BUKIT KAYU HITAM: If you seldom travel abroad, you can now save onyour passpart and pay RM100 instead of RM300 for the AlternativeInternational Malaysian Passport.
From Oct 1, Malaysians canap­­ply for the alternative passport which is valid for two years,announced Home Minister Datuk Seri Hisham­mud­din Tun Hussein.
Currently, a 32-page passport costs RM300 and a 64-page document RM600. Both are valid for five years.
‘‘Presently, the alternative passport was only introduced to hajpilgrims,” the minister said after breaking fast with Immigration,Customs and Quarantine Complex officers and personnel here yesterday.
“Wewant to expand the usage of the passport to all because there are somewho only travel once in a while, such as parents who accompany theirchildren studying abroad.”
He said the ministry decided toproduce an alternative passport be­­cause it received complaints fromthose who seldom travelled abroad that they were forced to pay a heftysum for a passport.
He said the availability of low-fare airlineflights and various af­­fordable holiday packages encouraged moreMalaysians to travel now.
This alternative passport is suitable for them.
‘‘The new alternative passport is also a measure taken by the ministry under the 1Malaysia concept,’’ he said.
Hishammuddinadded that the new alternative passports would mean additional workloadfor the Immigration Department but this could be resolved byincorporating new courses to improve the skills and competency of thepersonnel.
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