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New Delhi, June 22 (HS). Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah today inaugurated the 'Fast Track Immigration-Trusted Traveler Program' (FTI-TTP) at Terminal-3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. Many dignitaries including the Union Home Secretary were present on the occasion.
Union Home Minister Shah said that the 'Fast Track Immigration-Trusted Traveller Programme' is a visionary initiative of the Government of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which has been thoughtfully designed for Indian citizens and OCI cardholders. He said that this initiative will enhance the convenience of Indian citizens and OCI travellers coming from other countries.
He said that the launch of this programme is one of the key action points set for Developed India@2047 and this initiative reflects the Modi Government’s commitment to enhance travel convenience and efficiency for all.
He said that this facility will be available free of cost to all passengers. It has been designed for faster, smoother and safer immigration clearance for international passengers. It will run on e-gates. This will reduce human intervention in the immigration clearance process.
Shah said that this program will be implemented in two phases. In the first phase, Indian citizens and OCI cardholders will be covered and in the second phase, foreign travellers will be covered. The objective of this program is to make international travel smooth and safe by developing world-class immigration facilities through fast passage lanes for international travellers by checking through e-gates.
FTI-TTP will be implemented through an online portal and the Bureau of Immigration will be the nodal agency for fast track immigration of various categories of travellers under this programme. To enrol in the scheme, the applicant has to register online on the portal with his/her details and required documents. After necessary verification, a white list of ‘trusted travellers’ will be generated and fed for implementation through e-gates. Biometrics of the ‘trusted traveller’ passing through e-gates will be captured at the FRRO office or at the time of the registered traveller passing through the airport.
The TTP registration will be valid till the validity of the passport or 05 years whichever is earlier and will be renewed thereafter. Under the procedure, as soon as the 'registered passenger' arrives at the e-gates, he will scan his boarding pass issued by the airlines at the e-gates to get his flight details. The passport will also be scanned and the biometric of the passenger will be authenticated at the e-gates. Once the genuine identity of the passenger is established and biometric authentication is done, the e-gate will open automatically and immigration clearance will be deemed to have been granted.
FTI-TTP will be launched at 21 major airports in the country. In the first phase, it will be launched at Delhi and 7 other major airports – Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kochi and Ahmedabad.
