All foreigners can use automated lanes at checkpoints from second half of 2024: ICA
All foreign visitors to Singapore, regardless of their nationality, may soon clear immigration here at air, land and sea checkpoints using automated lanes from 2024.
They will be able to do this without having to register beforehand.
And when they leave Singapore, they will not have to present their passports.
Singapore will be the first in the world to do this.
In its release of its 2023 annual statistics, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said on Tuesday (Feb 13) this will be done in the second half of 2024 with the introduction of the next-generation Automated Border Control System.
ICA said the new automated lanes will progressively replace existing lanes and manual counters at checkpoints, enabling Singapore residents and departing visitors to clear immigration without having to present their passports.