Immigration Department...

Well!  My passport is coming to its demise in 6 months time and our beloved Immigration Department sent me a note reminding me of the impending document expiry with the date of expiration quoted.  

Thank you pihak Immigrasi for the reminder though I'm well aware of the date even before I received the note.

So...what do I do?

The first thing that came to my mind is to get into  www.imi.gov.my to see how I should go about getting a renewal of my passport.

I clicked and clicked all over the site reading earnestly and the more I kept doing that, the more I got balled-over and embarrassed.  After a while, I decided to stop the browsing and to spend my one Saturday or Sunday at the nearest Immigration office.  It isn't about the info being insufficient, but the way and nature this web site is written in English is appalling.

This is not about me taking a swipe at the Malaysian Government but if a website is exposed with such irregularities and semantics mayhem, who wouldn't.

I‘ve a few examples quoted below from www.imi.gov.my for your reading laughter...

See if you can spot the ‘laughters’.

No.1

General

Introduction

Malaysia Passport is a valid travel document issued by the Malaysian Government for the purpose of traveling abroad

Validity

Valid for two (2) years or five (5) years from the date of issued.

Validity

Valid for two (2) years or five (5) years from the date of issued.

Only application for the 5 years passport will be granted the balance of the expiry period from the old passport provided they are :-

  Not a lost case

  Not a damaged pasport (in good condition)

  Not cases under investigation.

NO. 2

The header and sub header tho are the same but ….look again…

Home Passport Malaysian International Passport

Malaysia International Passport

No.3  (read no. 2)

Eligibility for special Fees

1.   Children below 12 years old

2.   Student below 21 years old with proof to study abroad on the day submission.

No. 4.

Exemption of payment

Exemption of payment is given to the handicap or disable person on the condition that they produce a letter from the Welfare Department.

Are they saying even for a one armed or one legged citizen needs to obtain a letter from the welfare department to say he / she is a handicap?


Hahaha….

Aren't Immigration personnel trained to look or observe at applicants before processing travel documents.

They're many inconsistencies with the Malaysian Immigration's website but only if I have the time to go through it. They're better things to read and do for now.