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Old Feb 7, 2015 | 3:51 am
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DANNYB111
 
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Originally Posted by johnspenceruk
Thanks, it does not sound too bad. I am at the front of the back (code name for exit row in Y) To be honest, I was not aware I could use the e-immigration gates. The chip on my passport seems to be playing up. Do e-gates require the biometric chip, or just a machine readable passport?
Good question. I suspect if you have a chip, even if it isn't working, at worst you'll get processed in a e-gate exception queue which will be no slower than going through the manual immigration process.
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