Rules changed for international passengers from September 1: Now immigration stamping on boarding pass will not be necessary; Will be able to travel with e-boarding pass

The rules related to air travel are going to become easier from September 1 for Indian and foreign citizens traveling abroad from major international airports of India.

The Bureau of Immigration (BoI), under the Ministry of Home Affairs, has decided that now the requirement of stamping the physical boarding pass at the immigration counters is being abolished.

Know in questions and answers – what are the new rules? About the benefits to passengers and future plans from this…

Question: What new rule is being implemented for international passengers from September 1?

answer: From September 1, passengers going abroad from all international airports in the country will not need to get their physical boarding passes stamped by immigration officials. Passengers will now be able to easily get immigration clearance by showing the e-boarding pass on their smartphone.

Question: What if a passenger has a physical boarding pass?

answer: If a passenger brings a paper boarding pass with him, he will not be stopped. The physical boarding pass will remain completely valid, but the immigration officer will not put any stamp on it.

Question: Why did the government and the Bureau of Immigration have to take this decision?

answer: According to officials, mandatory stamping of boarding passes caused a lot of inconvenience to passengers and added time to queues.

Apart from this, many times there was difficulty in reading the boarding pass due to it not being stamped properly or clearly. In view of these problems, the Bureau of Immigration of the Home Ministry has decided to end this process.

Question: Is the boarding pass stamped even during airport security check?

answer: No. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) had discontinued the system of affixing security check stamps on boarding passes for both domestic and international passengers several years ago.

This process was going on only at the immigration counters, which are now being closed from September 1.

Question: What is e-boarding pass and how will passengers be able to use it?

answer: When passengers do web check-in from their airline’s website or app, they get a digital boarding pass on their mobile. From September 1, passengers will be able to proceed at the immigration counter by scanning the QR or barcode of this e-boarding pass on their smartphones.

Question: What is the plan regarding the immigration entry-exit stamp on the passport?

answer: After the boarding pass, now the Bureau of Immigration is also planning to abolish the immigration stamping (arrival and departure stamp) on the passports of Indian passport holders.

Currently a pilot project is going on. After its successful completion, it will be implemented in different phases at all the international airports of the country.

Question: What will be the benefits to international travelers from this new decision?

answer: This will mainly have 3 big benefits…

Question: Will this system be implemented simultaneously at all the international airports of the country?

answer: Yes, according to the instructions issued by the Bureau of Immigration, this system will be implemented at all the international airports of the country from September 1.

Question: What other major changes can come to India’s immigration system in the future?

answer: In the coming time, there are preparations to make the Indian immigration system completely automated and biometric based.

After the abolition of passport stamping, passengers will be able to obtain immigration clearance without any human intervention through e-gates and face recognition technology.

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