DOCUMENTS OF FOREIGN WORKERS MAY HAVE 'NEXCODE SOLUTION' SYSTEM

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 3 (Bernama) -- Foreign workers' I-Cards and their passports may in future be embedded with the 'NexCode Solution' system that would enable the Immigration Department to detect those who have overstayed.

And just by using a mobile phone.

Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar said his ministry and the department were
now studying the effectiveness and need of the system.

"Given that there is a lot of false information now which is difficult to
verify the system is seen as a good way of verification by mobile mode," he told
reporters after a ceremony to launch the system here Monday.

Through the Nexcode Solution system not only is it possible to detect a
foreign worker who has overstayed but it is also possible to detect false
information in their passports.

The system, developed by Nexbis Sdn Bhd, can also cater for exchange of
information between related agencies like the police.

The system had been used by the United States Department of Homeland
Security and had proven to be effective in handling problems of false
information.

"However, implementation of the system still depended on the study by the
Immigration Department on its effectiveness to ensure that money spent on it was
justified," Syed Hamid said.