Malaysia plans to move travellers at its entry points onto QR-code immigration clearance through the MyNIISe app from January 2027, Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail told the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday (27 October), Free Malaysia Today reported. By 13 October, 421,000 Singaporeans had registered for the app, out of about 1.5 million users.
What changes in January
MyNIISe, the app for Malaysia’s National Integrated Immigration System, will replace the existing MyIMMs system for immigration checks. “Starting January next year, we hope to roll out the system. This means travellers entering the country will undergo immigration checks using QR codes,” Saifuddin said while winding up the debate on his ministry’s 2027 budget.
“Passports can still be used. But to use the QR code, travellers must first download the MyNIISe application,” he added. Travellers still carry their passports when they use the QR code.
The registration count as of 13 October was 998,000 Malaysians, 421,000 Singaporeans and 112,000 other foreign nationals. The system remains in its trial phase, and the Home Ministry aims to sort out QR-scanning problems at the counters before the full launch, The Edge Malaysia reported.
What Singaporeans can already use
Singapore passport holders have been able to clear Malaysian immigration with a MyNIISe QR code since the trial began on 22 September 2025 at the two Johor land checkpoints: Bangunan Sultan Iskandar at the end of the Causeway, and the Sultan Abu Bakar complex at the Second Link. The trial opened with 27 QR-ready booths at Bangunan Sultan Iskandar and 24 at the Second Link, covering cars, motorcycles and pedestrians, with more booths to be added in phases.
The app has a foreign visitor sign-up and a group option, so one QR code can cover a family travelling together. Each person in the group still needs a passport registered in the app. The same app is also planned for the co-located immigration clearance on the Johor Bahru-Singapore RTS Link.
For flights, Singaporeans already have a separate passport-only route at Kuala Lumpur International Airport through the Malaysia e-Gate.
Arrival card and the RM100 warning
Singapore citizens are exempt from the Malaysia Digital Arrival Card (MDAC), which most other foreign visitors must submit before arrival. MDAC is to be folded into the MyNIISe app eventually.
The minister also warned that syndicates were charging travellers RM100 to complete the arrival card, which is free to submit on the Immigration Department’s own site.
