PUTRAJAYA: Manual stamping of passports will be replaced with digital printing once a new integrated system kicks off in 2023.
The new system and installation of CCTV cameras at counters are among measures to boost the efficiency of Immigration services and to deter its officers from committing wrongdoing.
Immigration Department director-general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud (
pic) said the National Integrated Immigration System would end old practices, including manual stamping, while document holders would be given an ID recognised by the system.
Stamping would be replaced by digital printing of social visit passes on passports, he explained.
“When a foreign traveller comes to Malaysia after his first visit, he can go through the autogate instead of queuing to check his passport, ” he said.