Entering M'sia? No need for arrival cards
Starting
from June 1, foreigners entering Malaysia need not fill in arrival
cards issued by the Immigration Department, the Home Ministry said in a
statement yesterday.
Chief
Secretary of the Home Ministry, Mr Mahmood Adam, said the procedure
would not be required because the Immigration Department had already
introduced a biometric recording system for every foreigner upon
arrival, under the National Enforcement Registration System (NERS), the
Bernama news agency reported.
"
Through
the NERS system that was introduced on June 1, 2011, the data of
foreigners will be recorded and stored. The procedure will also fulfil
the requirement of the Tourism Ministry to record data and number of
tourist arrivals," he said in the statement quoted by the agency.
Mr
Mahmood said the decision was made after consultations with the
Immigration Department, Home Ministry and Tourism Ministry, and that the
NERS system was a much faster way to record the data of foreigners.
