Border Control System (ABCS), which was launched at Changi Airport in early May. Under the new system, all incoming...
Further, there will be no need to present passports at automated lanes in Changi Airport by end-2024 for all departing travellers.
Idemia has had a presence in Singapore airports since 2017, when it began providing biometrics for border checks at Changi Airport.
192.8 million travellers cleared Singapore's checkpoints in 2023.