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Gibraltar Border Commuters: Passport E-Gates Overview
Published: September 18, 2025
Bypass manual checks in Spain. Walk straight through biometric turnstiles for record-breaking transit.
Gibraltar Border Commuters E-Gates Overview
For daily commuters linking their Costa del Sol residences with the Gibraltar World Trade Centre, time is money.
Using the Biometric E-Gates
Spain's Policia Nacional have automated ABC (Automated Border Control) biometric e-gates on the La Línea side of the crossing.
- Eligibility: EU citizens with biometric identity cards or biometric passports, as well as UK biometric passports.
- The Process: Scan the photo page of your passport face down, step inside the airlock, and look directly at the camera.
- The Speed: This bypasses the manual stamping queues entirely, cutting times down to seconds.
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