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On departure, both the AUH T1/T3 machines are linked to process residents/non-residents by linking to the entry visas associated with their passports (technically using their UID numbers as the unique key to match facial biometrics but that is opaque to the user). It's a good system when it works.
Yep, unfortunately just not transparent that everyone can use it. An immigration official told me to use the eGate or whatever it's called and I pointed out I wasn't eligible and he insisted, I was quite surprised and confused.