SINGAPORE: From the first half of 2024, passengers departing Changi Airport will go through automated immigration clearance using biometric data, with no passports needed, reported Channel News Asia (CNA) recently.
This comes after Singapore's parliament on Sep 18 passed a series of amendments to the Immigration Act.One key provision is for the Minister for Home Affairs to authorise the disclosure of passenger and crew information to the airport operator, for specific uses such as bag drops and passenger tracing within the airport.
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