MIRI - Starting Dec 1, travellers will be issued visas on arrival (VOAs) at the Sungai Tujuh border checkpoint on the Sarawak-Brunei border.
Ministry of Home Affairs Secretary-General Tan Sri Aseh Che Mat said the issuance of VOAs at the border checkpoint would attract more tourists including skilled workers in the oil and gas sector in Brunei to come here using the overland route.
"The foreign workers from India and Nepal who need visas to enter Malaysia will be charged RM100 for the VOAs per entry," he said after visiting the border checkpoint yesterday.
Currently, the VOAs are issued at the KL International Airport (KLIA), Sepang, Penang and at the Second Link in Johor Baharu.
The issuing of VOAs at the checkpoint was also to attract tourists from Brunei totalling more than two million annually.
Aseh also said Brunei and Malaysia had agreed to expand the use of the "Frequent Travellers Card" (FTC) at other border checkpoints in Sarawak and Immigration officials from both countries had met to sort out the details.
He said the use of FTCs based on the smartcard system had reduced processing time at the Sungai Tujuh border checkpoint.
It will be implemented at the other border checkpoints of Tedungan, Pandaruan, Mengkalap in Limbang.
Aseh who also visited the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) Complex said development of the second phase of the project would be speeded to cater for the increased tourist arrivals at the Brunei-Sarawak border.
Ministry of Home Affairs Secretary-General Tan Sri Aseh Che Mat said the issuance of VOAs at the border checkpoint would attract more tourists including skilled workers in the oil and gas sector in Brunei to come here using the overland route.
"The foreign workers from India and Nepal who need visas to enter Malaysia will be charged RM100 for the VOAs per entry," he said after visiting the border checkpoint yesterday.
Currently, the VOAs are issued at the KL International Airport (KLIA), Sepang, Penang and at the Second Link in Johor Baharu.
The issuing of VOAs at the checkpoint was also to attract tourists from Brunei totalling more than two million annually.
Aseh also said Brunei and Malaysia had agreed to expand the use of the "Frequent Travellers Card" (FTC) at other border checkpoints in Sarawak and Immigration officials from both countries had met to sort out the details.
He said the use of FTCs based on the smartcard system had reduced processing time at the Sungai Tujuh border checkpoint.
It will be implemented at the other border checkpoints of Tedungan, Pandaruan, Mengkalap in Limbang.
Aseh who also visited the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) Complex said development of the second phase of the project would be speeded to cater for the increased tourist arrivals at the Brunei-Sarawak border.
Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin
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