Just got my new passport after ten years using the previous
one. Things are so different now.
1. Sent them my nice nice coloured photo. When I
collected, it became black and white.
2. My passport number no longer same as my NRIC nbr. Like
that how to remember?
3. Have to renew every five years wor. Five years very
fast one leh. Wait I forget to renew and am going for
holiday. How?
4. Have to be very careful with the new passport cuz it contains
a chip and atenna embedded in the data page (they call it
Biopass). Hence have to treat with due care like any portable
electronic device ie by ensuring that it does not become wet, bent
or mutilated.
Why would you want to remember your passport number? Is there
the need to remember it?
I just collected my new passport not long ago, when the staff
handed over the new passport for me to sign, the biopass page was
already slightly bended, and that makes the whole passport slightly
bended as well.
One more thing to add, ICA doesn't encourage people to
pay the passport fee by cash. Look at the application form, it
mentions all sort of payment methods but does not mention the cash
payment. That time I gave the female staff two $50 notes, she asked
me: "You don't have cashcard", I replied no, she still can asked
me: "Then you don't have $70 exactly?" (If I have $70, I would have
give you already right!) Can see that she was not happy when I paid
in cash. When everything was done, she placed the passport and
other stuffs on the counter then straightaway press the next
number. Very poor service attitude.
