Airports in the UK will scrap landing cards next week in a huge new change to aviation administration. International passengers from outside the EU will no longer need to fill out a document on-board an aircraft prior to arriving in the country. Currently, they have to fill out their name, date of birth and address in the UK, as well as how long they plan to stay. Yet the documents are being binned with the hope of helping airports accommodate greater passenger demand.
In June, the Home Office agreed to scrap them for seven countries, including the US and Australia.
In a letter obtained by the BBC Border Force director general Paul Lincoln said it would "help meet the challenge of growing passenger number.”
It added airport staff can now ”focus more on your interaction with passengers.”
In the letter, he added: “These changes will enable frontline officers to focus their skills and time on border security issues and on cohorts who present the greatest risk of immigration abuse."
The regulation will come into force on Monday after the proposal were first revealed in 2017.
Flights: Landing cards will be scrapped at UK Border Control (Image: Getty)
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