Worldwide passengers departing from Indian airports will now not want a boarding go stamped by immigration authorities from September 1, with travellers as a substitute required to current an e-boarding go on their smartphones for immigration clearance, officers stated on Saturday.
The Bureau of Immigration (BOI), underneath the Ministry of Residence Affairs (MHA), has communicated the directive to airport authorities, ending the necessary bodily boarding go and stamping requirement at immigration counters throughout all worldwide airports within the nation.
The choice follows complaints that bodily stamping was inflicting “inconvenience” to passengers. Officers stated situations of boarding passes changing into tough to learn because of “improper or incorrect” stamping had additionally been reported.
“The matter has been examined by the BOI and it has now been determined to dispose of the necessary requirement of bodily boarding passes and the stamping of boarding passes at immigration counters in any respect worldwide airports within the nation,” the officers stated quoting the directive.
Bodily boarding passes will proceed to be accepted from September 1, however immigration authorities will now not stamp them, officers stated.
Worldwide travellers can as a substitute use e-boarding passes displayed on their smartphones throughout immigration clearance.
Safety officers stated boarding passes of worldwide passengers weren’t being stamped by the Central Industrial Safety Pressure (CISF) throughout particular person frisking both. Passengers had been required to provide the paperwork just for clearance by immigration authorities.
The CISF stopped stamping boarding passes for each home and worldwide passengers a number of years in the past, they added.
Pilot undertaking for Indian passport holders
The officers additionally stated a pilot undertaking is deliberate to get rid of the stamping of immigration entry and exit for Indian passport holders.
The proposed measure shall be applied after completion of a pilot train, following which it’s anticipated to be operationalised throughout Indian airports quickly, officers stated.
