Foreigners at JPN to register births, not for MyKads

On a recent day, viral videos purportedly showed Rohingya refugees at a JPN office, with an X user claiming they were there to obtain MyKads. However, the national registration department (JPN) swiftly refuted these claims. JPN emphasized that not every individual at their counters is there for MyKad applications, as they provide various registration and documentation services for foreigners.

This includes registering the birth of children, regardless of the parents' nationality, which is mandatory. However, it clarifies that receiving a pink birth certificate does not grant Malaysian citizenship, as it is also issued to non-citizens. Additionally, JPN offers services such as civil marriages between foreign spouses. The department urged against drawing conclusions based solely on a person's presence at their office without understanding their actual purpose for being there, in a Facebook post.