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cinnamonape wrote:

Actually I do...but one has to use the "Way Back" Machine ;-)



It's actually quite close to the current Sarawak Program.

Interesting...the biggest change is that now you have to prove you have almost double the amount of liquid assets. However the amount you need to bring into Malaysia is roughly still the same.

The other change is that the MM2H programme is open to anyone above 21.

Zigfrit wrote:

Congratulations for conditional approval letter and thank you very much to inform the other members.
Well, your application number is 40xxx and it means my application is failed because mine is 399xx.... should write to MOTAC for the reason if there is anybody to answer, but thanks anyway again.

Did you use an agent or self applied?

Zigfrit wrote:

Thank you very much for your kind words and giving me more hopes....I also hope my application will be approved...although I think it has a rare chance...I applied directly ( self applied).

The ones I heard with delays are in most cases self applied cases. Reality is the government clerks are sh*t at their jobs and their is no vetting process prior to submission of your application directly.

And since there is very little or hardly any communication from the government office, you have no idea till months later if your application is approved.

Good agents actually vet all supporting documents and good agents have a success rate of 99-100%. You almost never hear of a case being rejected that has gone through a credible agent, as they usually don't take on any case that will not go through.

Bulgarin wrote:

I think you are right. In my case my agent went through all the documents and once he was satisfied then only he applied.
Yes if agent is honest and checks all the documents before applying then there is very slight chance of rejection. This is what my agent had conveyed to us in the beginning.

Geez, sounds exactly like my agent (Alter Domus in Penang)....

asiannzscottishexpat wrote:

I also used Alter Domus and they have multiple cases pending, they are looking for an update today so will post if I receive any information.

AD are one of the bigger players so no surprise...

movetomalaysia . co . uk have received approvals for many this week, announced on their site. And you can see in the MM2H Penang facebook group many posting recently of their approvals.

So things are indeed moving

Peredak wrote:

@shobanjraveen, can you share where the announcements are posted on movetomalaysia site?  I’m a 403xx, I know my application was reviewed in June, no notification yet, but curious which number ranges have received approvals most recently.  Thanks!

Hi, I can't share links in this forum. But if you go to their website www. movetomalaysia .co .uk
and look under the News section, you will find a couple of announcements there.

Today they confirmed they received a further 15 approvals! Things are finally moving quick!

makrani wrote:

Hi everyone,

. My reference number is in 402xx.

Thank you once again everyone for sharing.

Thanks for that updated info!  I'm in that next 1K batch or so, so by end of the year sounds realistic.

runnerexpatmy wrote:

Hi, I've been looking at this thread to watch the current MM2H situation. Appreciate the live information here.
Finally, my application approved! I received an email from MOTAC today. The email does not mention when their committee approved me.

I applied directly (w/o an agent) late October 2018 and my ref no is between 39500-39999. FYI I'm married and have a few children (because I can easily imagine that the number of family members could impact processing time).

Online status checker still says "Pending Committee Approval".

There is alot of news this week of many approval cases, not just here, but on facebook too. Finally a good time to start applying!

iinedwin wrote:

Brandonn wrote:

I have gotten an email from mm2h (Motac) last month informing me that my application has been approved.  I applied without an agent in Oct 2018.
My ref number is 392XX.
I am still waiting for them to send me the MCAL.  I am not sure if they would, or maybe they expect self-applicant to collect the MCAL at KL ourselves.  Can anyone comment?

It is about the same time when I submitted mine.  I wonder why I did not get any email.  Could you please tell me who sent you the email notification?  I am hoping it did not go to my spam.
Brandonn, could you please contact me directly?  Maybe we can work on this matter together and see if we can share information to each other.
Thank you

The approval email was sent to me by the Immigration Unit, MM2H, Ministry of Tourism.
I have written and asked them if they could send me the MCAL, but they did not reply.  I called them up, and the lady told me to go there personally to collect the letter.  I will be in Singapore later this month, so I would likely pop over to the Putrajaya office.

I hope you have received good news on your application.

carworld wrote:

A little bit OT: I like to apply directly w/o agent to mm2h. If anyone has gone this path, how is the procedure/communication before submitting documents? Is it possible to let them check roughly beforehand for major gaps? I meet all requirements but I struggle with certifiying of documents: all my bankstatements and payslip are in electronic format (.pdf). i.e I have no original on paper. How can these documents being certified??   
Any recommendations on other forums (which i have not found here on expat.com) related to direct application, are appreciated.

Many thanks  Carsten

We applied directly without an agent.  We didn't attempt communication before hand, only after our package was sent (at which point we received a fairly prompt email response and point of contact for the person handling our application).

They provide a detailed checklist, so to avoid issues we tried to follow it to the letter.  Having said that, somehow there was a gap in the financials.  The agent emailed us and we shipped off the certified/originals necessary. So though there was no per-submission back and forth, there was post submission review and follow up.   

They want originals or certified copies.  So we didn't send anything that didn't fall into one of those categories.

With so much of our financial information normally delivered online we requested printed statements from the institutions (401k, other investment accounts, and our bank, for example).  We also had these institutions issue Account Verification Letters on their letterheads (basically they are certifying that as of the date of the letter the noted balances are actual and all funds are available to the account holder).

For things like copies of our passports we went to the US Consulate (we started MM2H while living in Spain), had them rivet all the copied pages together, then had the bound documentation notarized certifying them to be correct and true. 

Hope this helps.  We were able to create the required submission materials with either originals or certified documents. 

This forum has been the best source of information and status updates on MM2H.  There are some groups on Facebook who are helpful as well.  We're happy to see the progress reported here lately on this thread.  Our application number is in the 42,xxx, so I'm hopeful we'll hear some good news soon.