The QR code initiative is the first step towards the Automated Passenger Clearance System, to allow travellers to perform self-clearance in their cars.The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said it plans to progressively extend QR code clearance to other vehicular clearance zones at the land checkpoints.The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority estimates time savings of around 20 seconds for cars with four travellers and about one minute for those with 10 travellers.
To generate a group QR code for quicker clearance, I also filled in my colleagues’ details in the app by scanning the characters at the bottom of their passports’ biodata page. When the ST team arrived at Woodlands Checkpoint at about 7.50am, there was a queue of about five cars ahead of us. As it was a weekday morning, we avoided being stuck in a jam.
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority estimates time savings of around 20 seconds for cars with four travellers and about one minute for those with 10 travellers.After clearing the Malaysian immigration, we went to a nearby car wash in Johor Bahru and spoke to Singaporeans who drove across the border.
Ms Suryanti Ali Brown, 52, who was with her parents and daughter, said they used their passports instead.