I have been working in Malaysia fior the past 5 years. Where do I go to obtain and submit application for PR? I live in Subang jaya.

What do you think are the chances of an ex-Malaysian (Chinese) getting their M2H (Malaysian as a 2nd home) approved if they have quite substantial assets overseas? I was told it is quite impossible (being Chinese) but then i have heard of an American (ex-Malaysian Chinese) now living in Penang who got his approved as M2H - couldn't verify if true as i only spoke briefly to someone who knew a case like that. Is money all the Immigration Office needs? Are there any migration experts around here?

I don’t think MM2H is an issue - the majority of applicants are Chinese from China.

As long as you meet the requirements (sufficient monthly income, liquid assets and placing FD) then I don’t see any issue.

I met a colleague yesterday and she has lived and worked in Sydney (ex-Malaysian Chinese) for more than 30 years. She and hubby are about 60 with a daughter in her late 20s and has recently gone back to KL for 2 months and she said that Msia is a good place to retire as she can speak Malay and cost of living is less than half of Sydney. She has taken Aussie citizenship more than 20 years ago. She says she wants to apply for the MM2H visa and wonder if she stands a good chance. She has quite a lot of retirement funds and she also has a house worth about A$2.2mil (which she probably will not sell).

She is concerned that the Immigration Dept might hold a grudge against ex-Malaysian (esp if you are Chinese) or are they happy with anyone coming in as long as they have money?

You probably won't have a lot wanting to come back unless they still have strong family ties in Msia.

Age above 60 is easy. You won’t need to prove your income, and only need to place FD of 150K, it won’t be a problem.

I’ve met with MM2H agents before and they advised as long as financial requirements met and you don’t have any transmitable diseases it shouldn’t be a problem at all.

Although one of the benefits which is a tax free car has now been removed - but if you receive a pension from overseas ita not taxed in Malaysia

Thank you very much - no wonder she was mentioning something about a tax-free car or something you can bring back to Msia.

Yup a few months too late for that! But if comparing the living costs in Aus vs Malaysia I’m sure she won’t have a problem affording a car here.

She told me she bought a house in KL but i didn't ask where. She is an Australian citizen so i presume she must have bought it under a relative's name. She says life in KL is so cheap and there is so much choices when it comes to food. I was surprised when she told me that she may be going back to KL to retire as people with children usually won't want to go back. The fact that they have taken Aussie citizenship usually reflects the fact that they will not go back to Msia anymore to live.

As long as you buy a property over the minimum threshold (depends on state - currently 1million in KL I believe, has been increasing every few years) it’s no issue for foreigner to buy a property, even without any visa / permit to actually stay in Malaysia.

#1 politically unstable
#2 Racial profiling are on large, any non-bumiputras are institutional discriminated because of political agendas
#3 Country currency are getting weaker.
#4 Foreign workers are being treated differently according to origins (racism)
#5 Unhealthy competitive attitudes and lost of positive cultural attitudes due to failure of education
#6 Unhealthy religious conducts.

most may disagree with me, but im just telling you what i see and heard first hand.
the 1Malaysia ideal will not be materialise anytime soon as it is being viewed as a political distraction/propaganda.
and authority(Police/Rela) corruption are on large with the population largely uninformed plus misinformation of the propaganda machine.

Money can still be made tho but i would suggest elsewhere to build a future/family.

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From the mouth of a foreign friend of mine who have been staying here for almost a decade.
The malays are lazy
The chineses thinks they own everything
The indians lies and lies and lies again.

google it
there's source everywhere
even like the one where a plain-cloth Jakim Authority openly ask for bribe and thrown a racist remarks when they "caught" a chinese/malay couple.

My take:

Malaysia is good place to live if your rich/well connected

Malaysia also is decent place if your poor, you cant really go anywhere else easily & still get decent enough benefits to survive. Look to educate kids so they can go somewhere better

Malaysia is not a good place atm for middle class. Cost to maintain lifestyle is consistently increasing and have better quality of life in same bracket in other countries

People deriving their income from overseas find living in Msia cheap. The reason for this is probably because of the weak ringgit. When i go back to KL on holidays 20 years ago, this was not very obvious. All my Msian friends who have migrated over to Aust donkey years ago love to go back to Msia nowadays because everything is so cheap!! I don't know much about those working in Spore (Msians) - i am sure they find the same thing too.