White Card Is a MUST Again for Singaporeans Entering Malaysia
Most of us have known that, starting Jan this year not long before Chinese New Year, the White Card system was scrapped to facilitate Singaporeans entering Malaysia. The JB custam immigration officer will just stamp on Singapore passport. However, it seems that the JB immigration office made a U-turn 2 days back. No official announcement was made to alert potential Singaporean visitors, and created a big mess at JB custom. There was even info that the white card is running out of stock.
I couldn’t find any announcement on Immigration Department of Malaysia website. Neither could I find any relevant news reports from Malaysia local newspaper online. I only saw someone asking about this 3 days ago in a Malaysia forum but nobody could provide answer. Then it was confirmed yesterday, on Singapore HWZ forum. The only news report I could find is the one from Sinchew, the Chinese newspaper from Malaysia. Singapore local tabloid Shin Min Daily News also had a report on this.
What a timing huh? Why now? After ICJ decided Pulau Batu Puteh belongs to Singapore and after the 50km petrol ban.
News report on Sinchew:
新加坡‧入境突須填白卡‧新山關卡大混亂
Relevant threads on HWZ:
MY Immigration card, Need or not?
After ‘toying’ with the 50km petrol sale ban
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Saya bersama keluarga, 5 orang, pada hari Isnin 14/2/2011, pukul 6.45pagi di CIQ, masuk counter yg lampu masih hijau, so saya menghulurkan 5 passport kepada perempuan dlm counter dengan memberitahu dalam kereta ada 5 orang, saya tak tau yg dia dah pack,dia ambik passport tidak berkata apa2, lalu buka kotak simpanan chop/stamp dia dengan hempas kuat sekali, lalu chop / stamp passport 4 sahaja, dan 1 passport miss tak chop, selepas jalan dari counter, saya check dan mendapati 1 passport tak di chop/stamp. kita park tepi dan pegi ke counter lain untok chop yg ketinggalan tak di chop oleh counter / chop no. 9. Yg herannya, asal dia chop passport keluar kita tu pakai satu page, sedangkan leh chop tepi masuk dan membazirkan 1 page kita semua, page yg boleh di chop 2 atau 3 kali kuar masuk, cuma boleh pakai 1 kali chop sahaja yg di chop oleh pekerja ini..