The street tax (lesen kenderaan motor, or LKM) and driver’s licence might have made the transfer to digital, however the transition doesn’t cowl each space as of but. There’ll nonetheless be purposes the place a bodily copy of each paperwork are wanted, and for this, renewals should be carried out at street transport division (JPJ) places of work.
In accordance with transport minister Anthony Loke, those that will nonetheless have to go to JPJ places of work for street tax renewals shall be these proudly owning or working business automobiles. He stated that these included taxis and ride-hailing automobiles, which might want to proceed displaying the street tax sticker in the intervening time.
Additionally, these wanting to hold out a automobile registration quantity switch (interchange) will nonetheless have to undergo the traditional counter course of. As for driving licences, these with a learner’s driver’s licence (LDL) and a vocational driver’s licence (PSV/GDL/KON) in addition to overseas nationals holding a Malaysian driver’s licence or a global driving allow (IDP) might want to have the related bodily doc with them when they’re behind the wheel.
Moreover, for many who intend to drive in different nations, take notice that you’ll nonetheless have to have a bodily copy of your driver’s licence (or an IDP) for this objective. Loke stated that this was “as a result of different nations don’t recognise our digital licence. You continue to should deliver your bodily licence when you intend to drive overseas,” he defined.
As to when business purposes would make the transition to digital licences, Loke gave no particular timeframe however stated the transfer will come ultimately. “Subsequent phases shall be carried out, and ultimately all the things shall be digitalised, together with that for taxis, ride-hailing automobiles and buses. When the land public transport company (APAD) system is up and might be built-in with the JPJ system, then we are going to transfer on to the part protecting such business automobiles,” he defined.
