Registration of child as a Malaysian Citizen - "Borang W"

Since the government policy always change, I would like to share with you the experience of how I apply my twins' Borang W and Malaysia passport.

Child born in Singapore can be registered as a Malaysian Citizen provided he/she not born as a Citizen of Singapore.

Register the child within one year of birth at the High Commission (Consular Section), 301 Jervois Road, Singapore 249077. You can obtain a pass from the security guy telling them you want to apply the Borang W for your child. The office applying the Borang W is in your right hand side after you go through the main door. If you go straight, it is the passport department. For you information, there is a photo booth and photocopy service in the Immigration section, but for your child, advise you to take the photos before going there.

The child is to be present accompanied by either one of the parents during submission. For my case, I go with my twins and my sisters. The office hours is from Monday to Friday (B, 8.00am - 11.00 am bringing along the following documents:

(a) Baby’s Singapore Birth Certificate (Original & 2 copies)

(b) Two (2) passport size photographs with blue background of the baby
Note that you could take the child's photo yourself with any background, must be able to see eyes opened and ears, then ask the photo studio to process it for you. For you reference, I used a photo studio in second level Woodlands Mart, cost $4 for four photos.

(c) Parent’s Malaysian NRIC, Birth Certificate, Malaysian Marriage Certificate, Citizenship Certificate, if any (Original & 2 copies each)

(d) Parent’s passport

(e) A fee of S$15.00 is payable for the registration

* All documents are to be photocopied in A4 size.
Foreign documents are to be endorsed by the relevant foreign mission concerned before submission.

Original application forms are available at the Consular Section. You can collect and submit the applications on the same day. For my twins, I actually collected the Borang W application forms at around 7.30am and fill out four of them in 15 minutes (with my sister's help). The officer will keep your child's Singapore birth certificate, as well as your Malaysia identity card.

You will get your birth registration certificate (Borang W) seven (7) working days after submission of your application. Upon obtaining the Borang W, you should proceed to the Immigration Section at the High Commission to apply for a passport for your child. You can obtain the free passport application form from the Q & A counter. After filling up the passport application forms, submit the photos with the forms to the Q & A officer, then the office will sign on it so that you don't need to bring the children later when applying the passport for the child.

By the way, I drove to the high court. Many people complained that there is no parking facilities there, actually there is. You can park in the two Gas station nearby, either Esso or SPC. If you cannot get the car park there, across the Esso and SPC, there are HDB car parks, this is about five minutes walking distance to the high court.

By the day you collected the Borang W, you can proceed immediately to submit the passport applications. It costs you $62 for each passport. They will tell you to come back at 2PM. The things you need to bring to apply the passport includes the Borang W, Malaysia identity card for the parent, Singapore birth certificate, one photocopy for each.

After you go back to collect the passport, you need to tell the security there that you are going to collect the passport because the pass is also the queue number for collecting the passport. The process of collecting the passport is quite fast, so you don't need to queue there early to get the passport.

(Immigration Tel: 67328067 or email to singapore@imi.gov.my).