Passengers flying internationally from India will now not be required to hold a bodily boarding go or get it stamped at immigration counters from September 1, in response to an inside communication reviewed by HT.
The Bureau of Immigration has communicated the choice to all stakeholders, together with worldwide airport operators and the Central Industrial Safety Pressure (CISF), officers mentioned. The transfer is geared toward making the immigration clearance course of extra handy.
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In an inside communication by Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO) in Delhi Deepak Yadav, the necessary requirement of manufacturing a bodily boarding go and getting it stamped by an immigration officer could be discontinued in any respect worldwide airports within the nation from September.
The communication mentioned that the present means of requiring passengers to provide bodily boarding passes prompted inconvenience, whereas situations of errors in studying boarding passes on account of improper or incorrect stamping had additionally been reported.
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“The matter has been examined by the Bureau of Immigration and it has now been determined to eliminate 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 inner communication learn.
“Passengers might produce their e-boarding passes on the Immigration counters for clearance. It might, nevertheless, be clarified that bodily boarding passes will proceed to be accepted on the Immigration counters, nevertheless, these won’t be stamped,” it added.
The Bureau of Immigration, via the communication, has requested airport and aviation stakeholders to sensitise their employees concerning the change, which is able to come into impact from Tuesday, September 1.
