thumb|e-Channel machines at Hong Kong International Airport e-Channel, also known as The Automated Passenger Clearance System, is an expedited border control system introduced by the Hong Kong Immigration Department in 2004, designed to speed up border immigration processes for residents of Hong Kong, Macau and frequent visitors to Hong Kong entering and exiting the territory whether it be by land, air or sea via the use of self-service kiosks employed at various border control points.
thumb|e-Channel machines at Hong Kong International Airport e-Channel, also known as The Automated Passenger Clearance System, is an expedited border control system introduced by the Hong Kong Immigration Department in 2004, designed to speed up border immigration processes for residents of Hong Kong, Macau and frequent visitors to Hong Kong entering and exiting the territory whether it be by land, air or sea via the use of self-service kiosks employed at various border control points.
==Basic requirements== A Hong Kong permanent resident aged 7 or above (using a smart identity card) A Hong Kong resident aged 11 or above holding a Document of Identity for Visa Purposes (using a smart identity card and carrying a valid Document of Identity for Visa Purposes) A person aged 11 or above who has the right to land or is on unconditional stay in Hong Kong (using a smart identity card) A non-permanent resident issued with a notification label (using a smart identity card and carrying a valid travel document) A registered cross-boundary primary school student under the age of 11 (using the enrolled valid travel document) A registered frequent visitor aged 18 or above (using the enrolled valid travel document) A registered Macau permanent resident aged 7 or above (using a Macau permanent identity card) A registered South Korean citizen aged 17 or above and enrolled under Smart Entry Service (SES) scheme (using the Republic of Korea Passport valid for at least 6 months and having no adverse record in the HKSAR) An enrolled holder of a Singaporean Passport aged 11 or above (using a Republic of Singapore Passport valid for at least 6 months, completed 2 trips in past 24 months and having no adverse record in the HKSAR) An enrolled holder of a German passport aged 18 or above (using a Federal Republic of Germany Passport valid for at least 6 months and having no adverse record in the HKSAR) An enrolled holder of an Australian Passport aged 16 or above (using an Australian Passport valid for at least 6 months and having no adverse record in the HKSAR)
Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).