Malaysia

• Tourists to Malaysia can apply special pass for maids

11 June 2010 - Foreign tourists are allowed to bring along their maids when they visit the country by applying for a special pass with immediate effect [more...]

• Immigration Department of Malaysia: Announcement

18 May 2010 – Automatic approval will be given for expatriates with salaries of more than RM8000/ month [more...]

Tourists to Malaysia can apply special pass for maids

11 June 2010 –

Foreign tourists are allowed to bring along their maids when they visit the country by applying for a special pass with immediate effect.

The special pass is issued free of charge at the Immigration counter at all entry points, said Immigration Department public relations officer Abdul Haider Mohd Shukor in a statement today.

Previously, foreign tourists had to apply for visas for their maids.

Abdul Haider said for the special pass to be issued, foreign travellers or employers must become the sponsor of their maids, who must enter the country together with them (employers) on the same date and time.

Foreign travellers must be responsible for their maids and not abuse the facility, he said, adding that the maid special pass would be coordinated with the social visit pass of the employer.

In other development, he said travellers from Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh were again covered by the transit without visa provision concession to from July 1.

This is to entice more tourists from the four countries to visit Malaysia with 650,000 arrivals and between 8,000 and 10,000 on transit expected this year, he added.


Source: New Straits Times, http://www.nst.com.my

Immigration Department of Malaysia: Announcement

18 May 2010 -

Automatic approval will be given for expatriates with salaries of more than RM8000/ month.

Foreign husbands/wives to Malaysians can be given Visit Pass (social) for a period of 5 years on condition they comply with all the requirements. They are also allowed to be engaged in any form of paid employment or in any business or professional occupation without converting their social Visit Pass status to Employment Pass or Visit Pass (Temporary employment).

Source: Immigration Department of Malaysia, http://www.imi.gov.my/index.php/en/news