Clearing Woodlands checkpoint a breeze with new QR code system

The QR code initiative is the first step towards the Automated Passenger Clearance System, to allow travellers to perform self-clearance in their cars. - ST

SINGAPORE: In just one minute and eight seconds, a team of five from The Straits Times travelling in a car cleared immigration at Woodlands Checkpoint at 8am on March 19, using the new QR code system.

It is the first day of the initiative, which aims to allow travellers to clear immigration at Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints quicker without having to present their passports.