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Expedited US entry for Indian travellers
The citizens of Switzerland and the United Kingdom are also part of the programme which India has now joined.
Washington: Low-risk Indian travellers to the US will, from now on, experience speedy entry into the country after landing, with India formally becoming part of America’s International Expedited Traveller Initiative (Global Entry Programme).
US President Donald Trump welcomed the move, saying it would facilitate closer business and educational ties between the citizens of India and the US.
The India-US joint statement, issued after talks between Mr Trump and Prime Minister Modi, said the US President applauded the entrepreneurship and innovation of Indians and Indian-Americans that have directly benefited both nations.
The citizens of Switzerland and the United Kingdom are also part of the programme which India has now joined.
Global Entry is a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) programme which allows expedited clearance for pre-approved, low-risk travellers upon arrival to the United States.
On landing at select airports, the members of the programme enter the United States through automatic kiosks, instead of queueing up and meeting an immigration officer.
At these airports, the members proceed to the Global Entry kiosks, present their machine-readable passport or US permanent resident card, place their fingerprints on the scanner for fingerprint verification and complete a customs declaration.
