RWANDA FORMALLY LAUNCHES AUTOMATED IMMIGRATION CONTROL FOR NATIONALS
The test phase successfully concluded saw the automated passenger arrival system for Rwandese nationals now formally launched at Kigalis Kanombe International Airport. Four years of developments and a significant investment in technology, and a trial phase reported her a few months ago, have now yielded the wanted results and the process of returning home can now be accomplished by Rwandans with simply swiping their passport through the reader, provide a thumbprint and the gate and within 17 seconds the process is completed without stamps or having to fill immigration cards.
The groundbreaking new technology is the first of its kind across the East African Community and in fact thought to be a first for Africa too, once again putting Rwanda on top of the leaderboard.
Present at the launch was the Minister in the Presidents office and notably RwandAir CEO John Mirenge, who reportedly took the opportunity to say: This new technology will enable passengers move swiftly through immigration procedures and it is important that all the other services within the airport follow suit in quickening their services a reminder to constantly improve the quality of handling and customer service at all levels. It is understood from a regular aviation source in Kigali that RwandAir, which is also the only handling company at the airport, is working hand in hand with other partners to improve the service delivery at the airport, also making heavy investments while at the same time waiting for the decision to award the contract for the construction of the new, state of the art, Bugesera International Airport, to which operations will shift when complete some time in 2016.
Watch this space.
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Thank you for the post i was searching for this.Please keep it up providing such nice and informative posts…!!!! …but 2016 is tooo too late…..
Immigration to USA
This is” process of returning home can now be accomplished by Rwandans with simply swiping their passport through the reader, provide a thumbprint and the gate and within 17 seconds the process is completed without stamps or having to fill immigration cards this is excellent process but as one of the Rwandans working from out side Rwanda( abroad )we are happy for this new system but as a must when we are returning from our holidays back to work its administratively required to show all the immigration stamps so my question is like this after under going the new process for those who still need stamps how are we going to get stamps so as to show them upon arrival to our duty stations
If I can get an answer this will solve many questions from different people who work mostly in United Nations Common system because without showing immigration stamps it means you never went on leave so the prof is the stamps
Suggestion Since passports get expired every after 5 years cant it be possible while renewing the passport to keep the passport # constant an changed instead of geting new passport with new PC# you give us a new passport with the same number for example if my PC-048397 this sh’d be my PC # nobody else can have this number so when my passport get expired give new passport but with the same old number .Otherwise immigration is doing a good job
Thanks
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kalisa Sulaiman
Additionally I’m in Diaspora from Sudan and a United nations Staff based in Darfur (UNAMID)