Borang K (yellow Form) English

[Edward]

WellI decided to create this page for those people (like me) who need to renounce their citizenship as soon as possible and cannot wait the current queue of 5 months to get their renunciation slip from the High Commission at Jervois Road.

To beat the time and get your slip within 2 hours, you will need to get across the Causeway and into Johore Bahru. Take either a car or the bus 170 (which brings you to City Square) if you want to get across Compleks Iskandar. Walking across the Causeway is highly not recommended because the new roads are very curvy and you might end up walking for an hour or two.

The Commissioner of Oaths who will handle your renunciation is also not in the Wisma. He is in the yellow building opposite the road, ground level, where just outside sells decent nasi lemak and mee rebus. The procedure is pretty quick and simple.

I hope this guide serves as an alternative and a huge help to those who needs their Singaporean passports renewed ASAP. I guess the only drawback here is going crossing the Causeway, which can be a huge pain at peak hours.

I just received a letter from the Malaysian Government saying that I have to go down to the Wisma at JB to collect the official renunciation form. Letter is dated 30.04.09 but it was mailed on 26.05.09, received 30.05.09.

Yes, this means that you will have to have both Singapore and Malaysian Citizenship. I was born in Malaysia but converted to Singapore Citizenship when I was in primary school. I have only had a pink I/C and Singapore passport. Before that, was traveling under joint passport with my mother.

For my case, I do not have Singapore Passport yet as I need to renounce my Malaysia citizenship before I could get my Singapore citizenship status. May I know, can I still renouce my Malaysia citizenship at JB and how to return to Singapore since I have surrendered my Malaysia passport to them already.

But in order to truly confirm status, you would still have to get the official renunciation letter from HQ in KL by a certain date (1-2 months) to submit to ICA. According to the renunciation officer at the Wisma, the official letter will be ready in roughly a month.

Hmm, the last time I went to MHC for an appointment is in April 09, and they gave me an appointment in August 09. So I think there is a pretty good chance you can make an appointment in Sept or Oct 09 if you go soon.

So cfm that we can surrender the IC at Wisma Persekutuan first then go to immigration to cancel passport? As I need to renounce my Malaysia Citizenship before I can apply for my Singapore passport. Need urgent advise please.

Surrendering of IC was what RAj (another commenter) suggested and said it worked. I myself, am not 100% sure if it works. Call up the Wisma to check it out first. You can find the Malaysian number in one of the comments I posted above.

Hi All,

I chanced upon this website and thank you for all the valuable info.

Mandy, did you just recently made the enquiry?

I just receive my confirmation from Singapore ICA. But I need to reply them by June 18

Is yours the same?

Hi June,

Yes. I just got done the enquiry on 14 May. I have went thru the NEE thingy and now waiting to renounce my Malaysia Citizenship. I went back to MHC and ask for a favour from the officer who fixed the appt. She managed to squeeze me in Aug. ? Just make sure that you talk to her nicely and ask her to help if possible. Give her a valid reason that you can think of. :p

If you went via the Wisma P. route:

From what I can gather, you can collect your original Borang K and birth cert about 2 months after getting the first Resit of payment for Borang K. However, still have to wait for their letter from the KL High Comm in order to go down to the Wisma. (I submitted application 1 April, received letter from KL on 30 May.)

Bring ALL documents you have with you, just to make sure. Also, you would like to call up MHC first to ask what documentation you have that confirms your identity as a Malaysian. Better be safe and prepared!

Im 32 year olds and wish to skip the 5 mths waiting for the appointment date from MHC.

Can I renounce in Wisma there but Im not holding dual Citizenship. Can i proceed to submit in Wisma? will it be problem in custom since passport had been submited at Wisma there.

Thanks for your effort to create this information sheet. I think is it very good reference for those who is going to renounce the Malaysian Citizenship.

I already got the Singapore Citizhenship Approval letter. I am holding Malaysia Passport & Singapore PR status.

Currently I am processing to buy the Resale HDB, so I really need to expedite the process of renounce. However, the date the MHC given me is 5 months later. I request them to provide me the earliest date as possible. But they not yet confirm me.

Vijane: Yes, I believe making your I/C and Passport in the Malaysian Singapore Embassy would work, but *please call them first* and find out the waiting time and whether they could process it in say, 3 days? There might be a lot of administrative work to be done.

