Fast Track Immigration from Jan. 2025 at Chennai airport

Fast Track Immigration from Jan. 2025 at Chennai airport

Hassle-free travel: To avail the facility, registered passengers

need to scan their passport at the e-gates. file photo

Fast Track Immigration-Trusted Traveller Programme is an initiative implemented by the Centre; the facility aims to reduce the time required for immigration clearance for registered passengers

Sunitha Sekar

CHENNAI 29.12.2024

Standing in a queue to get the immigration cleared following a long-haul flight may soon become a thing of the past as the Chennai airport is set to launch the Fast Track Immigration-Trusted Traveller Programme (FTI-TTP) in January 2025.

The initiative will ensure a hassle-free travel experience for passengers who have registered themselves for the initiative. They would only be required to produce their passport at the e-gates to exit.

Enhancing air travel

Implemented by the Union government, FTI-TTP of the Bureau of Immigration (BoI) has been aimed at reducing the time required for immigration clearance.

Any air passenger, be it an Indian national or a foreign national with OCI Card (Overseas Citizen Of India), who wishes to use this initiative should register themselves through https://ftittp.mha.gov.in.

Eligible passengers are required to record their fingerprint and face image at the Foreigners Regional Registration Office. Following verification, the passenger details will be uploaded into the system.

The verified passengers need to scan the passport at the e-gate.

Registration process

Passengers have already started registering in the portal, said sources.

According to officials of Airports Authority of India (AAI), nearly 16,000 of 66,000 passengers who use the Chennai airport are international travellers.

The facilities have been made ready at the airport.

The international departure hall comprises four e-gates, while the arrival hall has four e-gates, officials said. Passengers could also avail themselves of on-the-spot registration by accessing the registration portal through the QR codes set up at the immigration counters.

“This way, passengers unaware of the initiative can register themselves for it. Registered passengers can provide their bio-metrics at a dedicated counter,” an official said.

The official said that the passengers opting for on-the-spot registration would have to wait for a few days after registration to use the facility as the verification process may take time.

Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi had launched this initiative in June this year.