I was wondering if you guys put your title (Dr) on your passport? I asked at the Embassy and they say I have to first change my MyKad. Looking at the JPN form the only thing for me is to change my name!! But I'm not changing my name. What should I do?

Don't put it on your passport. Who are you trying impress? The immigration guys?

what for you wanna show the dr title in passport?

Dr also need to put on passport?? Then all the mr, mrs, miss etc can be put on passport too?

Dr, mr etc .... they're all titles... they are not part of your name!!

Mr, Miss and etc are just normal title.
Dr title are hard earn title, its not born with u.

Hmm.. how would it be possible to include ur title in ur identity card??

hmmm.... what if u have dr title?
it is just a title. like Haji. Uncle. etc.
is it necessary to put Uncle Fulan bin Fulan in passport?

my dad's a colonel in the army and he dont have any fancy names in his passport

You must be joking. Include Joker in your IC.

boi tahan ts...........

How are you trying to impress? Gosh!

Can we just simply put the title of Dr? I thought it was illegal to put Dr if you're not?

You can't put titles on your passport..passport follows your identification card's name.....

if i'm that embassy staff, i will tell you the same joke: kena tukar nama dlm ic dulu lah.

the funny thing is the doctor himself didn't get the joke.

so doktor, kalau kena bar dgn MMC becuase you raba2 patient or tiba2 JPA kata itu phd tipu punya, mau tukar balik tak?

still want others to call you doc.............

nothing wrong to tell others youre a doctor...

Academic convention is that only MD or Medical Doctors uses the title Doctor in front of their names. Phd holders are not suppose to use the title Doctor. I seem to notice that Malaysians seem to want to have some titles to their names. To the extent that the academic convention for Phd is totally ignored and people are prepared to buy their degrees from degree mills just to have that title. For instance, our Perlis Chief Minister who bought his Doctorate from Newport University which is only recognised by the California authorities but not accredited by any agencies in the US to offer any degree courses.

Maybe that's why also the need by Malaysians for datukships. You can buy them so easily now if you have the right contacts, and if you throw a stone in Malaysia, you would probably hit a Datuk or Dato.

As for myself, I always make a point in Malaysia never to call anybody Doctor unless he is a medical doctor. When asked why I don't call Phd holders Doctor so and so, I tell them, surely as a PhD holder, you know about the academic convention? That tends to shut them up!