The Singapore Immigration Bureau warmly reminds tourists to check the validity of their passports.

Whether emigrating to Singapore or traveling to Singapore, many people need to bring their passports. Recently, the Singapore Immigration Bureau stressed that it is very important to check the validity of their passports to avoid subsequent troubles. What happened? It must be the concern of people who go abroad. Let me check with the immigration column. The Singapore Immigration Bureau warmly reminds visitors that they need to check the validity period of their passports. Welcome to reading.

The Singapore Immigration Bureau warmly reminds tourists to check the validity of their passports.

In the first 65,438+00 months of 2065,438+07, in Singapore, 3,600 people were found to have wrong and invalid passports for customs clearance. In this regard, the Singapore Immigration and Checkpoints Bureau called on Singaporeans and tourists to check their passports and expiration dates before they can clear customs, so as to avoid delays and inconvenience in customs clearance during school holidays and festivals.

According to relevant data, 600 Singaporeans use the wrong passports for customs clearance, in other words, they use the passports of their family, relatives or friends for customs clearance. Another 3,000 foreigners arrived in Singapore only to find that they had used expired passports, and some even forgot to bring their passports for customs clearance.

The two land checkpoints in Singapore are one of the busiest checkpoints in the world, with about 400,000 people crossing the border every day, and the traffic even reaches about 430,000 during holidays.

Liang Wenchang (42 years old), deputy commander of Singapore Tuas checkpoint, said in an interview that the authorities will face many challenges by the end of the year, so they called on the people to understand and cooperate. "Some China people rushed to the checkpoint, only to find that their passports were wrong or invalid, which led the authorities to spend more manpower and time on inspections."

In addition, the factors that cause customs clearance delay include that customs clearance personnel are found to be carrying contraband, and customs clearance personnel do not follow the traffic order when driving cars and motorcycles. "Every time they cut in line, they will block more lanes, which will cause the vehicles in the rear to move, so that the unsuspecting car owners in the rear think that there are not enough counters at the checkpoint to meet the demand."

In the first 65,438+00 months of 2065,438+07, * * there were 36,000 cases of bringing contraband into China, with an average of 65,438+065,438+08 cases per day. Related contraband includes smuggled cigarettes, drugs and food. With the increasing terrorist threat, terrorists will bring in explosives and weapons in various ways, and as the first line of defense to safeguard Singapore's homeland security, checkpoint personnel should not take it lightly.

Assistant Inspector Nimara (59 years old), the team leader in charge of vehicle inspection, said that in June 5438+065438+ 10, a man was found driving a recreational vehicle with private cigarettes in an attempt to enter the country from a taxi checkpoint. She said the 64-year-old man seemed to have a kind heart. When the checkpoint staff said they wanted to check, he calmly said "no problem", but looked at the back of the car from time to time. After inspection, he found hundreds of cigarettes in the car. When the man was investigated, he said that he had cancer and made this decision because of financial difficulties.

In order to cope with the rush hour traffic, the authorities have increased the speed of customs clearance by flexibly deploying personnel, opening up additional passages and adopting automation systems. Chen, commander of the taxi checkpoint, said that the current 164 motorcycle automatic customs clearance counter can improve efficiency by 30% and reduce congestion.