Passport Validity
The Singapore biometric passport issued will be valid for 5 years.
New passports issued will be valid for 5 years plus the remaining validity of the current passport..
First-time foreign visitors arriving to Singapore will need to enrol and clear immigration with iris, facial and fingerprints biometrics at the manual counters..
The Singapore Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has taken significant strides in enhancing passport security by introducing additional features in its biometric passport.
These features provide a unique identity to each passport and make it considerably more challenging to forge or tamper with..
Biometrics will be used to create a “single token of authentication” that will be employed at various automated touch points – from bag drops to immigration clearance and boarding – eliminating the need for physical travel documents like boarding passes and passports.Sep 20, 2023.
Biometric technology and facial recognition will be used to allow passengers to fly without passports or boarding passes.
However, passengers will still need to carry their travel documents for boarding and landing in other countries..
The Singapore government is set to introduce automated immigration clearance at Changi Airport by 2024, eliminating the need for passports for travelers.
This innovation will position Singapore as one of the first few countries to implement such a system..
Seamless travel has been catching on around the world and biometric identification could soon be the future of travel, observers say.
In 2018, Dubai International Airport introduced biometric “Smart Gates” tunnels, which use facial recognition to verify travelers’ identities in as little as five seconds.
Idemia has been supplying biometrics to Singapore’s government for border security checks since a 2017 deployment at Changi Airport.
The details of its new, country-wide contract were not disclosed.
Apics lanes will, in stages, be implemented at Singapore’s Tuas and Woodlands Checkpoints from 2026 and 2028, respectively.
A smarter and more effective checkpoint operations is needed to augment frontline operations to keep our checkpoints safe and provide an efficient immigration clearance process for the travellers.
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ABC gates | biometrics | border security | passenger processing | Singapore Singapore's border authority is planning a rollout of biometric technology to the country's land borders and airports to enable passport-free travel.
