Use of MyNIISe app at immigration checkpoints not yet mandatory, says DG

Use of MyNIISe app at immigration checkpoints not yet mandatory, says DG

Zakaria Shaaban says travellers may continue using other methods for clearance, including conventional automated gates.

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Use of the MyNIISe app was introduced on Sept 22 last year at the country’s entry points at Bangunan Sultan Iskandar and the Sultan Abu Bakar Complex in Johor Bahru, Johor. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA:
Use of the National Integrated Immigration System (MyNIISe) app is not mandatory at present, and travellers may continue to use other methods for immigration clearance at the country’s entry points.

These include clearance through QR codes via the MyBorderPass app, manual processing or conventional automated gates.

Immigration director-general Zakaria Shaaban said there was no need for the public to worry if they had yet to use the MyNIISe system.

“Passports can still be scanned even without the app,” Bernama reported him as saying after delivering a message to staff at the department’s headquarters in Putrajaya today.

However, Zakaria encouraged the use of the MyNIISe app, saying it offered faster and more efficient immigration clearance than manual methods and conventional automated gates.

He said the MyBorderPass app would continue to be maintained until it is fully integrated into the MyNIISe system, and that his department had yet to determine the transition period.

“The replacement of all old autogates will be carried out in stages,” he said.

Use of the MyNIISe app was introduced on Sept 22 last year at the country’s entry points at Bangunan Sultan Iskandar and the Sultan Abu Bakar Complex in Johor Bahru, Johor.

Its use will be expanded in stages to KLIA as well as Bayan Lepas, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu.

As of Dec 30, MyNIISe had recorded 599,967 downloads, with 287,258 registered users.

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