Jackson: The moment you receive the official Form K, make a double-sided photocopy of it and submit it to the front desk of the Citizen Services Center. They will clip the photocopy with the ICA letter and other relevant documents. Nothing else has to be done! ?

The reason I used for bringing forward my appointment was that I had to go study overseas. The lady was kind enough to let me have an appt within 2 weeks. But because I had to get my slip within a week, they suggested that I went to the Wisma in the end. ?

Wen: All documents that are double sided (including birth cert) should have their page 1 and page 2 photocopied. ? just photocopy anything that contains any information. The documents to be photocopied has been mentioned in the initial post. Just being everything and ask the guy at the counter.

There is a problem now if you are renouncing in Singapore via High Commission of Malaysia. Collection of Certificate of Renunciation (Form K) will take between 2-3 years. Up from the initial 2 years they said. They claimed that this was due to the surge in applications. FYI please.

Also, if the queue to meet Commissioner of Oaths is 6 months, it does not include sending the form to KL HQ for final administration. Additionally, the commissioner only signs and chops the form, which is supposed to be pretty straight forward. Took me less than 5 mins in Johor.

I also got my approval letter on the 4th August and went down to MHC and my appt date is 8th feb 2010. The officer from MHC asked me to inform ICA that the collection of the slip can be done after 23rd Feb.

I need to attend NEE on 2nd Sep.

Then the officer in ica told me that I can go to wisma to do it as it will be faster.. Cause if the wisma over there can give me a letter that proved that they are processing my renuonce.. Then ica will accept it as they can wait for the final document..

What should i do? the appointment date is getting nearer and i have no idea how to get the Surrender Letter. I keep calling High Commission but the operators have no mood to entertain me at all and cant answer my question, while i cant get thru the consular at all. Had also called ICA but they have no idea too.

Jasmine: you can try. Call up the Singapore Embassy in KL and see if you can make your passport on the spot. because the biometric passport takes 2 weeks to complete. maybe you could go in first, apply for your passport in the Singapore Embassy, then come back out. go in 2 weeks later to renounce and collect the passport. just a suggestion, but worth a try.

My concern is how are we going to come back to Spore without passport if we renounce Msia Citizenship at Singapore Embassy in KL. Am exploring alternatives to bypass the long waiting period of appointment at MHC in Spore.

Yep. Which is why i only suggested that you try out. Not sure if it works. You could try calling up Singapore Embassy in Malaysia and see if there is anything you/they can do to speed up making the passport.

2) When i renounce my malaysian citzenship at MHC or in JB, will my current passport be taken away? So it mean that if i apply at MHC, i will not be able to travel out of Singapore? As i need to travel in Feb2010.

i dont have a passport with me right now as it was being confiscated by the ica. they said i have to renounce my malaysia citizenship before i can collect it. i dont have borang w either and i really dont know what do to speed my the processes. if i were to make my way to malaysia to renounce my citizenship, around how long will i get to settle all the stuff? do i still have to wait for their letter or i can make my way to ica once after it is done in jb?

can i know why some people have to wait for few months after visiting and settling everything in malaysia? im really a despo after since my passport have been confiscated and im stuck in singapore for very long time

just a heads up, if you decide to take Wisma route, initial process will take 2 hours, waiting for official borang K will take about 2 weeks. if you decide to take MHC route, initial process will take 2 months, and waiting for official borang K will take about 6 months to 1 year.

happy to year 2010 to all of you!

many many thanks for create this useful website..

I just received letters from ICA on my & my children successful application. need some advice from you all..

Am I able to go down to the ICA that very day to take the oath?

Will the MHC issue me a letter/document as the ICA require evidence to prove that I have renounced my Malaysian citizen in order to take the oath.

I got my letter from ICA in Dec , need to revoke my malaysian cittizenship by Aug 2010. I dont hold Singapore passport therefore I cannot go to JB can only do so in Singapore MHC. But the queue takes more than half a year. My problem is my Malaysia passport is also expiring in Aug 2010. I need to travel every month. What should I do ? does it mean I still need to go MHC to renew my passport while waiting for the appointment or if I subit the letter for renonce will they allow me to extend my passpot for another year? any idea ? thank you so much

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