1st October 2015 deadline for VEP extended till end of the year
25 Sep 2015|110,363 views
[Editor's note on 20 September 2019: It has come to our attention that this article has been shared across Whatsapp and Facebook with the misleading caption that Malaysia has delayed the VEP implementation in 2019. Please take note this is a 2015 article about Malaysia delaying the VEP implementation in October 2015. We have not heard any news regarding a 2019 delay.]
Drivers who make frequent trips to Malaysia will not be required to hold a Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) until the end of the year at least, reported The Straits Times.
The 1st October 2015 deadline to register will be pushed back by at least another four months to give the authorities time to develop a radio-frequency identification tag that is clone- and tamper-proof, a Malaysian Ministry of Transport (MOT) spokesman told The Straits Times.
The VEP, which has a five-year validity, costs vehicle owners an administrative fee of RM10 (S$3.30). Upon payment, each owner will need to collect a tag to stick on their car windscreen.
"We will announce the cut-off date for all Singaporean vehicles to display the tag when we are ready. It could be in June next year." He added that collection information will be sent to applicants when the tags are ready.
Although details are still being ironed out, the plan is for vehicle owners to be able to pick them up at several locations including roadside rest areas. Vehicle owners will then be given several months to collect it, he said.
About 74,000 drivers of Singapore-registered vehicles have submitted VEP applications since 15th of August 2015, when online registration began. The Malaysian authorities had expected 200,000 to 300,000 Singapore-registered private vehicles to be enrolled by the end of this year.
[Editor's note on 20 September 2019: It has come to our attention that this article has been shared across Whatsapp and Facebook with the misleading caption that Malaysia has delayed the VEP implementation in 2019. Please take note this is a 2015 article about Malaysia delaying the VEP implementation in October 2015. We have not heard any news regarding a 2019 delay.]
Drivers who make frequent trips to Malaysia will not be required to hold a Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) until the end of the year at least, reported The Straits Times.
The 1st October 2015 deadline to register will be pushed back by at least another four months to give the authorities time to develop a radio-frequency identification tag that is clone- and tamper-proof, a Malaysian Ministry of Transport (MOT) spokesman told The Straits Times.
The VEP, which has a five-year validity, costs vehicle owners an administrative fee of RM10 (S$3.30). Upon payment, each owner will need to collect a tag to stick on their car windscreen.
"We will announce the cut-off date for all Singaporean vehicles to display the tag when we are ready. It could be in June next year." He added that collection information will be sent to applicants when the tags are ready.
Although details are still being ironed out, the plan is for vehicle owners to be able to pick them up at several locations including roadside rest areas. Vehicle owners will then be given several months to collect it, he said.
About 74,000 drivers of Singapore-registered vehicles have submitted VEP applications since 15th of August 2015, when online registration began. The Malaysian authorities had expected 200,000 to 300,000 Singapore-registered private vehicles to be enrolled by the end of this year.
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