What Can You Do In 30 Minutes?

Lots of thing can be done in 30 minutes, right? We can take a nap, we can write a blog, we can get a nice hair cut, or we can enjoy a delicious meal...quite a number of things actually. But what about renewing passport in 30 minutes time? Doable?

Well, in order to save myself 1/2 day annual leave to renew my passport at Penang's Immigration office during weekdays, I chose to do it in Sungai Petani. Sunday is a working day for all government departments in Kedah, and since my hubby and I will go back to SP to visit my parents in law as per our weekly schedule, I grab this opportunity to renew my passport at Wisma Keladi, SP.

It took us about 5 minutes to reach the immigration office at 7.55 am this morning. And I took my 2x of passport size photos just before the immigration office start operations, and bought the passport renewal form for RM1 once after the office open at 8am sharp. While I was filing up the form, hubby helped me to make a photocopy of my IC. After I got my number, I spend for around 10 minutes waiting for my turn, and another 5 minutes for the whole procedure. The last process was waiting for the verification process and to pay the charges RM300. So, before 8.30am, I was done with all the renewal procedures, in just 30 minutes time! Wow, it's unbelievable. And I was told to collect my new passport after 10am. Well, I felt very impressed with the efficiency of the government department now a days. I have some other story to tell about our other experiences in other government offices. Later la...

So, yes, I did it! I managed to get my passport renewed in just 30 minutes! :)