Indonesian Embassy Kuala Lumpur: Passport renewal

When half of Southeast Asia had ticket wars for Coldplay and Taylor Swift, I had a different type of “ticket war”: Passport renewal registration.

My passport is due to renew on September-October, but since I have to go for a couple of work trips during those months, I reached out to the Embassy to check if it’s possible for me to renew my passport before it hits 6-months mark. I had the initial conversation through WhatsApp, and the staff asked me for my passport’s expiration date. “Slightly earlier, but it should be okay for you to renew your passport on July-August.”

Excited, I went through online registration process on http://paspor.kbrikl.id/. When I had to choose for the appointment date, I was so surprised that the earliest available slot was in August. Mind you, it was May when I registered.

The online registration is pretty straightforward. For passport renewal, you won’t have to prepare gazillion of documents. As for the payment, you will need to use an e-wallet app MyMCash (iOS and Android) as the Embassy staff no longer accepting cash.

A couple of weeks ago, though, I got an automatic SMS from the Embassy; informing me that my appointment date has been moved to July 7. I’m really happy about this, because this means I have more time to work on my visa application process.

Anyway, I’m currently waiting for my number to be called — and there are 100-ish people between the current number and my number. No joke. Indonesia Embassy in Malaysia is one, if not the, of the biggest and busiest Indonesia Embassies in the world.