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Onus is on one to check own passport right? Anyway do take note bros. From ST Forum: http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/...ory_806070.html Unstamped entry scare at Causeway Published on Jun 2, 2012 PERHAPS visitors to Malaysia can learn from my experience on Tuesday, when I drove to Johor with a friend, via the Causeway ('KL to scrap arrival cards for foreigners'; May 19). My friend's passport had a Malaysia Automated Clearance System (Macs) tag, which does not require his passport to be stamped when he enters the country. Mine did not, so it required an entry and exit stamp. When I gave my passport to the immigration officer, I saw him key in my passport number, scan my passport, and stamp what I assumed - wrongly, it turned out - was my passport. When he returned it, I did not check if it had been stamped to show my entry into Malaysia. On our way back to Singapore, the immigration officer at the departure counter told me that my passport did not bear the entry stamp, and that I faced two weeks' jail, plus a fine of RM1,000 (S$400). As Malaysia no longer requires foreigners to fill in the embarkation card, I had no proof that I had entered the country legally. After much pleading, the officer let me through. So, fellow travellers to Malaysia should make sure and check that their passports are stamped. Steve Choo

Heard from Ministry foreign affairs personnel that passport unstamp upon exit from m'sia is ok, more impt is the entry chop. how true?