E-gates at Johor land checkpoints open to Singaporeans, says Malaysian house minister

On Monday, Singapore’s Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) mentioned that steady heavy visitors by the Woodlands and Tuas Checkpoints is predicted over the upcoming Chinese New Year holidays. Tailbacks are additionally anticipated from Malaysia.

In October final 12 months, crowds of Causeway bus travellers from Singapore have been seen at Malaysia’s immigration constructing in Johor Bahru forward of the Deepavali lengthy weekend.

Movies shared on the Fb web page Malaysia-Singapore Border Crossers confirmed a crush of commuters jostling for area on the bus platform, the place shouts have been heard as folks pushed ahead to stroll up the escalator and staircase into the arrival immigration corridor. 

ICA mentioned visitors stream by the land checkpoints has returned to pre-COVID ranges throughout peak hours.

“Through the year-end vacation season in 2022, multiple million travellers handed by each land checkpoints, with about 361,000 crossing each day.”

The authority added that through the peak of the Chinese language New Yr interval in 2019, the common ready time for travellers departing or arriving by automobile by way of the land checkpoints was about three hours.