ID Cards. The Pros (and Cons?)

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As an experiment we offered our Thai driving licence cards as identification at the reception of PWTC and they were accepted.  They've got our passport numbers on there, date of birth, etc and presume the Malaysian driving licence is the same.

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Having had theiKAD for over a year, I will be renewing my current passport next month, (it still has 3 years to run, but it is full)!

That means I will not only have a new passport but also a new passport number, which will not correspond with my current iKAD.

Given that iKADs are still not being issued, this could be a problem, and might mean that I (the only one in the family) will have to resort to filling in the immigration/landing forms again, and having to have stamps in my passport whilst exiting & entering the country!

Has anyone on the forum, had a new passport issued recently, and can confirm what happens in reality?

Any feedback will be gratefully appreciated.


 

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No comment on my previous post, but can now post my own experience.

During my 5 weeks in the UK, I purchased a new 48 page passport (121 quid for a weeks turnaround, more if you want a new one within a single working day)!!

On arrival at KLIA immigration today, I presented both old and new passport along with my iKad. All were given back to me after a cursory glance. No stamp & just a smile.

I wonder how long I can keep on doing this, as I understand the issuance of i-KADs is still in limbo land!??

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Hi fizzychickensoup

Did you fly back on a one way ticket or return? either way, were you asked by the checking in counter staff at the Airport to see a forwarding ticket to anywhere upon seeing the new Passport?   As your original Passport had the Visa stamp in the old passport; and therefore obsolete,  when issuing the new one?   Or do they accept the letter of approval at that point; and on seeing the old stamp, let you book in as they could  see that it is a new Passport and need's to be re-stamped once back in Malaysia.   I am asking, as my passport is filling up fast and i will need to get a new one prior to it running it's 10 year course.

I know that i can go through Hong Kong whilst we are in Malaysia and have it re-stamped before we go back to the UK, That would probably be the sensible option; but it's easier for us to change it when we are in the UK, as we have our Home in London and spend 2/3 Months a year there.   

If anybody else had a similar experience and can give any advise? it will be welcome.

When we came through the Ausy airport last year, when booking in, they queried  why i had a one way ticket to Malaysia and asked to see my forwarding tickets etc, i then showed my MM2 stamp, then came a smile with the boarding pass.

Cheers
Bruce

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Hi Bruce,
 
My wife purchased four MAS adult return tickets (KLIA to Heathrow) during the Hari Raya promotion last September for the total cost of RM7,168. It doesn't get much better than that!!
 
My expereince on return to KLIA is exactly as posted above, so cannot elaborate further.
 
I got my new passport at the Peterborough IPS (Identity & Passport Services). There is also one near Victoria Station in London, and I guess a few other places. Like in Asia, the Gov has reduced the number of locations where new passports are issued!
 
Clearly HK is an option for you Bruce if you are passing through.
 

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Not sure if this helps.  We are not yet MM2Hers. From our past experience with old and new passports. 

In KL when we were base there, hubby renewed his Irish passport personally at the Irish Embassy in KL.  He also has Aust PR and work permit stamp in old passport.  So whenever he has to travel, he must always carry old and new passports with him until such time that his new WP and  Aust PR stamp are on his new passport. 

I also renewed my Aust Passport from Guangzhou Consulate (the nearest consulate for me) - submission of forms, old passport, payment and receiving new passport, all done by courier mail service, when we were base in China.  No problem at all!

Just to say that we never renew our passports from our home countries but only from the country we were in at that time.   

Cheers!

concy

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Thanks all, we will o to Victoria when we are in the UK and renew the Passports then.  We will carry our original letter and ild Passport, so i would think that should do it.
Bruce

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During my 5 weeks in the UK, I purchased a new 48 page passport (121 quid for a weeks turnaround, more if you want a new one within a single working day)!!
On arrival at KLIA immigration today, I presented both old and new passport along with my iKad. All were given back to me after a cursory glance. No stamp & just a smile.
I wonder how long I can keep on doing this, as I understand the issuance of i-KADs is still in limbo land!??

 

NOT Long is the answer to my last sentence above!!

On arrival back to Malaysia from the Thai border at Sadao last Saturday, I presented both old and new passport along with my iKad, just as I did at KLIA 1 week earlier (described above). Immediately the immigration officer lady was on her intercom to (I presume) her superior. Ah Ha, problems I thought. To keep it short she explained what I already knew, namely that I had to get the existing visa transferred to my new passport!

She stated that she would give me a 1 month visa stamp in my new passport, and then proceeded to place a 3cm square stamp in my new passport & then take up another 1cm writing "refer to nearest Immigration Office" below the stamp!

Why was my old and new passport along with my iKad perfectly acceptable at KLIA, but not at the Thai border at Sadao.

Answers on a post card please.

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A similar thing happened to us last year entering Malaysia from Europe at KLIA. We arrived on 23 Oct 2009. My MM2H visa was due to expire on 5 Dec. I thought we might get three months entry permit as normal visitors, but no, only till the expiry date of the visa on 5th Dec.

So we had approx one month to sort out new passport and transfer of visa. A previous post describes this process in detail.

Alistair