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The Process to Renew Passport in Malaysia
Step 1: Queue for number and get documents ready
- our old passport
- our IC (identification card)
Step 2: Photo taking
Full Passport Renewal Fee in Malaysia (5 Years Validity)
| Normal Applicant (13-59 years old) | RM 200 |
| Senior Citizens (60 years old and above) | RM 100 |
| Students in Degree Program Studying Abroad (below 21 years old) | RM 100 |
| Haj Pilgrims (must have proof from Tabung Haji/authorized agency) | RM 100 |
| Disabled (OKU) | FREE |
Passport Size Photo in Malaysia
In case you want to bring your own photo, here are the requirements that you need to follow: –- The passport photo must be in 50mm x 35 mm with white background
- The face from the bottom of your chin to the top of your head is 25 mm to 30 mm
- For children below 4 years old, the passport photo must be in 35 mm x 50 mm with the same chin to the top of head size of 25 mm to 30 mm
Step 3: Wait to collect new Malaysian passport
We were told that we have to wait for an hour maximum to get our new passport. So, we drove to Publika for a cup of coffee at Room 203 @ Fin KL.
We went back to KDN and by 11.45 am, our passports were already done, waiting for us to collect. If you’re in a hurry, you can actually collect it some other day using your receipt instead of waiting for it to be done.
Total time needed for the whole process: 1 hour 27 minutesTips to speed up the process of passport renewal in Malaysia
Tip #1: Know your way in KDN
The building is quite big so it might take some time to reach the designated room.
Here’s a helping hand:
- As soon as you entered the building, turn right and take the escalator.
- Then, turn left to the room labeled “A” for passport renewal.
- Don’t be distracted by the bazaar at the lobby!! 😆
Tip #2: Get your documents ready
Tip #3: Go on weekdays
Be prepared to wait for whole day if you plan to go on weekend. A friend of mine recently renewed his passport at UTC on a weekend and he waited from 8.30 am until evening! My recent experience at Sri Hartamas took me less than 1.5 hours. Another friend of mine went to the UTC branch on a weekday at 8 pm and got everything done in just 1 hour!! Daebak! The good news? You don’t need to be there early (unless you’re going during the weekend)! I believe that if everyone follow my advice here, the time needed to renew passport in Malaysia can be reduced even more! Don’t you agree? 😉Renew Passport Malaysia Price (Validity: 5 years)
- Normal Applicant (13 years old until 59 years old): RM200
- Senior citizens (above 60 years old): RM100
- Children (12 years and below): RM100
- Students in the degree program studying abroad (below 21 years old): RM100
- Haj Pilgrims (with proof from Tabung Haji or authorized agency): RM100
- Disabled (OKU): Free
- For Degree Students under 21 years old pursuing study at the Institute of Higher Education abroad should submit the following supporting documents: –
- Offer letter from college or university / scholarship letter / sponsorship
- Receipt of registration fee
- Matrix student card (if you are studying)
- Disabled applicant are required to attach the Disabled Card issued by the Social Welfare Department as evidence.
- Mode of payment can be either cash, credit card or via postal order.
Here’s the address and opening hours for both Sri Hartamas and UTC KL branch.
Sri Hartamas:
Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia (Immigration Department of Malaysia)
Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur,
Aras 1, Kompleks Kementerian Dalam Negeri,
Jalan Sri Hartamas 1, Off Jalan Dutamas 1,
50551 Kuala Lumpur
Opening Hours:
Monday – Thursday: 7.30 am – 5.30 pm (Break time: 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm)
Friday: 7.30 am – 5.30 pm (Break time for Friday prayers: 12.15 pm – 2.45 pm)
Saturday/Sunday/Public holiday: Closed
UTC Kuala Lumpur:
Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia (Immigration Department of Malaysia)
Cawangan UTC Kuala Lumpur,
Aras 2, Wisma UTC,
Jalan Pudu (Pudu Sentral),
55100 Kuala Lumpur
Opening Hours:
Monday – Thursday: 8.30 am – 9.30 pm (Break time: 7.00 pm – 8.00 pm)
Friday: 8.30 am – 9.30 pm (Break time: 12.15 pm – 2.45 pm / 7.00 pm – 8.00 pm)
Saturday – Sunday: 8.30 am – 9.30 pm (Break time: 7.00 pm – 8.00 pm)
For full list of opening hours for Immigration Department of Malaysia (KDN) branches, click here: https://www.imi.gov.my/portal2017/index.php/ms/hubungi-kami/waktu-urusan.html
Online Appointment to Renew Passport
Online booking appointment is currently not compulsory but it might help you save some time so I would recommend you to schedule an online booking appointment first.
P/S: Since they have recently changed passport vendor, the queues have been crazy. You guys might still need to be there early (4 am) to avoid finished number problem. Just remember to get your documents on hand while in the queue. If you arrive there at 7 am, you might need to be back another day for passport collection. Good luck!
