New Rule for Student Visas

Hello Gravitas,

Thank you a lot for sharing this useful information with us. 


Priscilla
Expat.com team

You are welcome Priscilla - There are a lot of students who come to Malaysia to study, so they need to be aware that they will be sent home again, to await clearance to study from their chosen university, etc., so coming earlier will waste their hard earned money.  This is just another example of the tightening of immigration rules in Malaysia.

hi

May I know that the country of origin should be the country u hold its passport or it can be any country that has Malaysian embassy??

Regards

Same rules as before. You can apply for a student visa from any location where you are residing. Immigration Dept. in Malaysia will guide the process via a convenient embassy or representative. The new rule is that a person cannot arrive in Malaysia and expect their social visit pass or visa to be converted to a student pass from 1st January this year. Country of origin is not necessarily the same as Home country. The word origin is used more in the sense of the air travel perspective of origin / destination.

ohhhh i c... alright then... thank u for the information.. appreciate it