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KUALA LUMPUR: The visa exemption for Indian nationals has increased visitors from India by 223%, says Immigration Department director-general Datuk Zakaria Shaaban.
KOTA KINABALU: Deported foreigners are now blacklisted from returning to the country, says Sabah Immigration Department director Datuk Sitti Saleha Habib Yussof.
PUTRAJAYA: The Immigration Department will open Migrant Repatriation Programme counters nationwide on the last two Saturdays of this month, Dec 21 and 28, to allow more undocumented migrants to register for the programme and return to their home countries.
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Integrated Immigration System (NIISe) equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) technology is expected to be fully completed in 2028, said Immigration director-general Datuk Zakaria Shaaban.
PORT DICKSON: About 50 enforcement officers of the Malaysian Immigration Department who were arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) last September on suspicion of being involved in the 'counter setting' syndicate have been transferred to other units.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Immigration Department will not compromise on any form of abuse of power and violence by any of its officers.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Immigration Department will not compromise in taking action against any rogue officers, including the ones allegedly involved in a medical visa syndicate to bring migrants into the country.
PUTRAJAYA: The Immigration Department is conducting a review and will implement extensive reforms to its work processes and service delivery, in response to concerns raised by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki.
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Zakaria Shaaban is now Immigration Department director-general, replacing Datuk Ruslin Jusoh, who now helms the National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK).
PUTRAJAYA: The Immigration Department’s investigation of the detention of a Singaporean woman will determine if the responding personnel had acted according to the department’s standards.
PUTRAJAYA: A total of 51,838 undocumented immigrants have been detained following enforcement operations nationwide this year, says Datuk Ruslin Jusoh.
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KUALA LUMPUR: The recent high arrivals of foreign workers at KLIA and KLIA2 were due to last-minute recruitment by employers as May 31 looms, says Datuk Ruslin Jusoh.
PUTRAJAYA: The Immigration Department has met this year's revenue target of RM3.5bil as of Aug 30, says its director-general Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud.
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GEORGE TOWN: Immigration officers are not allowed to reject any application simply because the client fails to master the national language, says its director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh.
PUTRAJAYA: Immigration Department officers are not allowed to reject any passport renewal or first-time applications solely because the applicant has failed to master the national language, says its director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh.
PUTRAJAYA: The job rotation policy for civil servants stationed at service counters for over five years must be implemented in stages to ensure it does not disrupt the operation of government services, says Public Service director-general Tan Sri Wan Ahmad Dahlan Abdul Aziz.
PUTRAJAYA: Security and immigration depots nationwide have been beefed-up after some 500 Rohingya detainees escaped from detention.
PETALING JAYA: Public transport operators who unknowingly transport illegal immigrants will not be fined as they are not authorised to check the status of their passengers, said Immigration Department director Datuk Ruslin Jusoh.
