Fast Track Immigration-Trusted Traveller Programme coming to Chennai airport in August

CHENNAI: The Fast Track Immigration - Trusted Program will be launched in the Chennai airport from August. This would help the passengers to clear the immigration quickly and they no longer need to wait in a queue for hours.

The Fast Track Immigration - Trusted Traveller Programme (FTI-TTP) is one of the initiatives by the Government of India, designed to provide Indian nationals and Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders with a faster, easier, and more secure travel experience. To join the programme, eligible individuals must apply online and pay a processing fee of Rs.2000 for each adult, Rs.1000 for each minor, and 100 US Dollars for each OCI cardholder. The registration process for FTI-TTP may take up to one month.

Usually at Chennai airport, the passengers would have to wait for immigration clearance in a long queue at times the waiting time would even be more than two hours and this made most of the travellers angry with the Chennai airport for the slow immigration process. The FTI-TTP program is expected to sort out the issues with immigration in the Chennai airport and passengers no longer need to suffer waiting in the long queue. Currently, the program is launched in the Delhi airport and it is expected that it will start to function in Chennai in August.

The passengers can enrol in the program through the government website - www.ftittp.mha.gov.in and provide the required details. All the given details will be verified by the Bureau of Immigration. After verification, the approved passenger will receive an email or SMS to proceed to the next step which is biometric enrolment at either the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) or a dedicated counter which is about to be open in the Chennai airport to enrol biometric details such as fingerprints and facial image.

Once the registration process is completed the passengers after getting their boarding passes can directly go to the dedicated counter for FTI-TTP in which the passenger’s face will be scanned. If verified, the passenger’s immigration process is completed.

(With inputs from Bureau and ANI)