SINGAPORE: Singapore's border control agency is looking to install 61 more automated lanes at checkpoints in 2023, on top of the 125 put in place last year. This will expand 'clearance capacity' for travellers, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said in its 2022 statistics report released on F
SINGAPORE: Singapore's border control agency is looking to install 61 more automated lanes at checkpoints in 2023, on top of the 125 put in place last year.
The full resumption of international travel in 2022 led to a significant increase in traveller volume, ICA noted. "During the year-end school holidays in December, traveller volume peaked, almost returning to pre-COVID-19 levels at land checkpoints," said ICA. More than 1.25 million passports were issued in 2022, an increase of 317.7 per cent from the 300,000 issued in the previous year.To deal with the surge then, the agency said it deployed officers from other work units to process passport applications 24/7.
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