Foreigners coming into Malaysia need not fill up arrival cards issued by the Immigration Department starting June 1, the Home Ministry said in a statement.
Its secretary-general Tan Sri Mahmood Adam said the procedure was not required because the Immigration Department had already introduced the biometric recording system for every foreigner upon arrival, under the National Enforcement Registration System (Ners).
'Through the Ners system introduced on June 1, 2011, the data of foreigners will be recorded and stored.
'The procedure will also fulfill the requirement of the Tourism Ministry to record data and number of tourist arrivals,' he said.
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When I went to Malaysia, I was required to submit my arrival card and to show fingerprints. So, both the paper-based system and the biometric recording system were existed. By the way, fortunately, We Japanese are not required to get Visas to enter Malaysia.
But, when I enter Vietnam, neither arrival cards nor fingerprints were required.I wonder why Vietnamese immigration offices aren't afraid of foreign people's crimes.
