Malaysia will offer long-term social visit passes to international students from 23 low-risk nations — including neighbours Singapore and Brunei — to allow them to stay here for up to a year after graduation, with this new policy to start on December 1 this year, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said today.

Saifuddin Nasution said the pass would enable the students to further their studies, travel, and work part-time in job sectors that are permitted according to the country’s laws.

He said it will be open to citizens from 23 low-risk and high-income countries, including Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Canada, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and the United States.

In a statement today, Saifuddin Nasution said this is one of five Home Ministry initiatives for Malaysia’s new Visa Liberalisation Plan, which will be implemented from December 1 with the aim of increasing revenue for Malaysia that expects tourism to remain a key driver of the country’s economic growth.

Saifuddin Nasution said other initiatives include Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s announcement yesterday of a new policy of 30-day visa-free entry for China’s and India’s nationals travelling to Malaysia from December 1.

Saifuddin Nasution said the 30-day visa exemption for Chinese and Indian nationals will be from December 1 this year to December 31 next year.

As for two other initiatives under the Visa Liberalisation Plan, Saifuddin Nasution said Multiple Entry Visa (MEV) for up to 30 days will be issued to “all tourists who wish to enter Malaysia”, and that there will be issuance of a seven-day umrah transit visa through agencies that are registered under the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture to handle umrah or Muslim pilgrimages.

The last initiative under the five-initiative plan is to improve the validity period of visas issued by Malaysia from the current three months to six months, and to standardise the eligibility period for Social Visit Passes to a minimum of 30 days for all countries that require visas to enter Malaysia.

Saifuddin Nasution said the implementation of the visa liberalisation plan will be reviewed after one year to assess the return on investment (ROI) to the country, and the effectiveness of the initiatives and to assess security risks on the immigration facilities provided.

“If unexpected incidents occur, this visa liberalisation plan will be reviewed to be improved as preparations ahead of 2025 and 2026.

“This will help the government in refining immigration policies and procedures and ensure the readiness of immigration teams at the country’s entry points to receive foreign tourists in the coming two years,” he said in the statement.

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Syukur

so this consider a progress or declining?

dunno mang

our tourism also like... hmmmmm

what happened to our beaches?

indon dah tak payah chop la every 3 months

kedekut betul, Thailand offer 10 year visa for low risk high income nation foreigners

wtf 1 year do kok