Passengers flying internationally from India will no longer be required to carry a physical boarding pass or get it stamped at immigration counters from September 1, according to an internal communication reviewed by HT.
The Bureau of Immigration has communicated the decision to all stakeholders, including international airport operators and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), officials said. The move is aimed at making the immigration clearance process more convenient.
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In an internal communication by Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO) in Delhi Deepak Yadav, the mandatory requirement of producing a physical boarding pass and getting it stamped by an immigration officer would be discontinued at all international airports in the country from September.
The communication said that the existing process of requiring passengers to produce physical boarding passes caused inconvenience, while instances of errors in reading boarding passes due to improper or incorrect stamping had also been reported.
