India's New Fast-Track Immigration Programme: How It Will Work

The centre has introduced a programme at the Delhi airport that aims to fast-track the immigration process. The programme can cut down the time taken for immigration from 30 minutes to mere seconds. It's called the Fast-Track Immigration Trusted Traveller Programme and has been introduced by the Ministry of Home Affairs. So how does this system work?

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[BlueTaurianBull]

SO instead of waiting 30 min at immigration now you have to spend days to follow the paper work .. Well done Indian Government ...

[TripandTravels]

How complicated the process is! More and more countries are adopting passport free immigration, India is adopting a process that includes a physical meeting with authorities to verify your identity before one can be enabled for automated gate immigration. Countries like Singapore recognise tourists carrying Indian passport on their e-gates but India can’t recognise its own passport unless you have a verification done before hand

[ExperienceWithAman]

First issue epassports. Even Syrian passport has ePassport

[gagandeepsharma-cdsm]

So Indian version of Nexus or TSA Precheck

[kevindave]

India is a great example for 1 step forward 3 steps backward.

[creativeexpletives]

I was at London Heathrow and Rome Fiumicino airport, you just scan your passport (not available to Indian passport holders) and you exit the airport, no need to see an agent.
It will take some time for India to get to this point. Some progress is better than none at all.

[urldroidsuperbot]

India introduces new taxes and tax liability rules almost every year and residency rules are changed sometimes.
Even by introducing steps like PAN Aadhar linking etc. new problems regarding proving non residency can arise, even when long settled.
It is best to have entry and exit stamps in the passport from Indian immigration.
It can become necessary even after 50 years in some cases, based on new rules to be introduced then.
The electronic gates, if they are recording and archiving the travel data for Indians and is available to citizens to download on demand from Indian Home/Finance ministry website, one can think differently.
There is no guarantee that such data will be possible to be downloaded when you need it.

[sambitkumarlenka]

Wait what? So fast-track means you need to apply 5 days before and meet in person? Like dude really? Why can't we move for making our Indian passports biometric and make it less paper works? And who the hell saw success in the airport? Like why?

[TakaluKevin]

For OCI cardholders living abroad, the process requires a personal visit to submit biometrics. Biometrics can be submitted at designated international airports in India or at a Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) during visits to India. Unfortunately, there are no provisions to submit biometrics from outside India at present. This scheme is just a joke played by India on overseas Indians.

[harryarora]

Hope the authorities will fix the international departure security mess it’s an international embarrassment at Delhi Airport

[freedom]

Good Job. Make it as sealess as using Metrocard/biometrics

[abhijitsankarbhaduri]

These machines have been installed in Singapore Changi airports. I find that Perth airport also has the same system. For our immigration there, our in/out was done in 10 seconds. It is to be noted that we are foreigners for both the countries. They did not require pre-registration as demanded by India for face id etc. It looks like India is persuing old method and distinguishing Indians and foreigners.

[gopalramanathan]

Time India introduced ePassports and machine readable E Gates at Immigration and Emigration check points in all the Indian International Airports🇮🇳🙏🏼

[CliffyCool]

Sure, just push the queue outside the airport and gather more sensitive data... Incapable to launch the e-passport which they have been promising since forever... Our home ministry is nothing short of a joke.

[VikasPande-nl]

How about stamping of immigration clearance on passport please which is otherwise a must. Same age old questions ..

[AnkitGupta]

see, , the passport linked to adhar and pan is not providing enough trust.. so people will have to go through manual so called trusted traveller screening process..incompetence at its peak in govt. departments...

[srr]

There will be severe glitches.
Because it is india

[amritanandsanthoshkumar]

How about giving citizens a biometric passport? Or is that too much to ask in this day and age?

[senthilk]

Please modernize to fast track security check., it’s sick process now and takes hell lot of time !

[chintansurana]

Tax authorities ask for passport stamp for verifying residency status. I assume one will be able to get a report from immigration bureau that will help establish travel dates for the purposes of ascertaining tax residency.