No more queues on arrival, eGates active for Italians traveling to Singapore
One of the most tedious things about intercontinental travel is, upon disembarkation, the queue at immigration controls. Whereas when [...]
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One of the most tedious things about intercontinental travel is, when disembarking, the queue at immigration controls. While when departing, or arriving, in Europe (UK included) passengers with an Italian passport can take advantage of the automated checks the same does not happen abroad.
Fortunately, however, things are changing accomplice to the introduction of electronic visas and the fact that Many countries have stopped stamping passports.
Over the years I have often flown to Asia, sure as soon as the borders reopened there was no queue anywhere, yesterday for the first time I had an endless queue upon arrival in Phuket. My flight from Singapore landed, almost at the same time as Emirates, Vietjet, and two Aeroflot flights preflown from Moscow, resulting in endless lines and over 40 minutes of queuing.
The news is that eGates have been installed in Singapore. and among the travelers who can use the automatic gates are holders of a European passport, including Italian. This means that people will be able to skip the queue at the physical checkpoints, which normally take longer and where more lines are created.
To enter Singapore, it is necessary to apply for the SG Arrival Card, a form that you fill out online in a few minutes and that generates a barcode in real time, so even if they do not let you complete the check-in operations because this authorization is missing do not despair, in 60 seconds starting from this site you will have solved the problem. In any case, it is also possible to do it last minute before going through immigration.
This change simplifies incoming procedures, also allowing those in transit to cut the time it takes to leave the airport e take a tour of the Jewel or to take one of the free tours that can be booked directly from the banquets at the airport To go around the city, without spending anything.
While those who are departing can take advantage of the possibility of early check-in directly inside the Jewel and enjoy the last hours of the vacation without any hassle of luggage and tickets to make.
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