Does Malaysia have an outbound immigration check at the causeway bridge linking it to Singapore? If not, wouldn't just driving to/from SIN and flying through there eliminate many of the issues of whose passport you entered/exited with?

It might be inconvenient and add expense, but using the bridge and flying within MY via Johor might make things easier if there is no outbound check at any of the bridges.

Malaysia has outbound immigration checks at all borders.

However, many Malaysians with dual passports travel overseas via Singapore. Malaysia<->Singapore, they use the Malaysian passports, which thus gets the Singapore stamps. Singapore<->US, they exit Singapore on the Malaysian passport but use the US passport to enter the US (and show it if requested at check-in) --> as far as Malaysia is concerned, they're just visiting Singapore, which requires no advance visa.

There appear to be no alternatives according to the rules.

Hi I need urgent advice on this matter. If you know about travelling on both aussie and malaysian passports, please let me know. Thanks.

What sorts of information do you need that has not already been covered in the thread?

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If that was your intention you need to plan it ahead to get the proper proof that you are a M'sian citizen living abroad as PR of another country well before the incoming children obtaining M'sian citizenship issue arise.

My SIL(M'sian) discuss all these issues prior to her marriage with her family, my family, her family's lawyer in M'sia and Canada.

Trying to provide proof after the fact usually is not a good idea.

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Also a note for others:

Just because you have or is entitled to more than one passport, their usage or misuse will have effect on your travel safety, future citizenship plans for oneself as well as your children.

Hi All

Firstly, apologies if this has been covered previously, but I could not see it - appreciate it if you could point where it has been covered.

Like many here, I have both a Malaysian and another passport, UK in this case. However, I work in Singapore. Most of the previous posts involve Malaysians in either UK or Aus, who travel through Singapore to get into Malaysia.

Would it be possible to leave Singapore on my UK passport, enter Malaysia on my Malaysian passport, and then leave Malaysia on the Malaysian passport? My concern comes that, my EP in Singapore is linked to my UK passport. Would going through the autogates at Malaysia make life easier?

Thanks

Confusedbrit, I'm interested to know if you managed to enter and leave Malaysia on your Malaysian passport and enter and leave Singapore with your UK passport. I assume the autogates would mean you don't have to meet face to face with an immigration officer. I have the same questions.

I've finished my trip and wanted to put some info out there to travellers in the same boat. I used my foreign passport to leave and enter Malaysia. Immigration control went through smoothly. No questions (as of yet), about the "place of birth" as it's my first time travelling through.

I figured the passport stamps wouldn't add up in the Malaysian passport, and like other advice that has been given here, I'll travel on the foreign one and only use the Malaysian passport to return and have it renewed locally.

Hi everyone, I read through all the posts and have a sense of what others' experiences have been, and am hoping someone would provide some additional guidance on if anyone else has been able to do the following:

1) My partner still holds MY passport and IC card, but obtained NZ citizenship and passport last year. He was in NZ as PR before that date.

2) We relocated to Australia to work last year, on his NZ passport.

3) His MY passport expires in a few months, and he's hoping to try to successfully renew it, but is aware of the pitfalls.

4) If he flies MEL-SIN, using NZ passport on exit from AUS and MY passport on entry to SIN, is there any chance SIN immigration will let him in with less than 6 months validity, if he explains he needs to go home to renew?

5) Use the MY passport then from SG - MY on the causeway bridge. I take it this is where the system may flag that he somehow magically appeared in SG without swiping out of NZ?

6) Renew MY passport then use it to go back into SG.

7) Depart SG with MY passport and use the NZ passport on arrival into AUS

Would this not leave him in immigration limbo, meaning that as far as MY is concerned, he's hanging out indefinitely somewhere, or obviously using a second passport to enter another country?

Basically the more I look at it, the more likely it seems he will be caught and forced to renounce at some point.

Can't he renew at the Embassy in NZ or by mail, or have a relative file the mail renewal for him?

In NZ he would have to show some sort of visa/PR in his MY passport that entitles him to be in NZ at the time (and his PR in effect has been cancelled when granted citizenship). Plus mailing from consulate/embassy can take an amazing amount of months to do (whereas in Malaysia it's only a couple of hours, go figure!).

As for trying to get a family member to renew it in Malaysia, that is an option worth checking into, thanks. He's flying to SG next month and could hand the old one to his family.