PUTRAJAYA: The Immigration Department is conducting tests on the use of the Quick Response (QR) Code Immigration Clearance System to ease congestion at entry points.
Immigration Department director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh said an announcement on the details of the QR code Immigration Clearance System would be announced by the Home Ministry in due time.
"One of the things that we are looking into (to ease congestion at entry points) is the use of QR codes.
"We are exploring. We have conducted studies and are currently doing tests now. Any announcement for this will be made by the Home Ministry.
"It is still in its early stages and has yet to be implemented but the details will be announced by the Home Ministry," he said at a press conference, here, today.
Ruslin emphasised that the department's foremost priority was to cultivate a system that prioritised speed without compromising the nation's security.
Last month, the New Straits Times reported that the perennial congestion at the Johor-Singapore Causeway — acknowledged as the world's busiest land crossing — would be alleviated once the QR Code Immigration Clearance System is implemented this year.
The system, slated to roll out in phases from June, is expected to reduce Immigration clearance time by half for the 400,000 travellers passing through the checkpoints daily.
Sources told the NST that the QR clearance system would be implemented at both land checkpoints in Johor, namely the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar (BSI) in Johor Baru and the Second Link Kompleks Sultan Abu Bakar (KSAB) in Gelang Patah.
This initiative will establish Johor as the pioneer state in Malaysia to implement the system at its international checkpoints, joining the ranks of countries like China, Canada, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Vietnam, Germany, and Singapore, all of which have already adopted this system.