Renew Passport Online
GOOD NEWS! You can now renew your passport online through the MyOnline Passport eServices portal. Great for those who just don’t have time to go to the branch directly.
With MyOnline Passport, you can renew the passport online and make your payment using Credit Card or FPX. Once done, you can then collect your passport at the date, time and location determined by the system.
Do let me know your experience if you’ve tried it.
Hi dear, I wanted to ask will be making new passport same process as renew except that we don’t need to prepare for the old passport? 🙂 This sounds really fast even my parents went for KL UTC it took them few hours on weekday!!
Yes, it’s the same. My friend went to UTC KL during weekdays @ 8pm. All done by 9pm, even faster than me!
Thanks for this helpful guide! It’s good to see how efficient it is now. But only at this place right?
Both Sri Hartamas and UTC KL 🙂
Thanks for this guide! 🙂
You’re welcome! 😀
Anyone knows what is the current situation of “passport shortage” that happened last month?
Based on the comment from a reader above, seems like the process is still slower than before but considered improved already.
HI … There is break time at Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia (Immigration Department of Malaysia)
Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur,
Aras 1, Kompleks Kementerian Dalam Negeri,
Jalan Sri Hartamas 1, Off Jalan Dutamas 1,
50551 Kuala Lumpur
Monday to Thursday
Breaktime 1.00 pm to 2.00pm
26 SEP 2016 (Monday)
I just wanted to update the readers that I came to this branch at 8am, took the number at 840am. It’s 1030am now and still not my turn yet. Please be prepared for some waiting time if you’re gonna come here. Thanks.
Thank you for the update 🙂
What time did you manage to collect your passport?
Those who doesn’t want to wait can try online passport renewal.
Finally collected at 12pm. Total 4 hours spent there. Breakdown as follow:
Arrive at 8am
Take number at 840am
Have photo taken at 11am
Paid at 1110am
Collected at 12pm
For my case I couldn’t do online due to error shown on their website “Cap cari anda yang tersimpan telah rosak atau tiada dan perlu dilakukan pengambilan semula…”
Oh… that’s considered quite good already. My friend who renewed in Putrajaya couldn’t get hers on the same day.
Hi….may I know if we just need only the old passport and mykad for passport renewal? No need to pre-fill any forms and photo will be taken by the Officer?
Yes, that’s correct 🙂
Lined up in Hartamas Immigration Office at 7.10am this morning (12/10/16) to renew my passport, by which time there were already 40 ppl in front of me. The Office was opened at 7.35am and mothers with children and senior citizens were invited to come in first. As senior citizen, I received no 2012. I had to wait exactly one hour for my number to be called by which time the general queue number was running at 1067. There were initially 2 people attending to the counter marked ‘khas’, but one left the counter at 8am and never returned. It was at this time that the first person in the general queue was seen collecting his passport and exiting the Immigration Office. It was another one hour wait to collect my passport. What is more confusing is that the senior citizen after me was given a general number 1009 and he finished and collected his passport half an hour before I could collect mine.
My question to Immigration Hartamas Office is what is the point in having a special counter for children and senior citizens when the service is far far slower than that of the general public. Is it not the intention to have a special counter so that these category of the public is less inconvenienced?
From entering the Immigration Office to collection of passport – 2 hours 15 minutes.
Many years ago there were Passport Machines. These machines now lie idle? What happened to this multi-million ringgit project paid for by tax-payers monies?
Thanks for sharing your experience! Yes, I was wondering about the machines as well 🙁
Sad to see them just stood there, doing nothing.
Anyway, 2 hours 15 minutes is considered as fast already based on the experiences I heard.
The last time I had a passport done was 10 years ago.
In the online portal of Immigration Dept, it states that to have a new one done, I need my [1] current passport, [2] IC and [3] Birth Certificate.
Seriously, do I need birth certificate?
Hmmm that’s weird, they didn’t request Birth Certificate when I went there personally.
Thank you Charmaine Pua for all your details, done it today with new plastic print out passport really cool.
Duration on 3 hours, on Shah Alam JPN. Reach 7:30 long Q (Tuesday), was the 35th, after payment there still number count to 50.
Information left out on this page, please only wear black shirt, your shirt does not play any role on the outcome much, since only cut with your face only. Else you might need to wear those tom dick and harry free wear.. 😀
Haha, you’re welcome, Andy!
Actually it’s not the color that matters, it’s the collar.
It’s recommended to wear collared shirt. Or else you’ll have to wear their blazer.
Ok, that’s good to know let’s see what they could improve for the next 5 years when my passport expired.
Honestly, why all the Government building look so old, where the pruntukan is billion billion every year.. 🙁
Renewed my passport today (26/10/16, Wednesday) at Kelana Jaya immigration. Relatively efficient process. I went at around 12.30 p.m. on the off chance that there might be a number left since I was in the area anyway, and received a number immediately. Was called and photographed within 15 minutes, then received new passport within 45 minutes. Very impressed at how efficient it was. Maybe I just got lucky, not sure, but it seems to be possible to get it done in the afternoon as well, not just the early morning ?
