Independent report

An inspection of ePassport gates (June 2020 – January 2021)

The report makes 15 recommendations.

• From: Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
• Published: 12 January 2022

Documents

An inspection of ePassport gates (June 2020 – January 2021)

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-2838-9

Unnumbered act paper

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Details

The inspection focused on:

• the identification of vulnerable passengers at the gates
• the resources, training and data required and delivered to manage the gate operation
• stakeholder engagement
• the impact of the expansion of gates to ‘B5JSSK’ nationals: the ‘Border Five’ countries of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States (the UK is the fifth), plus Japan, Singapore and South Korea
• using the knowledge gained from the current operation of the gates to plan for the future border