New Dominican passport holders get AutoGate for free

Dolores

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Dominican authorities automated airport fast-track migration AutoGate service is now available for free to Dominican e-passport holders. Dominican travelers holding the country’s new electronic passport (e-passport) no longer need to register beforehand to use the AutoGate rapid-pass system at participating international airports. Obtaining the e-passport (cost around RD$6,000) comes with AutoGate.

The measure was announced jointly by Lorenzo David Ramírez Uribe, director general of the Passports Agency (DGP) and Vice Admiral Luis Rafael Lee Ballester (ARD), director general of the Migration Agency (DGM). The automated system is operational at Las Americas International Airport (SDQ) in Santo Domingo and Cibao International Airport (STI) in Santiago. There are plans to expand the service across all terminals equipped with DGM electronic control gates.

Under the new workflow, citizens traveling with an e-passport scan their document directly at the automated kiosks for both...

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MariaRubia

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When will they make this available for everyone else? If people have already done their e-tickets and have biometric passports - the vast majority of travellers - they should be able to use the e-gates to process all nationalities. There is so much on social media criticising the DR for having massive lines at immigration this is surely something that they should be focusing on.