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Singapore · biometric border control · eGates · API/PNR

New Clearance Concept and passport-less clearance

In operation Status as of 19 October 2026 · Funding type: Not published

ICA announced its New Clearance Concept in 2019 to move border checks from staffed counters to automated lanes for people, vehicles and cargo 1. From May 2024 all foreign visitors could use automated lanes at Changi on arrival without prior enrolment 1. Singapore residents, and all travellers on departure, clear immigration with face and iris biometrics and no passport, using advance airline manifests, and land checkpoints use QR codes 2. ICA said full roll-out at Changi was complete on 30 September 2024 and average clearance time fell from 25 to 10 seconds 3. No contract, vendor or cost was published in these releases.

Key terms

Buyer
Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA)
Vendor
Not published
Vendor based in
Not confirmed
Signed
Not published (concept announced 2019)
Duration
Not published
Value
Not published
Funding
Not published
Procurement route
Not published
System ownership
Not published
Data terms
Token-less clearance relies on facial and iris biometrics and on advance manifests submitted by airline and ship operators (ICA, 31 July 2024). Storage terms not published

Audits, courts, parliament and regulators

  1. 24 October 2024: ICA reported passport-less clearance fully in place at all four Changi terminals since 30 September 2024, with close to 1.5 million users by 15 October 2024 and average clearance time cut from 25 to 10 seconds 3

Sources

  1. Immigration & Checkpoints Authority: Redefining Border Clearance and Service Delivery (17 May 2024)
  2. Immigration & Checkpoints Authority: Passport-Less Immigration Clearance to be Rolled Out Progressively at Changi Airport from August 2024 (31 July 2024)
  3. Immigration & Checkpoints Authority: Passport-less Clearance Fully Rolled-Out at Changi Airport (24 October 2024)

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