The e-Gate system, which can be used by citizens 14 years and over with valid passports and registered biometric data, was officially put into operation at international airports in Taoyuan County, Taipei and Kaohsiung and at the Kinmen Seaport after trial runs.
Read more: TW: Airport e-Gates launched to speed up immigration clearance
The ministry said the e-passport, which increases document security and therefore speeds up immigration procedures, had already played an important role in obtaining visa-waiver status in the United Kingdom, Canada and the European Union.
When the system is inaugurated, passengers who register their biometric data in advance will be able to avoid long lines by using the automated immigration gates at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taipei Songshan Airport and Kaohsiung International Airport.
Read more: E-gates to open at Taiwan’s major airports from start of next year
Once the system is inaugurated, passengers who register their biometric data in advance will be able to avoid long queues by using the automated immigration gates at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taipei Songshan Airport and Kaohsiung International Airport.
130,000 people have already registered since its trial run, and the National Immigration Agency (NIA) expects the number to grow to one million by the end of next year.
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TW: Intelligent City Forum of New Taipei City Creates New Milestone for Intelligent City Development
Intelligent City Forum of New Taipei City took place today. John G. Jung, Chairman and co-founder of the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), Brenda Halloran, Mayor of the City of Waterloo, and Steve Reneker, Chief Information Officer of the City of Riverside met with New Taipei City Mayor Eric Liluan Chu to share their experience in intelligent and future city development. Waterloo is a city in Ontario, Canada, and was named to the world's top intelligent community for 2007. Riverside is in California and has been named to the ICF's Top Seven Intelligent Communities for three consecutive years. The forum gathers more than 200 local and overseas participants to help develop New Taipei City into a more intelligent city.