SINGAPORE: More than 50.3 million travellers have used QR code clearance to clear immigration without passports at Singapore's land checkpoints since the system was rolled out in 2024.
SINGAPORE: (Bernama) Singapore's Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) expects continuous heavy traffic at the Woodlands and Tuas land checkpoints this weekend, and has advised travellers to defer non-essential travel if possible.
Travellers from Singapore are advised to postpone any non-essential trips to Johor as continuous heavy traffic is expected at the Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints this weekend.
KOTA KINABALU: Authorities foiled an attempt to smuggle over half a million Ringgit worth of frozen chicken into Beluran in an operation by the 20th Battalion of the General Operations Force (GOF) on Saturday (March 22).
SINGAPORE: The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said car travellers heading north can expect to wait more than two hours to reach Woodlands Checkpoint, as the March school holidays kicked off.
Travellers heading north can expect heavy traffic at the Tuas and Woodlands checkpoints ahead of the upcoming March school holidays and Hari Raya Puasa.
SINGAPORE: More than 50 travellers were caught for carrying undeclared cash and engaging in other illegal cross-border activities during a week-long operation at Singapore's checkpoints.
Visitors to Johor have provided feedback about the government’s initiative to ease congestion at the two land checkpoints with Singapore.
BUKIT KAYU HITAM: Operations during the first day of the newly-formed Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) at Bukit Kayu Hitam Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security (ICQS) complex here went smoothly without problems.
SINGAPORE: An Aetos officer who posed for photos and videos with a loaded gun and a ski mask at Woodlands Checkpoint was sentenced to four weeks’ jail on Wednesday (Feb 5).
SHARIFF AGUAK: Gunmen on a motorcycle on Monday (Jan 27) shot and killed two persons, including a member of the village peacekeeping team, and injured three others in a village checkpoint in Barangay Labu-Labu in this town in Maguindanao Sur.
SINGAPORE: About 860kg of illegally imported vegetables from Malaysia were seized from a truck on Wednesday (Jan 22) at Tuas Checkpoint.
SINGAPORE: A 58-year-old Singaporean man was arrested after drugs worth more than S$628,000 were found in his car at Woodlands Checkpoint on Jan 20.
SINGAPORE: If you are heading to Malaysia via the land checkpoints during the upcoming Chinese New Year period, be prepared for longer waits to clear the immigration counters.
SINGAPORE: Travellers arriving in Singapore from Jan 9 to 22 can expect enhanced security checks and delays, said the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA).
SINGAPORE: The authorities seized more than S$169,000 worth of drugs from a Malaysia-registered motorcycle arriving at Woodlands Checkpoint on Tuesday (Jan 14).
PADANG BESAR: Police detained five Cambodian men without valid travel documents and expired travel permits as they attempted to leave Malaysia via the border checkpoint here on Jan 6.
A woman who had almost four times the legal prescribed limit of alcohol in her system when she drove into Woodlands Checkpoint and mounted a kerb was sentenced to two weeks’ jail on Dec 27.
SINGAPORE: Travellers can expect very heavy traffic at Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints during the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays, and are advised to factor in additional waiting time.