THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Monday said it was planning to replace half of its manual counters with electronic gates (e-gates) to increase airport operations' efficiency.

The bureau said that it would follow the 45-second immigration processing time for travelers. This is adopted from the Guidelines on Advance Passenger Information published jointly by the International Air Transport Association and the International Civil Aviation Organization.

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