bounder
American expat in Malaysia
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28
Contacts
8
About me
American
Lives in Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Speaks I speak Spanish.
Registration: 02 May 2019
Occupation
I am Retired.
My expat journey
Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Auvers-sur-Oise, 脦le-de-France, France
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
We have spent a month here is Tuscany.
The Tuscan sky. The overwhelming works of art. The beautiful crumbling cities of Florence, Venice, and Pisa. Moving around without a car using trains, buses, and walking. The people we meet were very nice and warm. We felt safe here at all times.
We were underwhelmed by the food - except gellato (sorry folks). The closure of businesses and restaurants mid day (similar to Spain siesta). Food and rent are higher compared to Spain but we expected this factor.
Provincia de M谩laga, Andalusia, Spain
First stop on our family world journey.
Retired IT sales professional.
The people are wonderful and we quickly built strong ties with a few local families. The weather is the warmest we experienced in Europe. Coming from the USA the cost of living was greatly reduced across major categories such as rent, food, health insurance, transportation. The pace of life was a wonderful change from the hustle of the US and we learned to slow down and enjoy life. With a large expat community we had a soft landing while we learned to speak Spanish. The varied climate and landscape from the North versus the South of Spain. Roads and trains are excellent. Our home city in Los Boliches was wonderfully clean and safe.
We moved from Florida to Costa del Sol, so the though the Summers felt great with lower humidity, the Winters were colder. Adjusting to siesta hours for businesses and restaurants. The residency process is incredibly arduous.
Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C., USA
Activity
Pet Boarding Da Nang by bounder
Hello All We'll be leaving Malaysia and spending a couple months in Da Nang - using it as a jumping off point for other travel around Asia. We have a small dog (under 10kg). I've checked PetBackers.com but no one is coming up in Da Nang. ...
Thank you both for your help and suggestions. Greatly appreciated! Read More
Pet Boarding Da Nang
Hello All We'll be leaving Malaysia and spending a couple months in Da Nang - using it as a jumping off point for other travel around Asia. We have a small dog (under 10kg). I've checked PetBackers.com but no one is coming up in Da Nang. ... Read More
MM2H: how long did it take for you? by expat000
How long was your process from the day of accepting all of your documents by the office to issuing the letter of approval? Could you please state month and year in your reply. Many thanks!
We received approval today. Number 42,5xx. Read More
MM2H: how long did it take for you? by expat000
How long was your process from the day of accepting all of your documents by the office to issuing the letter of approval? Could you please state month and year in your reply. Many thanks!
APPROVED I began my application process for MM2H in December 2018. We were notified of an application number in May 2019. Today we received our notification of approval via email. We applied directly. Our application number is in the 42,5xx ... Read More
MM2H: how long did it take for you? by expat000
How long was your process from the day of accepting all of your documents by the office to issuing the letter of approval? Could you please state month and year in your reply. Many thanks!
According to my agent, there is a new batch of approvals issued late last week, I have just received my letter, application was on 12 Dec, Number 403xx. Hope many more of you will hear soon!Peredak Congratulations! Thanks for the update and ... Read More
MM2H: how long did it take for you? by expat000
How long was your process from the day of accepting all of your documents by the office to issuing the letter of approval? Could you please state month and year in your reply. Many thanks!
Wow. Congratulations. Please keep us posted. Fingers crossed for you! Read More
MM2H: how long did it take for you? by expat000
How long was your process from the day of accepting all of your documents by the office to issuing the letter of approval? Could you please state month and year in your reply. Many thanks!
Yes, that.. And every email in the staff directory structure 馃槓 "Sorry, we were unable to deliver your message to the following address. <azziera@motac.gov.my>: Unable to deliver message after multiple retries, giving ... Read More
MM2H: how long did it take for you? by expat000
How long was your process from the day of accepting all of your documents by the office to issuing the letter of approval? Could you please state month and year in your reply. Many thanks!
You are using this email? mm2h@motac.gov.my Read More
MM2H: how long did it take for you? by expat000
How long was your process from the day of accepting all of your documents by the office to issuing the letter of approval? Could you please state month and year in your reply. Many thanks!
FYI. I reached out to MM2H point of contact last month. Knowing it was a long shot, I wanted to see if I could gain any insight into the process and our status. 鈥淕reetings: I began my application process for MM2H in December of last year. ... Read More
MM2H: how long did it take for you? by expat000
How long was your process from the day of accepting all of your documents by the office to issuing the letter of approval? Could you please state month and year in your reply. Many thanks!
thank you so much for your reply, cinnamonape, sorry to confuse you, I am talking about my FD in Taiwan. and I am worried if they will just check the existence of my bank account, or if they will check the amount in my accounts. 9 months! ... Read More
MM2H: how long did it take for you? by expat000
How long was your process from the day of accepting all of your documents by the office to issuing the letter of approval? Could you please state month and year in your reply. Many thanks!
Just an update as I am in KL completing the MM2H process. In previous posts I asked if the monies for TDs needed to be originated in same account of applicant abroad. To save on intermediate middlemen, commissions, etc I have one of my parties ... Read More
MM2H: how long did it take for you? by expat000
How long was your process from the day of accepting all of your documents by the office to issuing the letter of approval? Could you please state month and year in your reply. Many thanks!
hi All 6 months since i submitted my application through an agent. I got the received verification right away through the agent. Number in the 471xx. Agent told me at least 9 months to get conditional letter of approval. So waiting on it for ... Read More
MM2H: how long did it take for you? by expat000
How long was your process from the day of accepting all of your documents by the office to issuing the letter of approval? Could you please state month and year in your reply. Many thanks!
Which stage is more critical and important: 'Received for Verification' or 'Pending Committee Approval'? How would you explain and which takes longer?I understand it as Pending Committee Approval follows Received for Verification. ... Read More
MM2H: how long did it take for you? by expat000
How long was your process from the day of accepting all of your documents by the office to issuing the letter of approval? Could you please state month and year in your reply. Many thanks!
... On April 1, 2019 we received an email from an employee of MM2H stating they received our application on March 15, 2019. The email requested additional financial information (a couple months additional statements) which we sent via DHL directly ... Read More
MM2H: how long did it take for you? by expat000
How long was your process from the day of accepting all of your documents by the office to issuing the letter of approval? Could you please state month and year in your reply. Many thanks!
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 ... Read More