Singapore extends automated immigration clearance to Japanese, South Korean visitors

The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority is extending its Frequent Traveller Programme to eligible passport holders from Japan and South Korea. (TODAY photo). Sketched by the Pan Pacific Agency.

SINGAPORE, Aug 28, 2019, Bangkok Post. Japanese and South Koreans can apply to use automated immigration clearance facilities at checkpoints in Singapore, reported the Bangkok Post.

The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), in a statement on Tuesday, said that it was extending its Frequent Traveller Programme to eligible passport holders from both countries from Wednesday, TODAY reported.

To apply for the programme, citizens of the two countries must be aged six and above and have a passport with more than six months’ validity. They must also have visited Singapore at least twice in the past two years, ICA said.

Enrolment in the programme is voluntary and free.

Interested travellers may apply for the programme at Changi airport’s Terminal 3, the ICA building’s visitor services centre, and at the Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints.

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