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Jan 15, 2010
Faster clearance to JB
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Frequent travellers to JB will not have to fill in the white immigration cards or have their passports stamped, as the scan will capture their personal details. -- ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
<!-- story content : start --> SINGAPOREANS who frequently travel to Malaysia will soon be able to zip in and out of the country without having to fill in immigration forms or have their passports stamped. For RM30 (S$12.50) a year, they can get a pass that will be stuck in their passports. The pass holds the traveller's information, and will be scanned at road entry points to the country before users are sent on their way. They do not have to fill in the white immigration cards or have their passports stamped, as the scan will capture their personal details.
The authorities across the Causeway announced on Thursday that they are extending the Malaysian Automatic Clearance System (Macs) - which was previously available only to investors involved in the Iskandar region, students and those working in Johor - to all Singaporeans who travel via road to the country at least four times a month. The new move, said Malaysia's director of immigration (Johor chapter), Mr Mohd Nasri Ishak, on Thursday, is meant to 'encourage Singaporeans to come to Johor and make the process easier for them'. So far, about 1,000 Macs passes have been issued to Singaporeans, a minuscule number compared to the 330,000 people who head north each day.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
Jan 15, 2010
Faster clearance to JB
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Frequent travellers to JB will not have to fill in the white immigration cards or have their passports stamped, as the scan will capture their personal details. -- ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
<!-- story content : start --> SINGAPOREANS who frequently travel to Malaysia will soon be able to zip in and out of the country without having to fill in immigration forms or have their passports stamped. For RM30 (S$12.50) a year, they can get a pass that will be stuck in their passports. The pass holds the traveller's information, and will be scanned at road entry points to the country before users are sent on their way. They do not have to fill in the white immigration cards or have their passports stamped, as the scan will capture their personal details.
The authorities across the Causeway announced on Thursday that they are extending the Malaysian Automatic Clearance System (Macs) - which was previously available only to investors involved in the Iskandar region, students and those working in Johor - to all Singaporeans who travel via road to the country at least four times a month. The new move, said Malaysia's director of immigration (Johor chapter), Mr Mohd Nasri Ishak, on Thursday, is meant to 'encourage Singaporeans to come to Johor and make the process easier for them'. So far, about 1,000 Macs passes have been issued to Singaporeans, a minuscule number compared to the 330,000 people who head north each day.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
