{"id":31845,"date":"2023-05-12T18:57:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T23:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=31845"},"modified":"2023-05-22T10:00:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T15:00:02","slug":"trusted-traveller-program-indian-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/trusted-traveller-program-indian-airports\/","title":{"rendered":"All You Should Know about Trusted Traveller Program for Faster Immigration and Security Clearance in India"},"content":{"rendered":"
Those who travelled to India last winter (2022-2023) do still recollect the dreadful congestion at New Delhi<\/a><\/span>, Mumbai, Chennai<\/a><\/span> and Bengaluru airports, where insufficient staffing and inbound as well as outbound passenger influx threw the system out of gear. During peak hours of daily arrival and departure, the Indian metro airports were so overcrowded that it evoked comparisons to \u2018Kumbh Mela\u2019, Kolkata\u2019s fish markets, and Old Delhi\u2019s hawkers markets across social media. The concern about the unaccompanied elderly parents being subjected to long hours of immigration delay on arrival had thrown NRIs into a tizzy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
What is Trusted Traveller Program coming up at Indian airports?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
To avert a repeat of the grim airport congestion in India, the government is all set to launch \u2018Trusted Traveller Program\u2019, a tech-driven immigration clearance scheme for pre-verified travelers. Similar to the Global Entry program in the USA, India\u2019s Trusted Traveller Program will help low-risk travelers skip long immigration queues<\/strong>. International travelers who have subscribed to the program can directly reach the Global Entry desks at US airports and get immigration clearance done faster. Likewise, Indian airports\u2019 Trusted Traveller Program will quicken immigration checks in a contactless manner.<\/p>\n