Dubai Airport is promising to have passengers passed through immigration in less than 10 seconds.

They'll be using facial recognition technology with retina scanners and E gates at check in counters and passport control.

Officials at Dubai Airport launched the contact This immigration procedure for people arriving in the country on Sunday.

Mohammed Ahmed al Mari is from the General Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs, the branch of the Interior Ministry tasked with regulating the entry and exit of travelers.

Of course, most of the airports they are facing these passengers reduced numbers, but we are expecting any number and it will be more easy.

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R F, travelers can expect to spend between five and nine seconds at passport control during a media tour.

Many had the chance to walk through the process.

There will be 100 and 22 smart arrival and departure gates in the airport's terminals.

Dubai's economy is heavily reliant on tourism and has been hit hard by the global health crisis.

But it too is hoping to see some sense of normality in the coming months.

According to recent data, the United Arab Emirates, of which Dubai is part, has the second highest vaccination rate in the world.