The Straits Times | My first time entering Johor with a VEP (and it was fuss-free) - video Dailymotion

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From Oct 1, all foreign-registered vehicles entering Johor from Singapore must have a Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP), or receive a warning. Video journalist Matilda Aquila Chia crossed the border to check out the process.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00So it's 7.45 a.m. and a few of us here at Straits Times are going into Johor Bahru today

00:05But it's also the first day that we need a vehicle entry permit to do so. So let's see how it goes

00:13Say hi guys!

00:20All foreign registered vehicles have to have a VEP to enter Malaysia

00:23But here's the thing because we're in a rental car, we don't actually need one

00:27What we have here today is the VEP registration confirmation slip

00:30And that's enough to get us through for today because we're in a non-private vehicle

00:39Right now we're on the causeway heading towards JB checkpoint and the traffic has been relatively smooth

00:50So actually that was really smooth all it took was about five minutes

00:53We drove up to the immigration counter and the immigration officer checked our passports and asked us for our VEP

00:58After which we flashed him our VEP application confirmation slip and he didn't really even look at it up close

01:05Afterwards we were directed to speak to another officer on the intercom who just checked if we were Malaysian or Singaporean registered car

01:10And if we had paid our vote charge and that was that

01:14So it's roughly 9.30am right now and we are through

01:17But as the VEP implementation has not been fully rolled out

01:19Private car owners can still enter Malaysia without a VEP tag

01:23But you may get a warning or reminder

01:25But once the VEP implementation has been fully rolled out

01:28You will not be able to enter or leave Malaysia without a VEP tag

01:31You may be fined RM2,000 or jailed for up to six months so go get the VEP tag soon

The Straits Times | My first time entering Johor with a VEP (and it was fuss-free)

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