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Indian Airports To End Boarding Pass Stamping September 1
Indian airports plan to stop stamping boarding passes for international travellers from September 1.
This means travellers may no longer receive an immigration stamp on their boarding passes.
Officials said the change should eventually apply across Indian airports.
A separate pilot project will test stopping entry and exit stamps for Indian passport holders.
That second change will happen after the pilot is completed.
The announcement concerns both international travel and immigration procedures.
The officials did not explain why the change is being made.
More details are expected when the measures are fully operationalised.
Indian airports are set to stop stamping boarding passes for international travellers from September 1.
Officials said the measure is expected to be operationalised across Indian airports.
A pilot project will test ending immigration entry and exit stamps for Indian passport holders.
The passport-holder stamping change will follow completion of the pilot exercise.
The officials did not state a specific reason for ending the stamping process.
- Who
- International travellers and Indian passport holders, with the changes announced by officials.
- What
- Indian airports plan to end boarding-pass stamping for international travellers and are preparing a pilot to end immigration entry and exit stamping for Indian passport holders.
- Where
- Across Indian airports.
- When
- The boarding-pass measure is scheduled to begin from September 1; the passport-stamping change will follow completion of a pilot exercise.
- Why
- The articles do not specify a reason.
Key facts
- Start date
- September 1
- Affected travellers
- International travellers
- Current measure
- Boarding-pass stamping is planned to end at Indian airports.
- Planned pilot
- A pilot will examine ending immigration entry and exit stamping for Indian passport holders.
- Expected scope
- The measure is expected to be operationalised across Indian airports.
- Pilot timing
- The passport-holder change is planned after the pilot exercise is completed.
Sources
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