Coming up in Bengaluru: Biometrics for Indians flying in from abroad
Indian citizens flying back to the country at Bengaluru airport may soon not need to wait in immigration queues to get their passports stamped. The Bangalore International Airport Pvt Ltd (BIAL) has proposed to develop a technology where Indian passport holders flying back to the country will simply need to use their biometrics like an iris scan to register their arrival.
Since immigration has a unified database, the passport will get “digitally stamped” and contain the same information as the physical stamp.
The proposal, BIAL MD and CEO Hari K Marar told TOI, has been sent to the to the home ministry’s Bureau of Immigration. If accepted and extended to other airports too after BIAL establishes the system, this could radically change the experience of Indian citizens flying back home by doing away with the need to queue up.
