JOHOR BARU: The QR Code Immigration Clearance System's pilot run will kick off with passengers' immigration inspections done on board factory buses.

State Works, Transportation, Infrastructure, and Communication committee chairman Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh said the clearance system's trial run will see immigration officers boarding the buses beginning this June.

"The immigration officers equipped with handheld QR scanners will board the buses and clear immigration inspection using the QR code system.

"Passengers are required to show their generated QR code to the officers on board," he said when contacted today.

An average of 400 to 500 factory buses cross the Johor-Singapore land checkpoints daily.

The buses transport workers from the state to the republic for their daily commutes to various factories and industrial areas.

Fazli said the Home Ministry had decided on the "officers-on-board" method during the system's trial run before its implementation at land checkpoints at the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) complex in Bangunan Sultan Iskandar (BSI) in Johor Baru, and the SecondLink Komplex Sultan Abu Bakar (KSAB) in Gelang Patah.

He said further discussion between the ministry and the Immigration Department were underway to refine its implementation.

"It is now at the 'polishing up' and 'tightening' stage," he said.

Fazli also disclosed that the Malaysia Cross Boarder Agency (MCBA) had also be roped into the QR system implementation committee.

There are 23 agencies stationed at BSI and 14 at KSAB.

Yesterday, the New Straits Times reported the Johor-Singapore Causeway congestion was anticipated to be alleviated with the QR Code Immigration Clearance System.

The system will be rolled out in phases, with Johor being the first state in the country to implement the system at its international checkpoints, which is acknowledged as the world's busiest land crossing.

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