The implementation of the QR code in the immigration clearance of Malaysian travellers has been encouraging with almost 70,000 registering to use the trial system to hasten passport clearing at the border crossing with Singapore.
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00:00 The implementation of the QR code in the immigration clearance of Malaysian travellers has been encouraging.
00:09 Almost 70,000 travellers registered to use the trial system to expedite passport clearance at the border crossing with Singapore.
00:18 The MyTrip app, embedded in the MySejahtera app, which is used for registration and clearance,
00:23 functioned well on Saturday, the first day of the proof-of-concept period.
00:28 Johor Immigration Acting Director Mohamed Faizal Shamsuddin and several Home Ministry and Immigration Department officials
00:35 visited the checkpoints to monitor the situation.
00:38 He said the travellers were excited to test out the new QR code method.
00:42 He said the immigration personnel had tried the system at the Sultan Abu Bakar Customs Immigration and Quarantine Complex
00:50 for about two days to ensure smooth implementation of the system.
00:57 At press time, other similar QR code apps which are supposed to be implemented at the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar CIQ complex
01:05 have yet to start due to technical glitches.
01:09 The immigration department said although the system began on Saturday,
01:13 travellers could already start trying out the QR code system three days ago.
01:19 Travellers can register by using the MySejahtera app and clicking the MyTrip app in it.
01:25 They are then required to link their passport, answer a few questions and snap a photo of the passport.
01:31 If successful, the personal details of the traveller will appear
01:35 and the traveller is required to click 'View MyTrip QR' to generate the QR code at the scanners.
01:41 The QR code clearance system is expected to cut down the time needed to clear a bus full of passengers
01:47 at the Sultan Abu Bakar CIQ complex by more than 75%.
01:53 For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/coronavirus
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