Effective December 1, 2024, companies that are registered on Malaysia’s Expatriate Services Division (ESD) online portal may apply for the Projection of Expatriates for Employment Pass (EP) and Professional Visit Pass (PVP) for 2025.
The projection application is applicable for use in its respective year only. Any projection balance for 2024 needs to be utilized in 2024 itself and will not be carried forward to 2025.
- Users must update the latest e-SSM before proceeding to submit the projection request;
- users must fill out all the information required, e.g. total number of local staff, foreign staff;
- users must choose the correct Projection Year, i.e. 2025, and Position Group, e.g. Top Management, Middle Management, Technical Expert, or Entry Level;
- Projection requests have been simplified and will be instantly approved upon request.
So far, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has not announced dates for the submission of Foreign Knowledge Worker (FKW) Projection for Employment Pass (EP) for 2025.
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