gaurav.a.sriva
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Resident pass talent in 2022
Hi Everyone,Has anyone recently got their RP-T application successfully done? I would like to know their success story. Thank you! Read More
My entry approval letter has rejected on Myentry portal by ReemHamidSalemAhmed
Hi, I am from Yemen . I have offered job from MyEg company As QA software testing engineer . I got Approval letter from MDEC in 16 March 2020 and because of covid-19 all ports between countries were closed . 1 month ago ESD has announced a new ...
Situation is quite gloomy and pessimistic in this country. Best to move out and try your luck elsewhere. Sad to see this condition of this beautiful country. Even locals are suffering, who cares about expats. Read More
Residence Pass - Talent - Application Rejection by KK_Kris
I have recently applied for the Residence Talent pass and unfortunately my application was un successful. Does any one know whether I can re apply for the RP-T Visa later and also does the RPT team provide reason for rejection ? Any information on ...
Thanks for your suggestions. It really helps. Good to hear that at least somebody is successful. We can definitely take care of all points except for marrying a malaysian (for married ppl) :) Hi Everyone! Just came across this forum and this ... Read More
Transfer of Employment without NOC by Mayank Bhardwaj
Dear Forum members, There is a situation and i am looking for an advise. My current EP expired on 12th May'21. and due to the MCO my current employer only managed to get my stage 1 approval and the endorsement is still pending. Now, i have ...
This is the sad truth about this country. This stupid rule makes expats helpless. There is no other way if there is no NOC, other than leaving the country. You cant return if u leave the country. Only option is to pressurize the employer ... Read More
ESD Employment Pass by soohwei
Hi, I heard from one expatriate visa agent that immigration now keeps rejecting employment pass application. They only approve renewal application. Is that true? Anyone successfully got visa approval from ESD since the Full MCO started? TQ.
Hi, I heard from one expatriate visa agent that immigration now keeps rejecting employment pass application. They only approve renewal application. Is that true? Anyone successfully got visa approval from ESD since the Full MCO started? TQ.if u ... Read More
MDEC EP Renewal by klflyer
Hi, On the MDEC Expats EP Application Process it states "FKW IS REQUIRED TO BE OUTSIDE MALAYSIA DURING APPROVAL PROCESS". Does anyone know if this applies to renewals? Given the current EMCO situation and lack of vaccine acceptance in ...
Hi, On the MDEC Expats EP Application Process it states "FKW IS REQUIRED TO BE OUTSIDE MALAYSIA DURING APPROVAL PROCESS". Does anyone know if this applies to renewals? Given the current EMCO situation and lack of vaccine acceptance in ... Read More
Solidarity with local people in need because of COVID19 by gtalba
Dear Expats I am a member of this community, I joined it some years ago when first I came in this country. I haven鈥檛 used so much this site but now, as Malaysia is now facing hard times because of COVID, I thought to resume my account to share ...
Indeed a noble cause. In fact there are Facebook groups wherein ppl are donating. You can check there and contribute. Read More
EP approval during MCO by Riri Bells
Hi guys, Has anyone received an update with their EP application during this MCO either from ESD or MEDC?
Online approvals are happening, albeit slow. Just be patient. Read More
Employer can initiate stage1 in MCO? by Herry001
Hi folks, Currently i am working in Malaysia and my EP is going to be expired and i am planning to join other organization but i am not sure my new employer is able to initiate stage1 in MCO or not kindly help me to provide the details. Thanks!
Hi folks, Currently i am working in Malaysia and my EP is going to be expired and i am planning to join other organization but i am not sure my new employer is able to initiate stage1 in MCO or not kindly help me to provide the ... Read More
Residency Pass-Talent by rupabsuvarna
Hi, Anyone who has applied for residency pass talent? Can you give me some info pls
When it turns 15k. However, in practice it needs to be much higher than that. Ppl are getting rejections only these days. They are not providing any explanations for that too. Read More
Please help British expat by rebeccapeck1990
Hi, I鈥檓 hoping someone can help me out. I am a teacher in KL but have taken the past year off to have a baby and am currently on unpaid leave. I have therefore not earned any money since January. I am looking to leave malaysia and fly back to ...