Hi, may I know where can we park our car for passport renewal at Sri Hartamas office and what’s the parking rate like? Would you recommend Publika or Kelana Jaya office if I could reach as early as 7am?
There’s free parking at Sri Hartamas office so I guess Publika is the best choice.
Thanks Charmaine for your prompt advice
thanks for the info! it help especially this is my first time to the hartamas one. dont think its a good idea to come when its near to festive time though, tried Pudu one last week on weekday day time, queue was 200+ until my turn so i gave up.
830am reached Sri Hartamas one and took number, im the 97th
930am only the officers started to handle the queue
there was some ‘system down’ in between thus there were some moments of not progressing at all
12pm finally get to take photo
12.15pm paid
2pm doors open after lunch break, us who are waiting for collection gets to enter earlier
2.20pm passport renewing done
**i double checked the website, not sure its updated or what but they actually have a lunch break at 1-2pm.
Hi Rachel,
Thanks for sharing! Yes, apparently they have lunch time now.
Updated my post 🙂
Just renewed my passport yesterday at Sri Hartamas. Got there at 11.30, found out I also had to renew my IC – I haven’t lived in M’sia for a long time and the officers pretty much laughed when they saw my old IC. Managed to get it all done by 12.30pm including the renewal of the IC- went for lunch at Publika and went back to collect at 2.30pm. All was smooth and the officers were really friendly and helpful. Thanks to you, it was all very comprehensive and clear. Your blog made it really straightforward and easy.
Do you need to go to other location to get your IC renew? cause i think my IC has some probloem with the thumbprint 🙁
Your post is so famous that it come out the first search. I’m going to renew my passport tomorrow.
Great thanks …. Billy Chan …..
Kamsiah for your support, friend! 😀
Was there today (19 May 2017) to renew my wife’s and son’s passport (15 year old). Learnt we need photocopy (both side, 40 sen per page, got this done on Ground Floor) of IC at least of one parent and child.
Also you will need the original birth certificate if your child is below 18 year old. Regarding this there is a different rule if child is born abroad, not sure please check with Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia.
Can purchase retrieve your birth certificate on Ground Floor, assuming if you forgot bring along.
Arrived : – 7.10am
Waited and got number : – 7.38am (staff shall check for IC Passport Birth Cert)
Took picture : – 8.00am
Paid : 8:36am (fee MYR 200 each)
Collected passport : – 9:30am (applicant must be present)
Parking is free, when I left the car park, it was full. Staff are friendly and helpful – at least in Room A (passport renewal). Good office to renew passport as pretty efficient.
Did you need to bring a copy of your IC?
Has anyone tried to renew online via that link? Does it work?
I went to UTC Sentul to renew my passport today. After managed to find a parking lot behind the building which is quite smelly in back and dimmed alley, I thought I was too late to get a que number for renewal.
When I reached the Immigration office at the 2nd of the building, the officer in charge of issuing que number just inform me to keep my ready filled up form and passport photos.
He told me that my que number of 1164 issued at 9 pm, I should be able to get my new passport by 930 pm..
I am a bit doubtful of his estimate but reply to him that it definitely fantastic new system if I can do it with in 30 minutes.
After waited for 5 minutes, my number was called to proceed to the counter for processing of renewal with my IC and thumb print, which updating of my hp no’s.
After took a photo in front of the camera next to the counter, I was told to wait to proceed to next counter for payment.
After paid the RM 200 for renewal of passport, which is much cheaper than I had paid in 2012, I waited for another 10 minutes, about 925 pm for collection of my new passport.
I am amaze with the new system of processing on passport renewal in Malaysia which we always thought that can only happen in our neighborhood country in the southern part !
Is it ok to go at 2pm so I only need to take 1/2 day leave?
I tried apply online but I tried many times uploading the photo even resizing it . But it still didn’t let me get through . It said my photo is not jpeg file
can anyone tell me how to do it? Thanks
photo size must more than 100Kb and 300dpi and 413pixel x 591 pixel.
when upload photo , can try select “hijab” . thanks
Can I renew my passport at UTC Ipoh Perak? Is it open during this MCO?
Yes, they are open from 8am-5pm. Try to avoid Friday as they will be closed for Solat Jumaat from 12.15pm til 2.45pm 🙂
Hi Charmaine, stumbled upon your post while searching for information. I’m currently residing in Singapore and looking to renew my passport when I head back to Malaysia in December. Do you know if there is any delay in passport renewal due to Covid?
Currently it’s a wait time of 8 weeks here in Singapore.
I’ve asked my friends who renewed their passports recently (Sept 2021) and most of them commented that they got their passports within 1 hour. Most of them went to UTC but recommended that you get your appointment online first via http://sto.imi.gov.my/e-temujanji/home.php. Remember to print out your online appointment confirmation. Good luck!
Thanks so much Charmaine! Appreciate it.