Picking up a number and queuing up to apply for passports at Immigration Department counters will be a thing of the past when the Home Ministry introduces the 'MyImms' online passport application system.
Home Ministry Secretary-general Datuk Seri Mahmood Adam said the system would be implemented in line with the Immigration Department's objective to introduce a 24-hour service aimed at reducing waiting periods for passport approvals.
"However, a date has not been finalised for the implementation as discussions are still in progress," he told reporters here wednesday.
Mahmood said the implementation would require a foolproof system as there need to be ways to ensure that the security procedures are at a high confidence level. "Once the system is implemented, applications will be required to fill up application forms available online and once their application is processed, they will be required to come to the counter and undergo a thumbprint scan before the passports are issued," he said.
Meanwhile, speaking of a proposal that passport application can be applied at the National Registration Department (NRD), Mahmood said the prospect was being discussed. Yesterday, deputy Home Minister Datuk Lee Chee Leong said passport applicants would soon be able to carry out such transactions at NRD counters and that a pilot project would be introduced at the NRD counters in Puchong, Kepong and Gombak.
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