MyDaftar offers fast track on citizenship documentation

The process of MyKad application has been simplified with written exams in Bahasa Melayu for elderly applicants replaced with simple oral interviews.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The government initiated the MyDaftar campaign in February 2011 to identify Malaysian Indians who do not possess identification documents and to assist them in obtaining one.

This initiative was jointly led by the Special Implementation Task Force (SITF) and National Registration Department with the support of MIC and Indian community NGOs.

During the campaign period, over 80 National Registration Department counters in nine states were opened, including on weekends, for those wishing to obtain identification documents to submit their application for due process.

The process of application was simplified with written exams in Bahasa Melayu for applicants who were 50 years old and above, replaced with simple oral interviews.

Further, for incomplete applications, volunteers from MIC and NGOs were assigned to assist the applicants with obtaining necessary supporting documents and completing the registration procedure.

Throughout the campaign, 14,385 Malaysian Indians who did not possess identification documents came forward to the MyDaftar counters, out of which a total 9,529 submitted applications to the National Registration Department.

Within just 14 months, 6,590 applications have been approved and the rest are being processed.

Apart from the MyDaftar campaign, the government have also partnered with major Indian community NGOs such as DHRRA Malaysia, MyIndians.com and Helping Hands Malaysia to resolve the documentation problem faced by Indians in Malaysia.

For further enquiry, please contact:
N Siva Subramaniam- datosivataskforce@gmail.com / 017-6645287

Thanasegaran- thana.taskforce@gmail.com / 016-2957172

Jawatankuasa Kabinet Masyarakat India, (Special Indian Task Force)
Aras 9, Blok D3, Kompleks D
Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan
62502 Putrajaya.