Another thing that can be done to get the EP canceled is trying to get an emergency approval from ESD or whatever authority issued the pass. It's nowhere written officially but it happens. I was in this situation when trying to change job last ... Read More
Residence Pass - Talent - Application Rejection by KK_Kris
I have recently applied for the Residence Talent pass and unfortunately my application was un successful. Does any one know whether I can re apply for the RP-T Visa later and also does the RPT team provide reason for rejection ? Any information on ...
Hello Everyone, I was thinking of applying for RP-T but feeling discouraged now after reading the posts here. I would request everyone to let me know if they were able to secure RP in recent times. Did anyone receive a proper justification from ... Read More
Not able to get DP from EP due to NOC by Padma06
Hello everyone. My husband's company decided not to provide NOC. I'm applying for employment visa for myself as I have got a job here. Is there any way that my husband can get a dependent visa and stay with me? Because in India situation is ...
Once u leave the country, u cannot come back that's for sure especially when u don't have a visa. it will be difficult to get an entry approval without a valid EP or DP. it's a weird situation for u and I wish u well. Read More
Not able to get DP from EP due to NOC by Padma06
Hello everyone. My husband's company decided not to provide NOC. I'm applying for employment visa for myself as I have got a job here. Is there any way that my husband can get a dependent visa and stay with me? Because in India situation is ...
Hi Padma, Sorry for ur situation! Seems like ur hasband unfortunately lost his job and now he needs to be on DP from EP. Thats really nonsense of the emplyer if they r not giving the NOC for that. Just appy pressur on them. All reputed companies ... Read More
Best place to live as an expat in Asia by KatyAndrews
Hi everyone. I and my husband have a plan to move to Asia within the next 5-10 years and we are trying to work out the best and cheapest place to live as an ex-pat in Asia. We also want somewhere we can rent a base that is easily commutable to ...
Malaysia is still far better than any other option in southeast Asia. But u must find a valid visa to live. MM2H can be an option for retirees. Work wise it is getting difficult for expats no thanks to covid situation. Hopefully things will improve ... Read More
Support letter from MoHE for employment pass by Mithuraj
Dear Friends I have been offered a teaching position in a medical college at Malaysia. I am from India. This is my first employment in Malaysia (under category I). Employer is waiting for support letter from Ministry of Higher Education to proceed ...
I wish u all the best ! Read More
Support letter from MoHE for employment pass by Mithuraj
Dear Friends I have been offered a teaching position in a medical college at Malaysia. I am from India. This is my first employment in Malaysia (under category I). Employer is waiting for support letter from Ministry of Higher Education to proceed ...
First ur University shud tell u whether it has completed the 30 days of local job posting or not and whether it has taken the approval from socso for expats offer. if that process is complete then ur ep approval process will take around 6 to 8 weeks. Read More
Support letter from MoHE for employment pass by Mithuraj
Dear Friends I have been offered a teaching position in a medical college at Malaysia. I am from India. This is my first employment in Malaysia (under category I). Employer is waiting for support letter from Ministry of Higher Education to proceed ...
ep 2 shud be difficult for expats. in Malaysia govt wants to promote locals. if the salary offered is less than 15k ringgit per month, then employer need to advertise jobs in local job portal for a month and prove that no local was fit for the ... Read More
How much time will it take for employment pass category 1 to process by Fk0102
My employer initiated ep process for category 1 a day back can you please let me know how much time will it take to get it processed . Also intried checking the status on immigration website with pasport no and company no it shows no result.
expect 8 weeks for whole process at least. Be careful about: Is it thru MDEC or ESD? Exempt from local job posting if IT, is it MSC stattus. Lot depends on above. Read More
Support letter from MoHE for employment pass by Mithuraj
Dear Friends I have been offered a teaching position in a medical college at Malaysia. I am from India. This is my first employment in Malaysia (under category I). Employer is waiting for support letter from Ministry of Higher Education to proceed ...
