{"id":58815,"date":"2023-09-25T16:22:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T08:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=58815"},"modified":"2023-09-25T16:22:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T08:22:43","slug":"changi-airport-passport-free-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/changi-airport-passport-free-2024","title":{"rendered":"Changi Airport Will Have &#8220;Passport-Free&#8221; Departures In 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Travelling or passing through Singapore is going to be a lot easier next year for travellers.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/no-passport-biometric-immigration-clearance-changi-airport-depart-3779036\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report by Channel News Asia<\/a> says Singapore has recently passed a series of amendments that will allow for end-to-end biometric clearance at the airport and checkpoints.<\/p>\n<p>What this means is that starting in 2024, you will no longer need a passport to depart as Changi Airport will implement an automated immigration clearance system that will allow you to travel through or out of the country using only biometric data.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSingapore will be one of the first few countries in the world to introduce automated, passport-free immigration,\u201d said Communications Minister Josephine Teo, during a parliament session on Monday, which saw several changes to the country\u2019s Immigration Act were passed.<\/p>\n<p>The airport already has several biometric technologies, such as facial recognition software, for its automated lanes at immigration checkpoints.<\/p>\n<p>However, the changes introduced in the Immigration Act will \u201creduce the need for passengers to repeatedly present their travel documents at touch points and allow for more seamless and convenient processing\u201d Teo <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/travel\/article\/changi-airport-singapore-passport-free-travel-intl-hnk\/index.html#:~:text=This%20world%2Dclass%20airport%20will%20soon%20go%20passport%2Dfree&amp;text=Starting%20in%202024%2C%20officials%20say,passports%2C%20using%20only%20biometric%20data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">states<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Does that mean you can completely forget or not bring a passport? Unfortunately, no. You will still need it for countries outside of Singapore, Teo stressed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/affordable-travel-tips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Make Travel More Affordable With These Tips<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You will no longer need to present your passport, ticket, or boarding pass when leaving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":58817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[256,216,231],"tags":[1542,1543,1544,1545,1106,958],"class_list":["post-58815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-news-updates","category-travel","tag-airports","tag-changi","tag-changi-airport","tag-passports","tag-singapore","tag-travel"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Changi Airport Passport Free In 2024<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From dropping your bags to immigration clearance and boarding your plane, Changi Airport will not require any passports in 2024.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/changi-airport-passport-free-2024\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Changi Airport To Have &quot;Passport-Free&quot; 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