Landing Card Not Needed for MM2H

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We came in from Singapore into the KL LCCT on Sunday.  We had filled in the white cards, but did not present them...we were processed quickly with no questions asked.

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I was granted Conditional approval and plan to arrive in June 2010.

I  purchased a one-way ticket to KL (Singapore Airlines)

As my passport does not have a MM2H stamp as yet, any dramas with not holding a onward or return ticket for boarding and landing purposes?

(Some airlines and some countries are rather pedantic about return tickets)

Cheers

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hi,

My own experience of a 1-way ticket was also on Singapore airlines and it was for Heathrow/Singapore. It was queried at the Heathrow check in although I explained that Singapore issued a visa on arrival and I would be travelling on from Singapore. A question here and there and there was no problem.

I learnt that it is up to the airline itself as they are the ones that are fined if you're not let into the arrival country. And they have to pay for your transit back. So I'd suggest that you check with Singapore Airlines. Maybe some other member also has an experience of this and will post.

You can also check the visa requirement by country, and visa-on-arrival procedure, for your passport with the Malaysian Immigration site.
http://www.imi.gov.my/index.php/en/services/visitors/visa/voa
http://www.imi.gov.my/index.php/en/services/visitors/visa/visa-requirement

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Thanks Scott.......you are a wealth of knowledge. Thanks for your prompt and informative responses.

I will follow up but am more relaxed now.Cheers

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Hi

I returned from a brief trip to UK mid July and had to complete the card even after I showed the MM2M visa. There are often inconsistencies with
Malaysian bureaucracy so I would still tend to complete the card until I know it's officially confirmed. It would be nice to dispense with it though; I often wonder about the consequences of losing the departure stub.   

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You do not need the landing card, or have to have a stamp in you passport if you have the MM2H iKAD.

The catch is that they have stopped issuing the iKADs for almost a year now.

I understand they intend to start to issue them again, but when is anyone's guess!

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As far as I understand it only Malaysians (passport holders) do not need to fill in white cards  on arrival, all MM2H etc, even with passport visas must still fill in white cards. not a problem really, all countries do not want to think they are the end of the line they all want to see where you are going next, but the white card is then stamped for the duration of your passport visa - comments from others with their expreriences appreciated.

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Rae M is correct.
The white landing card is only filled out by foreigners. That is the statement printed on the front of the card.

My experience has been the following:-

First visit to Malaysia after MM2H visa stamped in passport, I did not fill in white landing card, was not asked for it, and my passport was stamped for entry with the expiration date of my passport visa. On exit from Malaysia, no mention of missing white landing card departure stub, but exit stamp in passport next to entry stamp applied.

Second visit to Malaysia, it was stated by the Immigration official that I needed to fill in white landing card for entry. He was kind enough to fill it in for me and then stamped my passport for entry with the expiration date of my passport visa. The white landing card departure stub was retrieved on exit from Malaysia and exit stamp in passport next to entry stamp applied.

Steveh has it right. There are often inconsistencies with Malaysian bureaucracy.

So, the answer is to fill in your white landing card and just get on with it. Unless you are a Malaysian Citizen, and you won't need to fill it in.
Of course if Malays don't fill it in then they don't declare Quarantine issues either, so therein lies another inconsistency in Malaysian bureaucracy.
Cheers & Beers, 
JAYDEE

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hi,

I don't have the mm2h ID card. When in Singapore I buy the coach tickets and get given the white card, so I fill it in on the basis of not wanting to be arguing the toss with several bus loads of other folks waiting behind me.

And I always say, "MM2H and re-entry, please." This is because a mate of mine, also on MM2H, once came back into Malaysia and in a crowded-out situation didn't bother to check the stamp. Later, when he did look at it, he'd been given a 90-Day stamp by error, and he needed to make a special tip to KL Immigration to get it sorted. I now say it out of habit.

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I experienced once where I travelled by train from Singapore back to Ipoh. After the Woodlands check and then reached JB, but there were no immig. officers came up to the train and check our passport. So we just keep our white card .
Then after few months I left for HongKong at Penang airport, the immig. officer saw my white card, he didnt say anything just stamp on my passport! I hate those stamps , my passport pages almost full...

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hi, shirley,

Yep, the Malaysian Immigration took umbrage at Singapore trying to boot them out of the Keppel Railway Station and getting them to do the CQI at Woodlands. So they just stopped stamping anything that arrived by the train.

Since then tantrum politics has somewhat receded with changes in top staff. The last "4 eyes" meeting between Najib and Lee resulted in some agreement along the railway lines.

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You do not need the landing card, or have to have a stamp in you passport if you have the MM2H iKAD.

I can only reiterate what I said earlier. Neither my family or I have completed an immigration/landing card since we got our iKAD over one years ago,  and we have each been in and out of the country about 10 times!

We also don't receive a stamp going out or coming in unless we specifically request it!

If you don't  have a MM2H iKAD it is a completely different situation. There is nothing more I can add!

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I can only reiterate what I said earlier. Neither my family or I have completed an immigration/landing card since we got our iKAD over one years ago,  and we have each been in and out of the country about 10 times!

We also don't receive a stamp going out or coming in unless we specifically request it!

If you don't  have a MM2H iKAD it is a completely different situation. There is nothing more I can add!

But iKad is only for the headman of the family not other family members! That also I don't understand!

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Hi Shirley. This is also a misconception!!
I also thought this was the case. However me, my wife & two kids all have one each!!!!

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When they first introduced the ID Kad for MM2H participants, they only issued to the applicant only. They did so thinking that there would be an avalanche of MM2H participants crowding to get the card.  But unfortuantely there wasn't and so they extend it to family members during the 2nd or 3rd week. But the issuance of this ID Kad was suspended as quickly as they were introduced for reasons only known to them.  My friend's son who lost his card was unable to get a replacement due to the suspension. I suspect that the card was suspended due to its legality and recognition. The problem is also 99.9% of the policemen have not seen such card so how to give due recognition in lieu of your passport. I also guess even the Immigration officers have problems and that can be the reason of its inconsistency in exempting MM2H participants from filling up the disembarkment cards or better known as the white card.  Banks also scratched their heads when you want to use the card to open a local bank account. There is no government gazette announcing the introduction of such a card.   Until the government gets its act correct, I guess the card will remain suspended.