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Indonesia Launches Walk-Through Biometric Border ‘Seamless Corridors’
Jakarta and Bali airports now let eligible travelers clear border control while walking through facial-recognition corridors paired with e-passport checks.
2025-11-24CC-BY-4.0border-controlairportsseamless-travel
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- Walk-through lanes perform facial recognition and e-passport verification without stopping at a booth.
- Initial rollout targets Indonesian citizens and pre-vetted travelers, with expansion planned.
- Program aligns with broader seamless travel initiatives like IATA One ID.
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Indonesia’s immigration service introduced “Seamless Corridor” lanes at Soekarno-Hatta (Jakarta) and Ngurah Rai (Bali), letting pre-approved passengers clear border checks while walking. Cameras perform facial matching against e-passport data and watchlists, aiming to lift throughput and cut queues.
Officials say the system will expand beyond the initial traveler cohorts after validation, positioning the corridors as part of global seamless travel efforts and raising governance questions around accuracy, retention, and vendor access.