Starting Monday, Singapore no longer requires all foreign travellers departing the republic to have the departure immigration endorsement or stamp of departure in their travel document.
The country's Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) says in a post on its website that this is part of ongoing efforts to streamline procedures at the checkpoints and facilitate more efficient departure immigration clearance.
Previously, all foreigners departing Singapore would have their passports stamped with the date of their departure by the immigration officer at the manned counters.
From 22 April, ICA says that all foreign travellers departing the island-city state through manned counters no longer have their departures endorsed in their passports.
ICA also mentions that since September 2016, foreign travellers whose fingerprints have been enrolled via the BioScreen system upon their arrival into the country are eligible to use automated lanes when they leave Singapore - They do not receive departure stamp when using the automated lanes.
Singapore's Changi airport is famous for its innovation.
Last month it was crowned the World's Best Airport of 2019, for its seventh straight year, by Skytrax World Airport Awards. This is the first time in the history of the awards that an airport has won this title for seven consecutive years.
The airport has also officially opened its doors to the stunning new Jewel complex - the 137,000-square-meter space which is an extension of the hub’s already luxurious amenities. Its Rain Vortex attraction is claimed as the world’s tallest indoor waterfall.
Rain Vortex Attraction by Jewel Changi Airport is claimed as the world’s tallest indoor waterfall. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Jewel Changi Airport CC BY-SA 4.0