Things are slow due to Covid and lockdown. whole process may take upto 3 months. Pls make sure that this position is exempt from local job posting or fi not exempt, follows the due procedure of advertising locally for 30 days then take approval from ... Read More
How long it takes to get employment pass in Malaysia, for an expat? by Mithuraj
I have been offered a teaching position in a medical college at Malaysia. I am from India. I have submitted required documents to the employer for the process of employment pass. I would like to know how many days it may take for the employment pass ...
Cant see ur attachment but all the best. Hope and pray u get the approval soon. Read More
How long it takes to get employment pass in Malaysia, for an expat? by Mithuraj
I have been offered a teaching position in a medical college at Malaysia. I am from India. I have submitted required documents to the employer for the process of employment pass. I would like to know how many days it may take for the employment pass ...
Strange that u hvnt recived the ack till now. MDEC is very professional and they do honor the SLA. Are u sure its MDEc or it is ESD? ESD is slow for that matter. IMDEc gives u a decision in max 10 days after all the docs hv been submitted. U get the ... Read More
MY Entry Approval - A Large Scale Immigration Scam by Steven001
Dear Expats, I specifically signed up to this website to tell you about my experience about MY Entry. It all started with Virus, I had lived and worked in Malaysia for almost 7 years, in August 2020 I lost my job (Courtesy Wuhan Virus), hence I ...
Sad to hear about it. Unfortunately this is the story with many of our fellow expats. But at the same time i hv seen many ppl getting the entry approvals and they are now in the country. One big difference is that they all had a valid visa. So my ... Read More
Employment pass renewal by mine2mine
Can we apply employment pass renewal from India.. Currently got strcuked in india due to Malaysia Covid restrictions..
It can be done. ur employer will have to process it. However, it cant be endorsed since ur outside Malaysia. You will need SEV to enter, for which u will need an entry approval. Which is not easy. All in all, sadly its an unfavorable situation for ... Read More
Employment pass status by Kash1409
Hi Expats, I' m working as expats in malaysia, recently my new company applied visa on 3rd May. When i checked my application status in online. It shows status as deferral. Pls anyone can help me about status and how long take to approval ...
Deferral means they need more time to process and they will come up with some queries or may need more docs. I had a friend whose case was similarly deferred by ESD by ultimately approved. Your would be done too. Pls let me know what is ur current ... Read More
"myentry" how to get entry and exit letter by jaheershaik321
hi all, i am trying to go India for some family issue and want to come back with in one month ,currently the myentry website does not have option to apply for my entry application for ep1 holders. Its very important for me to go india and i feel ...
You can go and once you are there, make an application for entry. You can get the approval in 2-3 attempts. It has happened with few people I know. They were able to go and comeback. EP1 also went and came back. However, if you have dependents, they ... Read More
Malaysia EP pass - 6 consecutive blank pages required in passport by diver66
Just started onboarding process with KL Employer, Immigration Team have reached out requesting numerous docs, something caught my eye in checklist, seemingly despite 1 small EP stamp I need to have 6 consecutive blank pages in passport, ...
Did u get any reasons why it was rejected? Rejected or returned asking for more docs? Whether it's through MDEC or ESD? There are several things to consider here. Govt is promoting local jobs so there are sectors in which it's difficult to ... Read More
Malaysia EP pass - 6 consecutive blank pages required in passport by diver66
Just started onboarding process with KL Employer, Immigration Team have reached out requesting numerous docs, something caught my eye in checklist, seemingly despite 1 small EP stamp I need to have 6 consecutive blank pages in passport, ...
Don't worry as long as 6 pages are there. No need to have consecutive. It can be skip order. Their rule is old and just the wordings are continuing because no really bothered to edit it in their rule books, as can be expected. Mine just got ... Read More
Company change MDEC to ESD - Visa Cancellation for EP & DP by sourav.sarkar
Hi Experts, I have recently changed a job in Malaysia and my new employer is ESD registered. My old employer is MDEC register. I am facing some issues with the shortening of pass with MDEC. New company has applied for EP and DP in ESD and ...
