If you’re planning to come to Dubai in the next few months, there’s good news because airports could soon take only seconds to wrap up formalities, say officials from the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs Dubai (GDRFA).
Dubbed the “future of immigration”, this new system will allow travelers to walk through the airport without having to queue up at any immigration counter.
“This is a biometric (system) that will allow people to travel through airports without any documents,” said Lt. Hamad Almandoos from GDRFA in an interview to to Khaleej times. “We will place cameras all over the airport that will take photographs as the person walks by and compare it to their documents.”
He spoke on the sidelines of the Gitex Global technology conference, one of the largest tech events in the world, which kickstarted in the UAE on October 14th. This system will allow passengers to travel without the hassle of taking out their passports and showing relevant travel documents when they pass through Dubai airports.
