ME in Singapore suspends online PP extension appointments amid service charge issues

The Myanmar Embassy to Singapore announced that the website appointment system will be temporarily suspended from 30 July to review it, as it was discovered that there were cases of taking charges for the passport renewal process.
Myanmar citizens arriving in Singapore have difficulties in getting an appointment from the embassy website to renew their passports. As the embassy heard that people are using social networks to get appointments for a fee in the guise of service, the website service will be suspended from 30 July 2024 to review the appointment system. During this period, the embassy’s WhatsApp number can be used to contact them for an appointment to renew their passports.
For holders of PR, EP, SP, and Long-Term Pass ID cards who want to renew their passports, they can contact WhatsApp at +65 81748993. Holders of WP and Student Pass ID cards can contact WhatsApp at +65 82468581 by providing copies of the passport’s first page and the front and back pages of the CSC for the appointment.
The list of appointment recipients can be found on the embassy website https://www.myanmarembassy.sg/, and it will be published every Sunday. When making an appointment via WhatsApp, only one appointment per phone number will be accepted, and no information will be sent to more than one person.
As it was found that taking advantage of expatriate Myanmar citizens, a service fee has been charged for the renewal of passports, the embassy clarified that it hasn’t allowed any private company for this service. Except for the website, the embassy hasn’t opened any account on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok, and it warned people to be especially careful about those who pretend to be Myanmar embassy employees and collect service fees. – MT/ZN/ED