Hi, I faced the opposite issue rather. New compnay is MDEC and old was in ESD. Now the ESD asked for the proof of new application along with canceling advice for canceling the EP. What I did was ...I gave them the screenshot of the applications, ... Read More
Employer not Cancelling my visa and threatening
No payslips and bank statements are not required for canceling the visa. They are only taking you for a ride. I dont think u shud be afraid of them. they cant do anything other than giving hollow threats. In fact it becomes their duty to cancel ... Read More
Been offered a Job. Have resigned. Problem is Release letter by prithivish5
Hi All, My Visa expires in Mar 2021. I have been offered a job which I really want to take. I have resigned at my current employment place. My current employer is saying that they do not have any process or system whereby they grant a release ...
This is a complete nonsense that ur company is doing. A release letter is a simple letter which is also known as NOC. It states that they hv accepted ur resignation and ur last working day is bla bla and they hv no issues with that. It doesnt need ... Read More
Can we change from Special pass to dependent pass by swapnabhavanam
Hi all, Could any one help/suggest me on can we change the visa from special pass to dependent . My scenario is EP going to be expiry on Nov 30th and my employer is not ready to provide the NOC/Release letter , so we are looking for the other ...
Well, I havent been in that situation but I dont see any issue there. You can very well be on DP. in fact sounds a better idea. Go on DP and then after some time get a new EP (however, the govt is making it more and more difficult now for expats). ... Read More
Employment 脣P "Deferral stage" by GuestPoster302
I have applied for new EP through a new company, the EP was already shortened. The company applied and the it was retuned after few days needing documents for "justification of the expatriate". The company already submitted the documents ...
So I believe its not an MSC status company because MSC goes to MDEC. Just check if they really have expat quota with them or not. I assume some lack of paperwork from ur employer and hopefully it will be sorted out. These are very uncertain times ... Read More
Employment 脣P "Deferral stage" by GuestPoster302
I have applied for new EP through a new company, the EP was already shortened. The company applied and the it was retuned after few days needing documents for "justification of the expatriate". The company already submitted the documents ...
Hi, Though I have never heard it and wish nobody has to hear that, I'd like to know which sector u r talking about? is it through MDEC? Did your employer have expat quota approved already? Wish you best of luck, hope it is sorted soon. Read More
Apply EP for new Company without tender resignation in current company by John1234321
Hi All, i'm IT Software Engineer, currently work in Malaysia. and now i'm getting offer from another company. My question is: is it possible for new company to apply EP without i tender resignation in my current company? Can we just submit ...
Hi, Actually I just now realised that u vl hv to resign actually first. I hv also received an offer and some times back my new employer told me that release letter is mandatory for applying new EP. To get release letter u vl have to resign. I am ... Read More
Apply EP for new Company without tender resignation in current company by John1234321
Hi All, i'm IT Software Engineer, currently work in Malaysia. and now i'm getting offer from another company. My question is: is it possible for new company to apply EP without i tender resignation in my current company? Can we just submit ...
yea get a new release letter and go ahead and submit. Dont think it will hamper your process. Read More
Apply EP for new Company without tender resignation in current company by John1234321
Hi All, i'm IT Software Engineer, currently work in Malaysia. and now i'm getting offer from another company. My question is: is it possible for new company to apply EP without i tender resignation in my current company? Can we just submit ...
i believe you dont need to resign immediately. First the new employer applies for EP and gets the 1st stage approval. Then u resign and get the release letter. Read More
Blank pages requirement for Malaysian EP by gaurav.a.sriva
Hi There, For Malaysian EP, the checklist says that the passport must have at least six consecutive blank pages. Now I dont have six consecutive blank pages, but I have six blank pages scattered. Has any one faced this situation before? will they ...
Thanks for you response! So it means you were really turned away due to this seemingly unreasonable rule? When did it happen, was it MDEC? Why on earth u need 6 consecutive pages, why :( Read More
Requirements with passport for EP. by Janisnguyen
Hi all, I have a very big concern on the requirement of passport. I just got VWR to come back to Malaysia for the new job. However, I realized that passport needs to have 6 consecutive blank pages. My passport now has 6 blank pages but not ...
