The document is issued by the Immigration Department of Malaysia to groups of five to 20 Malaysian nationals, in lieu of passports. FMTNews Singapore Immigration MCTD
Singapore says it is concerned over the sharing of one travel document by multiple unrelated travellers and as it results in longer clearance time.
“This is to strengthen the security and efficiency of immigration clearance at Singapore’s checkpoints,” said the republic’s Immigration & Checkpoints Authority in a statement here today. However, ICA added that the MCTD poses security concerns as it facilitates the sharing of one travel document by multiple unrelated travellers.The authority noted that as it moves towards greater use of automation and multi-modal biometrics for clearance, the MCTD poses operational concerns, as it requires manual data entry of all travellers’ details, resulting in longer clearance time.
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