To facilitate hassle-free entry of Indians into the US at selected airports, India and the United States have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, providing for expedited security clearances.<br/><br/>The move would take a few months to implement and provide speedy security clearances for pre-approved, low-risk Indian travellers upon arrival in US at selected airports. According to a statement issued by the Indian Embassy, the MoU was signed between Indian Ambassador to US, Arun K Singh and Kevin K McAleenan, Deputy Commissioner of the US Customs and Border Protection.<br/><br/>The statement said procedures are expected to be completed in the coming few months. Mr Singh said strengthening people-to-people ties between the two countries has been at the very core of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of India's bilateral relationship with the United States. He also added that India's entry into Global Entry Programme will further ease travel between our two countries and strengthen the people-to-people ties.<br/><br/>India is only the ninth country with which the US has entered into this International Expedited Traveller Initiative (also known as the Global Entry Programme), reflective of the growing relationship between the two largest democracies of the world.