Starting 11 May 2010, Malaysia international passport applications will be processed within 1 hour after payment is made at selected locations.

This fast service will be available at 28 immigration office branches in 11 states such as Kedah, Penang, Johor, Pahang, Perak, Kelantan, Perlis, Terengganu, Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan.

For Kedah, the service will be available at the Alor Setar, Kulim, Bukit Kayu Hitam, Langkawi and Sungai Petani branch offices while for Johor, the service will be available at the Muar, Mersing, Kukup and Segamat branch offices.

For Penang, the service will be available at the George Town and Seberang Jaya.

Those in Pahang can go to the Kuantan, Raub and Temerloh branch offices while those in Perak can go to the branch offices in Lumut, Teluk Intan, Pengkalan Hulu and Taiping.

For those in Kelantan and Perlis, they can head to the Kota Bahru and Kangar branch offices respectively to obtain the service while those in Terangganu can go to the branch office in Kuala Terengganu.

For those in Sabah, they can go to the branch offices in Tawau and Sandakan while those in Sarawak can go to the offices in Bintulu, Sibu, Limbang and Miri.

The one-hour passport collection system for new chip-based international passports was launched at the Immigration's Pusat Bandar Damansara and Wangsa Maju offices in 2007.