Passports with 10-year validity will be introduced soon after various aspects of the implementation have been fine-tuned, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail after attending the Immigration Day parade in Putrajaya on Monday (July 22).
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00:00Malaysia's passport is now ranked 11th in the world.
00:08This is the ranking given by Ranking Global Passport Power Rank 2024.
00:19Migration also managed to issue a passport in 60 minutes,
00:26which is one of the highest issued passports in the world.
00:32Passports for people who are present at the passport office
00:37are now issued in 60 minutes.
00:40Some people are angry.
00:42But let's be patient.
00:44One more thing is that they ask for it by mail.
00:48The system will tell them
00:51to collect the passport within 2-3 working days at the passport issuance office.
00:57In conclusion, I would like to share some important data
01:02related to immigration until July 15 this year.
01:05First, our passport issuance for the entire year 2023
01:11amounted to 3.06 million.
01:15Meanwhile, in 2024, until July 15, it amounted to 1.45 million.
01:31What else?
01:32We will add 2-3 more things.
01:35First, we will announce the passport issuance
01:41for the entire 10-year period,
01:44giving people a choice.
01:47As you can see, the number of Malaysians who travel abroad is high.
01:52139.8 million last year.
01:56We reduced it to 140 million.
01:58This year alone, it has reached 65.5 million.
02:01So this 5-year passport is a lot.
02:04For example, if we give this group a choice,
02:08there is a 10-year passport, so they take it.
02:10For that, they have to pay more.
02:14The third is the safety feature.
02:16This is all about it.
02:17The immigration effort is continuous.
02:21Every safety feature.
02:23If we make the process easier,
02:27for example,
02:28we issue a passport,
02:30but when they travel abroad, they don't get it.
02:33That's a problem.
02:34As much as possible.
02:36So I urge many people to choose the way to apply for a passport.
02:40For example,
02:41be patient with the application.
02:45Immigration thinks that
02:47we need to look at a more convincing alternative.
02:50Therefore, one of the changes we want to make
02:54is to improve, including
02:56to make sure
02:58the maintenance of the printing machine system, etc.
03:02as part of our requirements.
03:05Not just the printing machine.
03:06There are other requirements.
03:08The final goal is to ensure
03:11that the safety feature is guaranteed
03:13to maintain our reputation.
03:15Then there will be no more mistakes.
03:19That's our determination.
03:21Okay.
03:22Anything else?
03:25We are doing fine-tuning
03:28for the final phases.
03:30It's July now.
03:32It won't take long.
03:33We will finish it soon.