Immigration Department of Malaysia
The Immigration Department of Malaysia () is a department of the Malaysian federal government that provides services to Malaysian citizens, permanent residents and foreign visitors. The department is responsible for issuing passports, travel documents, visas, passes and permits; administering and managing the movement of people at authorised entry and exit points; and enforcing immigration legislation including the Immigration Act 1959/63 and the Passport Act 1966. The department is a section of the Ministry of Home Affairs. History In the early years before World War II, the Immigration Department conducted surveillance and inspection work involving the inspection of travellers and travel documents at entry points. Immigration matters were administered by a Senior Officer of the Malayan Civil Service who bore the title of "Immigration Officer of the Straits Settlement and Federated Malay States". He was assisted by the Deputy Immigration Officer, who was actually a police officer, temporarily seconded to the post. They were based in Penang which was the main entry point into Malaya. Other entry points were Changloon, Padang Besar, Kroh and Port Swettenham. The administrative centre was based in Singapore. After World War II, the Immigration Department was known as The Refugees and Disposal Persons Bureau which was