GEORGE TOWN: A total of 2.8 million new passports have been issued so far since the Covid-19 pandemic, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
"After the pandemic, applications for passports increased fourfold, leading to congestion especially in Immigration offices within the Klang Valley."But so far, only 40% of them have started travelling overseas," he said on Saturday .
"The office in Perlis only issues between 20 to 30 passports daily, but the amount is multiplied at offices in bigger cities," he said. "Our immediate step was to identify 21 offices that often faced congestion and extend their operating hours," he said.
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