Plans are afoot to extend the usage to foreign passport bearers who have Thai residence visas and Apec Business Travel Card (ABTC) holders, said, senior official of the Immigration Bureau. For example, The immigration process at Suvarnabhumi airport is set to become speedier and less of a hassle for Thai passport holders from March, when the number of automated passport-screening gates will be doubled. The system, known as auto-gates in some countries, does away with manual passport checks for all departing and arriving Thai passport holders.