[itsbits]

Now Indian airports have outlets to create UPIs for foreigners visiting the country

[Mandatum]

Can’t wait to hand over my passport and drivers license to some random person after security wearing a uniform and holding an iPad after I get off an 8 hour red-eye.

Surely nothing can go wrong.

[sofixa]

It's the same as the kiosks to get a local SIM card which also often require ID. Also optional.

> drivers license

A driver's license is rarely accepted as a valid ID document outside of the US which rarely has anything better.

[sudshekhar]

The physical verification process is required to respect the AML guidelines established by the RBI. The process itself takes less than 5 minutes but must be done once the foreigner lands in India.

In Blr/Mumbai/Delhi, our team can arrange for home verifications as well.

https://chequpi.com/

[kylehotchkiss]

This is very valid feedback - foreigners do not want to deal with this nonsense KYC stuff to make payments. No assurance is ever given that the passport details will be kept safe and not sold off to people doing identity theft stuff

[deskamess]

Really? Which airports? I was there 2 months ago.

[dilliwal]

any source?