Hello,

I am 22, I was born in UK & have lived here my whole life. My mother is Malaysian (with Malaysian passport) and my father was British. I want to come to Malaysia to work (I don't know the duration, maybe 1 year or more) but I cannot find the right information online regarding a work visa, etc.

Am I allowed to work in Malaysia? How can I do this? (I would like to return to UK afterwards, so giving up UK citizenship is not an option.)

If anyone could help I would be so grateful I have been researching online but can't find anything for this situation. Maybe it's because I get treated the same as any other UK citizen... I don't know. Thank you in advance!!

There are many foreigners working in Malaysia both blue & white collar workers. However, the numbers of foreign blue collar workers outnumbered white. by atleast 9.5:0.5 ratio. Nevertheless, there are many white collar workers here also woring in ICT, oil & gas, Mega Construction projects, trainings & etc..

You probably can refer to this (item 3)

http://malaysiabizadvisory.com/malaysia-wo...for-foreigners/

If I'm not mistaken, you need a company here to apply the Employment Pass for you. You can't do it by yourself.

Thank you both for your help. I appreciate it! Will keep researching

With my limited knowledge on this:
1. You can come to Malaysia on a holiday and at the same time find a job, preferably an expatriate position.
2. Like NightHeart mentioned, you can apply for a job here in Malaysia from UK. If you get it, the company should do the necessary to get your work permit for you.
3. Open your own business here and I am made to understand that there is no issue for you to work in your own company.

There are conditions for expatriate to get jobs here, the knowledge worker ones, such as salary must be more than RM5,000, with good qualifications and preferably good work experience.

The committee will evaluate first the position in the company if the position have not gotten any prior approval (DP10). Once this is approved and the company has a suitable expatriate candidate of their choice, they then apply for the person (DP11).

Sharing my limited knowledge working in Johor Bahru (Iskandar Malaysia) and was informed of the expatriates applying and working in companies / universities such as Newcastle Medical university, legoland, etc.

If I'm not mistaken, you need a local person holding a certain amount of shares in the business in order to register your business. Basically a foreigner need a local business partner.

Anyway I think the people in Jobs & Career sub forum can advise better on working visa matter. Whereas people in Finance, Biz & Investment corner can advise on the business opening part.

Thank you both so much! I will repost in Jobs & Careers section... I was a bit lost on the forum as I'm a newbie!

So as my mother still holds her Malaysian passport, she could be my local business partner if I were to open a business. Or if not her, one of my Malaysian family members who lives in Msia.

Great, thanks

Hey, Rena. What's your profession in UK.

I'm currently looking for the same for my partner

Not sure what you mean by expatriate position here. If there is really an expatriate position available in a company, this means that the opening is for someone from the same company that is not located in Malaysia. As he is just 22 years old and I presume a fresh graduate, his option is very similar to a fresh graduate in Malaysia. Unless he has some really special skills, like language, its very difficult to convince a company to hire him over a fresh graduate.

I agree.

An expatriate position is being assigned overseas by the company you are currently working for. Getting a job overseas is not the same thing.

Hey drop me your Linkedin profile if you're up for the recruitment industry in Malaysia