Hi There, i am also facing the exact same issue right now. Can you please let me know if you were able to overcome this issue? I have 7 blank pages scattered but not consecutive with enough validity. Please advise. Thanks in advance! Read More
Malaysia EP pass - 6 consecutive blank pages required in passport by diver66
Just started onboarding process with KL Employer, Immigration Team have reached out requesting numerous docs, something caught my eye in checklist, seemingly despite 1 small EP stamp I need to have 6 consecutive blank pages in passport, ...
Hey Guys, Please let me know if you were able to overcome this consecutive pages requirement? I have to apply a new EP and I also dont have six consecutive pages. I have overall 7 pages and enough validity. Will it be an issue really? Thanks in ... Read More
Blank pages requirement for Malaysian EP
Hi There, For Malaysian EP, the checklist says that the passport must have at least six consecutive blank pages. Now I dont have six consecutive blank pages, but I have six blank pages scattered. Has any one faced this situation before? will they ... Read More
Asking for suggestion to get a expat job in Malaysia by raisul.awal
Dear Friends, I am an IT professional in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Want to shift to Malaysia as planning to admit my kids in school there. With all my 15+ years of experience here in Bangladesh in different multinational and national companies, I want ...
Depending on your skills exactly. High skilled jobs are in demand and even willing to hire expats. So it all depends. Your best shot is a nicely decorated LI profile. Keep applying. However, let Covid-19 subside first. Otherwise you wont be able to ... Read More
My EP cancellation date is different with release letter by Anyesmp
I got a new opprtunity then i resigned. Along the process I just received my ep physical cancellation and just realized the date is different with my release letter so it cause my new employer cannot proceed with the next step of new ep endorsment ...
I guess just a slight delay. I dont expect any issue as such. Read More
My EP cancellation date is different with release letter by Anyesmp
I got a new opprtunity then i resigned. Along the process I just received my ep physical cancellation and just realized the date is different with my release letter so it cause my new employer cannot proceed with the next step of new ep endorsment ...
I think u shud ask ur curr emplyr to issue a new release letter which tallies with the ep date. Thats the way I think. Read More
Buying Scotch in KL by 11judyc
Hello all, If I were buying scotch, wine or other liquors from a reputed store in person or online, are there any precautions or issues that I should be aware of? Thanks
Jaya Grocer, Village Grocer or online like Albert wines are safe and dependable. Read More
Dependant Pass to Employment Pass by Spain_GDR
Dear All, We are an Spanish couple that could be moving to KL in the coming months. My wife has a job offer to relocate to KL with an Employment Pass within her company. I would be granted with a Dependant Pass, but with the intention of looking ...
We have gone through this situation when my wife came on DP and later got an EP. It was last year which was a different world. Situation is worse here but still possible. If you have niche cutting edge skills, u can get it. But dont expect anything ... Read More
My Employer is not releasing me and not providing EA form by swapnabhavanam
Hi All, Can anyone suggest me on how we can proceed with tax clearance and visa cancellation as my current employer is not supporting on this. I have already given my resignation few months back but still Employer is not ready to release me , I ...
I guess visa cancellation is not an issue at all as u r leaving the country, They cant keep u hostage. Just server the notice period and leave the country (ofcourse subject to covid travel restrictions). Visa will auto expire after its due ... Read More
Change Employer by thilina_nak
Hi, Anyone changed the employer recently? How long will take the process?
Thanks for your quick reply and congratulations for getting it right in the end! I also have to take this path. My current employer is however cooperative and NOC is not an issue. My new employer is right now awaiting FKW projection approval from ... Read More
Hoping for an imminent move to Kuala Lumpur by petrolhead
Hi to all Not a newbie as such (used to live in Dubai), but new to Malaysia. Have a Skype interview later with a very established Company (am a British citizen) and wondered if you had any questions I should raise with the employer during the ...
Sorry but its certainly a scam. There are no such rules. They just trying to swindle u of your money. They wont probably stop here only. Some other demand will crop up afterwards. Pls stay away. Read More
Change Employer by thilina_nak
Hi, Anyone changed the employer recently? How long will take the process?
Thats really disappointing. I can understand the pain. So can u tell us where is it actually stuck and with whom? r u facing any issue with ur current employer? Thanks Read More