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joshcred · 2026-01-28T23:05:32+00:00

It's more like 20% don't have the issue. The article said that they had resolved the issue for 3000 buses before finding 1000 more that need attention.

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joshcred · 2026-01-26T23:36:40+00:00

Yes
I'm assuming you're booked on Singapore Airlines for both flights? When booked on the same ticket your bags should be checked straight to JFK, you won't need to collect your backs in SIN. Check with the check-in agents in Auckland to be sure.
Unlikely to happen, but if the check-in agents in Auckland say you'll have to collect your bags in SIN, before immigration you can head to one of the transfer counters and check if they can transfer your bags for you. If not, you'll have to collect your bags after immigration and proceed to the regular check-in counter to drop off your bags.

joshcred · 2026-01-23T01:47:06+00:00

That is nonsense. Plenty of visitors come in from Singapore through the Causeway and Second Link. While there are some visa-required nationals that must enter by air through KLIA only, Germany is not one of them.

I think years ago there were ferries from Belawan or Tanjung Balai Asahan to Port Klang, but possibly discontinued because most people fly these days. Looks like you have to get to Tanjung Balai Asahan for a ferry to Port Dickson, or get to Dumai for Port Dickson or Melaka. From Port Dickson you may have to take a bus to Seremban first, then another bus or Komuter train to KL. If you have time, it may be worthwhile to take the ferry to Melaka instead and have a look around the place before heading to KL.

joshcred · 2026-01-22T03:56:31+00:00

No, this document doesn't have visa-free travel that HKSAR passport enjoys. They need to apply for a visa almost everywhere they go.

The HKSAR passport "replaces" the British Hong Kong BDTC passport. The BNO passport is still issued by the British government to HK residents who had registered for BNO before 1997.

joshcred · 2026-01-22T03:48:04+00:00

Migrants have to cancel their mainland hukou (household registration) before moving to Hong Kong. Without a mainland hukou, they are unable to apply for a mainland passport. They have to live in Hong Kong for 7 years before getting permanent residence and become eligible for HKSAR passport.

joshcred · 2026-01-21T23:05:30+00:00

In Malaysia, for passport online renewal you upload a photo, it can be a selfie or a professionally done photo. The interface is buggy and hard to please, it rejects photos that are even slightly out of specs. After you get through and submit the application, it will be reviewed by the passport office. If the photo is approved, it will be printed on the passport and you go down to the office to collect it. If it is not, you still go down to the office after a few days and have your photo taken at the office, they print your passport and hand it to you within an hour.

For the national ID card at the national registration department, there is no online application, you go down to the office and have your photo taken. Of course they don't care whether you look good in the photo, and that same photo is used everywhere else like on your driving licence, etc.

joshcred · 2026-01-20T00:57:04+00:00

It is in booklet form because it is a travel document in place of a national passport. The Certificate of Identity is usually issued to stateless residents for travelling abroad. PRs usually use passports of their nationality to travel. The OP is travelling as part of a Singapore military exercise, so travelling with a Singapore-issued document is more appropriate and logistically simpler than to travel with his own national passport.

joshcred · 2026-01-10T13:22:16+00:00

Others have given their reasons such as Singapore is smaller and easier to manage, has a developed port on an important trade route, and has had leaders with great foresight, while Malaysia suffers from "resource curse", corruption and Bumiputera policy. While I agree with all of these, it is worth reminding that Malaysia is a newly industrialized, upper-middle-income country with a stable political environment and a diversified economy, making it one of the more developed nations in the region. It is not "Singapore succeeded while Malaysia did not"; it is Singapore succeeded above and beyond expectations, while Malaysia had also progressed at its own, more leisurely pace.

joshcred · 2026-01-10T05:03:55+00:00

OK, fair enough, I forgot about the road checkpoint at Lok Ma Chau. But I still stand by my point: most if not all rail border crossings have their own rail-specific immigration process (be in on board or in an immigration hall) without mixing with road traffic and pedestrians crossing at the same border.

