Glitch and last-minute applications cause the long queues at Immigration counters


Number’s up: Mohd Zulfikar (standing) talking to applicants at an Immigration Department counter in Putrajaya.

PETALING JAYA: The recent long queues at the Immigration Department counters in the Klang Valley and Putrajaya have been attributed to an increase in last-minute international passport applications and a temporary technical glitch.

The department’s security and passport director Datuk Mohd Zulfikar Ahmad said the international passport counters at its office in Menara Ikhlas, Putrajaya were swarmed with applications just prior to the Hari Raya school break and again after the five-day break.

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