Meaning of e-gate | Babel Free

Definitions

An electronic immigration gate at an airport, using biometrics etc.

Examples

“[…] currently trialling e-gates at Manchester Airport […]”

“For arrivals, there are 52 arrival passport counters and 12 e-gates […]”

“The outage was the latest in a long line of failures of the e-gate system.”

“British tourists will have to endure passport-stamping queues in the EU until at least October and possibly well into 2026 despite a high profile e-gates agreement unveiled at Monday’s EU-UK summit in London, it has emerged.”

CEFR level