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Originally posted by frolic View PostCleared immigration at T2 after 50mins wait yesterday.
It's been like this in the last 12 months i think... No point being premium pax who got to disembark first only to find the queue lines are horrendous.
I would urge people to write to SQ and Changi about it. That's the only way something will happen. Changi in particular will not want to start getting a bad reputation for this.
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Motorists entering Singapore via the Woodlands Checkpoint on Friday morning (Jan 5) were met with heavy traffic, with queues stretching for over two hours.
The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said in a Facebook post at 10.30am that the traffic had built up quickly due to the morning peak period, "coupled with intermittent slowness of our automated immigration clearance system".
As soon as I read it, I thought of this thread and whether it's a general problem throughout Immigration & Checkpoints. A system now too old or dealing with more information than it was designed for? I don't know but if there is a database behind, it must be enormous and communication may be a factor.
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Thought you guys were crazy as I’ve never had to wait too long at immigration in Changi. Arrived in T4 this afternoon, had to queue over half an hour with about a dozen people in line. All lines were moving slowly as well. Didn’t help that the immigration lady had her panties in a knot and was being very very rude.
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Originally posted by cyralax View PostJust wanted to add-went through outbound immigration at T3 this morning and they sent everyone through the auto gates. Oddly, they also had about 6 immigration officers sitting in their booths twiddling their thumbs...
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Arrived at T3 yesterday morning around 7am (SQ495) and there were fair-sized queues at the desks but luckily I can use the automatic gates and was through in no time. Looked as though most of the people waiting were off a flight from India who I assume need a visa so that all has to be checked?
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Originally posted by SilverChris View PostThey’ve been pushing visitors to use the gates on departure for quite a while now. It’s a PITA when someone gets stuck due to an unreadable fingerprint.
The problem is they are pushing more and more people to the auto-gates but have not increased their number. I used to whizz through them in minutes and now get stuck behind a tourist that has no clue or, as you say, no fingerprint.
Worse since they still do a third passport/boarding pass check as soon as exciting the gate.......making three checks in about 20m!
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Originally posted by scooby5 View PostThe problem is they are pushing more and more people to the auto-gates but have not increased their number. I used to whizz through them in minutes and now get stuck behind a tourist that has no clue or, as you say, no fingerprint.
Worse since they still do a third passport/boarding pass check as soon as exciting the gate.......making three checks in about 20m!
When I get ushered to use the auto gates, I decline and head to the manned counters instead. I'm done with the auto gates in T2 and T3 as it's slow and typically error prone on any given day.
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Originally posted by jonleong View PostWhen I get ushered to use the auto gates, I decline and head to the manned counters instead. I'm done with the auto gates in T2 and T3 as it's slow and typically error prone on any given day.
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Disembarked from SQ51 at A15 at around 07:30 yesterday. Fortunately immigration at that end was quiet but even with just four people in front of me it still took almost 15 minutes to get through due to the shenanigans with the finger printing. As I got through the queues were about ten deep and growing (and still less than half of the desks were manned) so people behind us were getting stuck.
As my fellow passenger had checked luggage we had to wait for that as well, which was another 15 minutes. I remember in days of yore when I travelled with checked luggage (and immigration was easy/quick) and it used to be an ambition to one day beat my luggage to the carousel at Changi.
How times change.
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