{"id":26659,"date":"2025-02-20T16:04:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T16:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26659"},"modified":"2025-02-20T16:04:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T16:04:50","slug":"guyana-introduces-electronic-immigration-forms-at-cjia-to-streamline-travel-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-introduces-electronic-immigration-forms-at-cjia-to-streamline-travel-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Introduces Electronic Immigration Forms at CJIA to Streamline Travel Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Kimberly Giddings<\/em><br><em>February 4, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Travellers arriving at or departing from Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) can now take advantage of electronic immigration forms, designed to reduce congestion and improve the overall passenger experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new system, known as the \u201cEmbarkation\/Disembarkation\u201d (E\/D) form, allows passengers to conveniently fill out their forms online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By scanning QR codes available at the airport, travellers can interact directly with their airlines and submit the forms to the border management system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Superintendent Stephen Telford, Deputy Chief Immigration Officer, explained in a live interview on Radio Eve Leary that this upgrade follows the introduction of e-gates at CJIA and is part of a broader effort to enhance efficiency at the airport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The system is expected to be expanded to all ports of entry across the country in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Passengers will have access to Wi-Fi at the airport, ensuring they can complete the forms with ease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, travellers can fill out the forms before arriving at the airport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those who may be unfamiliar with the process, immigration officers and airport staff will be on hand to assist in completing the electronic documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move marks a shift away from traditional hard-copy forms, with a strong emphasis on streamlining and modernizing the travel process for all passengers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kimberly GiddingsFebruary 4, 2025 Travellers arriving at or departing from Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) can now take advantage of electronic immigration forms, designed to reduce congestion and improve&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26659"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26660,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26659\/revisions\/26660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}