SINGAPORE — Singapore residents and departing visitors will be able to clear checkpoints without having to use their passports from 2024. Instead, they will clear immigration via the new contactless Automated Border Control System (ABCS). During its workplan seminar at the Singapore Expo on Friday (May 5), the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said the manual counters at all checkpoints...
SINGAPORE — Singapore residents and departing visitors will be able to clear checkpoints without having to use their passports from 2024.During its workplan seminar at the Singapore Expo on Friday , the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said the manual counters at all checkpoints will be progressively replaced by about 800 automated lanes using ABCS from the first quarter of 2024.The goal of the NCC transformation plan is to provide faster and more secure immigration and Customs clearance.
"ICA's development over the years has been possible only because ICA has been, and remains, agile, clear-sighted, bold, and at its core, has officers who are continually being developed with the ultimate commitment to serve our citizens wholeheartedly," he said. During Budget 2023, the Ministry of Home Affairs said it will be spending more than $1 billion on development projects this year, including the ABCS.
ICA will be working with the Home Team Science and Technology Agency to further improve the system before rolling Apics out in phases at the land checkpoints. ICA officers then conduct facial image checks on the travellers using data from the QR code to clear them.From 2026, Apics lanes will be introduced at Tuas Checkpoint, allowing travellers to scan their generated QR codes and present their biometrics for identity verification, removing the need for officers to be stationed at every car lane.For cargo, ICA said it cleared over 9.7 million containers, consignments and parcels in 2022, with the volume expected to increase in coming years.
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