Changi Airport cuts traveller clearance time to 10 seconds with passport-less system

Close to 1.5 million travellers have benefited from the setup.

Changi Airport has cut traveller clearance time to 10 seconds from 25, following its full passport-less rollout.

As of 15 October, the airport has cleared close to 1.5 million travellers without having to present a passport.

Under the passport-less immigration scheme, Singapore residents can clear immigration on arrival and departure without showing a passport.

Foreign visitors, however, must still present passports on arrival but can use passport-less clearance for departures.

Despite the new passport-less clearance, the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA)  advises all travellers to carry their passports in case of checks at their destination or for verification purposes.