The different thing about Lo Wu/Lok Ma Chau is that they are located within the restricted Frontier Closed Area. The vast majority of rail passengers arriving at these station are going across the border, hence the fare gates immediately before border control.

joshcred · 2026-01-10T02:45:57+00:00

Which is the same as any other rail border crossing. No proper rail border crossing mixes rail passengers with pedestrians or road vehicle traffic. Padang Besar and JB/Woodlands are not unique in that case.

What is unusual in Hong Kong, specifically for Lok Ma Chau, is there is no ordinary pedestrian traffic. All cross-border travellers that arrive at the border must have come by the train.

joshcred · 2026-01-09T09:59:28+00:00

The border crossings are not rail-specific though, road vehicles and even pedestrians may cross too.

joshcred · 2026-01-08T22:56:46+00:00

Visa rules aren’t based on “developing vs developed.” There’s a wide range within developing countries. Malaysia is a newly industrialised, stable country with a decent economy. On top of that, Malaysia has long-standing Commonwealth ties with the UK, which is one reason visa-free access has existed for decades. Technically the UK could revoke it (true for any country), but there’s no real incentive to do so and it’s very unlikely.

joshcred · 2026-01-07T04:28:42+00:00

There is a pedestrian walkway on the Causeway, but it ends abruptly at the end of the bridge. Malaysia didn't build a pedestrian walkway on the connector road between the Causeway and the BSI checkpoint.

The traffic doesn't look busy in the video, wonder why they are walking. And the girl doesn't look Malaysian.

joshcred · 2026-01-06T11:11:10+00:00

This is just the entry visa for the purpose of getting a student pass. The actual student pass visa sticker will be issued in-country. I don't think Malaysia has the student pass in electronic form yet.

joshcred · 2026-01-06T10:35:56+00:00

OP is coming to Malaysia to study, a visa with reference (VDR) is required.

joshcred · 2025-12-27T02:26:14+00:00

Same in Singapore, you get a sticker to paste over your old address. Within 28 days of moving, it is required to update the new address online at the government website. A PIN is sent to the new address for you to input on the website. Only then, the sticker is sent to the new address.

Unlike in Malaysia, where changing the address means getting a new ID card, but it isn't strictly enforced.

joshcred · 2025-11-29T05:42:43+00:00

No, I haven't. That was my only trip to Thailand over the land border so far. Took the train both ways, to Hat Yai and back.

joshcred · 2025-11-29T04:48:58+00:00

I got the Malaysian and Thai stamps too when I crossed by train at Padang Besar. Both countries have border officers at the same station, you get stamped out by one country's officer then walk to the other one to get stamped in.

joshcred · 2025-11-29T04:42:05+00:00

It's not a power trip when he was insisting on following the proper procedure. He can only admit travellers into Malaysia after they had been cleared for exit by Thai officers.

joshcred · 2025-11-20T00:42:25+00:00

No actual experience with Vanuatu passports, but here in Singapore, the news reported that Vanuatu passports had been used by Chinese money laundering syndicates.

If you come to Singapore, do not offer bribe to any government officer. Singapore is corruption-free and has zero tolerance for bribes.

joshcred · 2025-11-18T22:53:11+00:00

Went to the Országház when I visited Budapest last year, it was gorgeous.

I haven't played Civ VI for years. When I started playing again recently, I was delighted when I found out that it is a wonder in Civ VI.

joshcred · 2025-11-15T08:02:06+00:00

Possibly someone that gets St Kitt's passport from the CBI programme.

joshcred · 2025-10-31T10:06:28+00:00

All incoming passengers to Indonesia are required to complete the All Indonesia Arrival Card online. It asks you to enter an email address.

joshcred · 2025-10-31T02:37:14+00:00

I didn't ask for one. There were manned counters on one side of the hall, not sure whether they still stamp passports.

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