Overview
- Close to 245 million travellers used Singapore’s checkpoints in 2025, with about 76% via land and a single-day high of roughly 589,000 crossings on Dec 19.
- About 127 million travellers cleared without presenting passports as QR code and token-less systems expanded, cutting clearance times and easing land checkpoint congestion.
- Detected contraband cases rose 30.6% to about 57,400, including 667 vape cases and more than 350,000 devices and components seized, alongside large duty-unpaid cigarette busts.
- Refused entries increased 38.3% to about 45,700 as the Integrated Targeting Centre and multi-modal biometrics flagged higher-risk travellers; 223 multiple-identity cases were caught and forged documents fell to 37.
- From Jan 30, airlines began receiving no-boarding directives for flagged travellers, and ICA outlined further automation in 2026, including APCS for vehicles and FR@BIKES facial recognition for motorcyclists.