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Malaysia replaces immigration cards with biometric data
The finger print collection system is now capable of storing all necessary data for visitors, and thus replacing the longstanding white immigration cards.
Secretary General of Malaysia’s Ministry of Home Affairs, Mahmood Adam, announced that from on 1 June onwards, foreigners visiting Malaysia will no longer have to fill in immigration cards.
Malaysia Immigration Department is part of the Ministry; and the cards, with the reference number IMM26, were revoked once in January 2008 and re-introduced half a year later.
Mahood said the latest decision was reached after discussions between Immigration Department, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Tourism. And it is made possible because of the new biometric system deployed at checkpoints to take visitors’ fingerprints.
He said the system is capable of storing all the necessary records about foreign visitors for both the Immigration Department and Ministry of Tourism.
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